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J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tolkien was a professional philologist, and the languages and the mythologies he studied clearly left an imprint on his fiction. Tolkien's earliest literary ambition was to be a poet, but his primary creative urge in his younger days was the invention of imaginary languages, including early versions of what would later evolve into the Elvish languages Quenya and Sindarin. She died of diabetes in 1904, when Tolkien was 12, and he felt for the rest of his life that she had become a martyr for her faith; this had a profound effect on his own Catholic beliefs. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

JRR Tolkien Tolkien and his wife are buried together in a single grave in the Catholic section of Wolvercote cemetery in the northern suburbs of Oxford. Tolkien was commissioned in the Lancashire Fusiliers and participated in the battle of the Somme. Later Tolkien was appointed as Reader in the English Language at the University of Leeds. www.lord-of-the-rings.org /author.html

A Biography of JRR Tolkien Tolkien lost many of his friends in the war, and he himself would serve as an officer on the front lines at the Battle of the Somme. Tolkien and Edith were caught in affectionate circumstances - they bicycled together out to the countryside surrounding the city and had a picnic. In 1925 Tolkien with a colleague published a translation and analysis of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." It was a turning point in his career. www.indepthinfo.com /tolkien/biography.shtml

Home Page - The Tolkien Society Josef Madlener's hitherto lost original painting that was the inspiration for Tolkien's Gandalf has been discovered and was sold by Sotheby's in London on 12 July 2005 for £84,000. The Tolkien Library has just announced publication of the complete bibliography of all Dutch Tolkien books on line. He was known as a writer and broadcaster, and, among those interested in Tolkien, as the writer of the authorised biography of Tolkien. www.tolkiensociety.org

tolkien He argues that Tolkien's interest is in showing that moral victory is more important than military victory and that the novel's greatest heroes are those who remain true to the bent of their nature, not those who win battles. Tolkien wrote books of beauty, imagination, and utility, in keeping with his six destiny rhythm, the vibration of co-created worlds, the prince and princess, and pre-creation. Tolkien's Mars was across the 0 degree cusp line in early 1915, an extremely important year of change for The Professor. www.thediviningnation.com /tolkien.htm

J.R.R Tolkien Biography - Planet-Tolkien.com Tolkien believed deeply in Catholicism, and his oldest son Jonathan Francis, who was named for Tolkien's former guardian Father Francis Xavier, shared this faith. Tolkien's four children were the first to hear many of the stories that have now become classics. Tolkien customized each letter with the handwriting of the character: the polar bear wrote in runes, Snow Man in all caps, Ilbereth in a flowing script and Santa in a shaky script. www.planet-tolkien.com /biography

Tolkien's Impact in Literature and Life - PCANews Tolkien believed that what he wrote in The Lord of the Rings was true, not in the sense that the events really happened, but in the sense that they portrayed truth to us in a way that everyday events could not. Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. To complicate matters, Tolkien’s mother converted to the Roman Catholic Church and was thereupon banished from much of her family and their support. www.christianity.com /CC/article/0,,PTID23682CHIDCIID683300,00.html

The Tolkien Timeline Though Tolkien may have died in 1973, the popularity of his work, and the admiration and joy of his fans, has done nothing but grow. Tolkien continued to work on both his languages and stories, long after his retirement from Oxford, right up until his death in 1973. This compilation is a chronological list of important events relating to Tolkien's life, career, and scholarly pursuits, and attempts to provide a more clear picture of this astounding man. gollum.usask.ca /tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien Biography Those who know and love the works of J.R.R. Tolkien know also that they stand on their own and need no further explication or justification. Tolkien’s mother died when he was twelve, and at sixteen he went to live with a couple who took in boarders — one of whom, Edith, became his friend and eventually his wife. Tolkien was not aware of this lack, of course; nor did it seem particularly significant to him when the missing piece fell into place. www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /features/lordoftheringstrilogy/biography.shtml

JRR Tolkien Biography - The Tolkien Society Tolkien's life was split between these two: the then very rural hamlet of Sarehole, with its mill, just south of Birmingham; and darkly urban Birmingham itself, where he was eventually sent to King Edward's School. The West Midlands in Tolkien's childhood were a complex mixture of the grimly industrial Birmingham conurbation, and the quintessentially rural stereotype of England, Worcestershire and surrounding areas: Severn country, the land of the composers Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Gurney, and more distantly the poet A. Housman (it is also just across the border from Wales). In typical Tolkien fashion, he then decided he needed to find out what a Hobbit was, what sort of a hole it lived in, why it lived in a hole, etc. From this investigation grew a tale that he told to his younger children, and even passed round. www.tolkiensociety.org /tolkien/biography.html

Tolkien's Not-So-Secret Vice The book that provided Tolkien with the word ond was finally identified in Vinyar Tengwar #30: Celtic Britain by Professor John Rhys, that according to Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick Wynne "consists of over 300 densely-set pages and eschews neither etymological discussion, untranslated Latin passages, nor untransliterated Greek words". Tolkien has explained the basis of some of his predilections: "The element (n)dor 'land', probably owes something to say such names as Labrador (a name that might as far as style and structure goes be Sindarin)" (Letters:383-4). When Tolkien was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph in 1968 and got to read a preliminary version of the interview before it was printed, he was horrified to discover that he had said this: "When you invent a language, you more or less catch it out of the air. www.uib.no /People/hnohf/vice.htm

J.R.R. Tolkien AUTHOR CATALOG The Silmarillion tells of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's World, when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle Earth, and the High Elves made war upon them for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.  It is to this ancient drama... J. Tolkien's groundbreaking epic of good versus evil, extraordinary heroes, wondrous creatures and dark armies of terror will be presented in a trilogy of feature films. Tolkien was educated and taught Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. www.randomhouse.com /author/results.pperl?authorid=31223

Tolkien A series of one-of embroideries, inspired by the works of JRR Tolkien, Tolkien spent his whole life writing and rewriting an alternative British mythology. I am fascinated by the Tolkien's writings and how they relate to British history and our imported mythologys, from all the other cultures who have invaded our island. www.amandasartquilts.homestead.com /Tolkien.html

On Tolkien Tolkien chose Spanish because his guardian (he had been orphaned at the age of twelve) was half-Spanish and had lent him books on that language, which Tolkien found attractive. Tolkien had devoted considerable efforts to fleshing out Quenya, when he had begun to realize that he could not continue to create the language without knowing something of the people who spoke it. Tolkien once said that he wrote The Lord of the Rings simply to create a world in which "A star shines on the hour of our meeting" (Elen síla lumenn' omentielvo) was a common salutation. www.langmaker.com /ml0108.htm

Sacred-Texts: Sources of Lord of the Ring Tolkien also took many of the names of key characters from this text; particularly one sequence early on in the Voluspo, including Gandalf, and all of the Dwarves from One of the recognized forerunners of Tolkien was William Morris, skilled artist, pioneering Socialist, translator of Icelandic sagas, and fantasy writer. Tolkien was a distinguished scholar of Middle and Old English. www.sacred-texts.com /ring

The HoBBiT Site The 1978 Jrr Tolkien Calendar by The Hildebrandt Brothers. Tolkien was working with some rather boring School Certificate papers at home. I can offer is a bit of general information on Tolkien and his works, about one of his mythological creatures, the Hobbit. www.mi.uib.no /~respl/tolkien

Planet-Tolkien.com Tolkien fans do not just watch the films and read the books again and again - they are on a spiritual journey and doing their best to forget the ending, says an international study that voyaged to many lands to bring back wisdom and understanding. J.R.R. Tolkien, who was delighted with her drawings for Farmer Giles of Ham, recommended her to Lewis, but the latter did not approach Baynes until he had received a second recommendation from an assistant in a bookstore. A Birmingham landmark that inspired JRR Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings trilogy is all set to get a facelift. www.planet-tolkien.com

Tolkien Newsgroups FAQ: Story Internal Discussions: History and Happenings Some have objected that Men could not use magic "spells", as Tolkien discusses in Letter #155: "'magic' in this story... Tolkien says that when Sauron was taken to Numenor as a prisoner, "he naturally had the One Ring". In that essay and in Letter #211, Tolkien suggests that they may have failed in their missions, though he never said that was certain. tolkien.slimy.com /faq/History.html

THE TOLKIEN FORUM - Powered by vBulletin The 'Project Zone.' This is where the new ideas for activities focused on studies of the Tolkien's literary works are born, organized, and prepared for implementation. Tolkien's epic History of the Elves, narrates the world shattering events of the first and second ages of Middle-earth. Discussions and activities aimed at understanding the depth of Tolkien's works, and their relationship to other mythologies, theologies, history, and other literary works. www.thetolkienforum.com

Amazon.com: Books: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography J.R.R. "Tollers" Tolkien was born in South Africa; as this biography shows, he was moved back to the home of his English parents as a very young child and was not influenced by his native land at all. He is very fair with his subject, and treats Tolkien neither as a deity nor an eccentric old man. The man who created Middle Earth was human, and Carpenter captures this brilliantly. Carpenter chronicles Tolkien's early life with a special sensitivity; after losing both parents, Tolkien and his brother Hilary were taken from their idyllic life in the English countryside to a poverty-ridden existence in dark and sooty Birmingham. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618057021?v=glance

Tolkien Library: bibliography, biography, resource, reviews, articles, essays on J.R.R. Tolkien books and collecting Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien's epics of Middle Earth, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, may be the most important and influential fantasies ever published. The aim of this website is to show all Tolkien books which are currently inside the Tolkien Library. A descriptive and illustrated guide to collecting Tolkien and Tolkien related books - One Library to rule them all www.tolkienlibrary.com

The New York Times: J. Tolkien, linguist, scholar and author of "The Lord of the Rings," died today in Bournemouth. A selection of rare editions of "The Lord of the Rings" and illustrations by J. Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien shows himself to be his father's son, delving into the question of Elvish genealogies with the ardor of a Talmudic scholar. www.nytimes.com /specials/advertising/movies/tolkien

Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics Nearly all Tolkien books in print can be ordered from the US's Amazon.com and the UK's Amazon.co.uk. Tolkien also here discovered "for the the first time the study of a language out of mere love", by which he meant "for the acute aesthetic pleasure derived from a language for its own sake, not only free from being useful but free from being the 'vehicle of a literature'". Tolkien wrote that among the most important events in the development of his linguistic aesthetic was "the discovery in Exeter College library, when I was supposed to be studying for Honour Mods, of a Finnish Grammar". www.elvish.org /resources.html

the Inn of the Prancing Pony What we need is tales, pictures, poems, channel logs you wish to share with people, anything considering Tolkien and our channel is welcome. Hatemail, flames and suggestions about this homepage as well as new material can be sent to me Ferin. Lot's of talking about these up coming new pages has been done and here they are. www.cc.jyu.fi /~ferin/tolkien

Official Lord of the Rings Return of the King Tickets New Movies LOTR Movie Site: Wallpaper Two Towers Pictures Trailer Preview They were first read in 1954, when J.R.R. Tolkien Ìs The Fellowship of The Ring, the first volume in his towering three-part epic, The Lord of The Rings, was published. Tolkien Ìs work was to have a profound effect on generations of readers, defining for many the archetypal struggle between good and evil, and was voted in many world-wide polls as the "Book of the Century". It set the benchmark for the fantasy genre in its creation of an entirely new and thrillingly believable universe. www.lordoftherings.net

Nevrast: Bio Although both of Tolkiens parents were originally from Birmingham, Tolkien's father, Arthur, moved to South Africa in the early 1890's. Tolkien started attended school at King Edward's School in Birmingham when he was eight. Lithriel, Galadnilien, and Megilhirile are in no way affiliated with Tolkien or New Line Cinemas and it is not their intention to infringe on any laws. www.nevrast.net /bio.html

The Electronic Tolkien Encyclopedia Project: ETEP will feature study and subject guides to aid in critical treatments of Tolkien's literature, and a thorough encyclopedia of names, places, things, and events which are the substance of Tolkien's fiction. The Electronic Tolkien Encyclopedia Project (ETEP) is an ongoing effort to provide to the reading public a collection of thought provoking articles concerning Tolkien's written work. This project is brought to fruition by the efforts of individuals who devote their time to make this resource possible and freely available to the community of Tolkien enthusiasts on the Internet. www.tolkienonline.de /etep

Main Page - Tolkien Gateway This is a step in another direction from the Old Tolkien Gateway I, along with those who wish to help contribute, hope to create the largest encyclopedia based on J.R.R. Tolkien's works on the net. Feel free to use the search form on the left to search for anything related to J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings and Middle-earth. We keep moderators online 24/7 to monitor for spam, but giving users the ability to update mistakes, and add to content, we find the site expands much quicker and gives users the sense of contribution. tolkiengateway.net /w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Tolkien computer games J.R.R. Tolkien worked for an entire lifetime in creating his amazing fantasy world, Middle-earth. These pages, created as a homage to Tolkien and to the many devoted people who brought Middle-earth to new life with their computers, are designed to be a source of reference for the computer-gaming Tolkien fan. In time, these novels became one of the main sources of inspiration for the growing role-playing hobby, which in turn came to inspire many of the pioneer computer game programmers during the seventies. www.lysator.liu.se /tolkien-games

The Grey Havens - The Ultimate J.R.R. Tolkien Resource Web Page The battle of Helm's Deep, a rather brief episode in Tolkien's book, becomes a battle for the survival of the human species and the breathtaking centerpiece of Jackson's film. Just as readers in the 1950s (when the books were published) found parallels to World War II, and hippies of the 1960s delighted in Tolkien's peace-loving hobbits, a new generation has embraced Tolkien's nostalgic vision of a lost world, an imagined past both idyllic and brutal. But in the film, Jackson has love scenes between her and Aragorn?a romance based on an appendix that Tolkien later wrote about their doomed relationship. tolkien.cro.net

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