J. R. R. Tolkien
Writing
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis —they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972. After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda, and Middle-Earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term “legendarium” to the larger part of these writings. While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the father of modern fantasy literature —or, more precisely, of high fantasy. In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
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movieDagor Dagorath
2016
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tvEpic Rap Battles of History
2010
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movieThe Mewlips
2008
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movieMr. Bliss
2004
Novel
tvThe Hobbits
1993
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tvThe Keepers
1991
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movieThe Hobbit
1977
Novel
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movieTolkien: The True Story of the Rings
2024
Self - Writer (archive footage)
tvWonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieRobert Gilson: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieSecrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Return of the King
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieSecrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Hobbit
2003
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movieSecrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieSecrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Two Towers
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieJ.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieJ.R.R. Tolkien
1998
Self (archive footage)
movieJ.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992
Self (archive footage)
movieTolkien in Oxford
1968
Himself