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J.R.R. Tolkien


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.

The Tolkien Society
Comprehensive Guide to Tolkien's Life

Biography

Born: January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Died: September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Children: Christopher Tolkien, Priscilla Tolkien, Michael Tolkien, John Tolkien

Awards
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel,, 
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation,
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form,
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award,
Gandalf Grand Master Award,
International Fantasy Award for Fiction,
Gandalf Award for Book-Length Fantasy
Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Nebula Award for Best Script

Books

Sir Gawain & The Green Knight. Ed. J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1925. 
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again. George Allen and Unwin, London 1937. 
Farmer Giles of Ham. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1949.
The Fellowship of the Ring: being the first part of The Lord of the Rings. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1954. second edition, 1966.
The Two Towers: being the second part of The Lord of the Rings. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1954. Second edition, 1966.
The Return of the King: being the third part of The Lord of the Rings. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1955. Second edition, 1966.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1962.
Tree and Leaf. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1964. (Reprints Tolkien’s lecture “On Fairy-Stories” and his short story “Leaf by Niggle”.)
Smith of Wootton Major. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1967.
The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1967; George Allen and Unwin, London, 1968. (Second edition in 1978.)
The Silmarillion. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1977.

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