john ronald reuel tolkien

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), South African-born professor of English literature, author of numerous fantasy stories including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings

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born Jan. 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, S.Af. died Sept. 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Eng. South African-born English novelist and scholar. A professor of Anglo-Saxon and of English language and literature at Oxford (1925-59), Tolkien achieved fame for his heroic epic The Lord of the Rings (1954-56), consisting of The Fellowship of the Ring (film, 2001), The Two Towers (film, 2002), and The Return of the King. The Hobbit (1937) serves as an introduction to the series, The Silmarillion (1977) as a "prequel." Set in the mythical past, the richly inventive tale chronicles the struggle between good and evil kingdoms to possess a magic ring that controls the balance of power in the world. In the 1960s its popularity with young people made it a sociocultural phenomenon, and starting in 2001 the release of a series of critically acclaimed films renewed interest in the epic

{i} J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), South African-born professor of English literature, author of numerous fantasy stories including "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings