BiographyType: Author, Academic, Philologist, Poet Born: 3 January 1892, Bloemfontein, Orange Free Stat Died: 2 September 1973 (aged 81), Bournemouth, D John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously "The Hobbit" (1937) and "The Lord of the Rings" (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of our world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide. |
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
Molti tra i vivi meritano la morte. E parecchi che sono morti avrebbero meritato la vita. Sei forse tu in grado di dargliela? E allora non essere troppo generoso nel distribuire la morte nei tuoi giudizi: sappi che nemmeno i più saggi possono vedere tutte le conseguenze.