J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) is the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings.

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January 3 - 1892 - September 2 - 1973 - The Hobbit - The Lord of the Rings

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He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham and Oxford University; he worked as reader in English language at Leeds from 1920 to 1925, as professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and of English Language and Literature, also at Oxford, from 1945 to 1959. He was a strongly committed Catholic. He belonged to a literary discussion group called the Inklings, through which he enjoyed a close friendship with C. S. Lewis.

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King Edward's School - Birmingham - Oxford University - Reader - English language - Leeds - 1920 - 1925 - Professor - Anglo-Saxon - 1945 - Literature - 1959 - Catholic - Inklings - C. S. Lewis

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In addition to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's published fiction includes The Silmarillion and other posthumous books about what he called a legendarium, a fictional mythology of the remote past of Earth, called Arda, and Middle-earth (from middangeard, the lands inhabitable by Men), in particular. Most of these posthumously published works come from Tolkien's drafts and were put together as books by his son, Christopher Tolkien. The enduring popularity and influence of Tolkien's works have established him as the "father of the modern high fantasy genre". Tolkien's other published fiction includes adaptations of stories originally told to his children and not directly related to the legendarium.

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The Silmarillion - Posthumous - Legendarium - Earth - Arda - Middle-earth - Middangeard - Men - Christopher Tolkien - Father - High fantasy

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