JOHN REGINALD REUEL TOLKIEN
English author (1892-1973)
Biography:
John Reginald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892. He goes bacj to England after his father's death in 1896. He studied at Birmingham and Oxford, but his studies are broken off because of war. in 1920 he attended Leeds University. He moves to Oxford where he teaches English language and culture. He specialized in Medieval textes and he published two books on classic philology.
From 1936 on, he devotes himself to a more personal medieval mythology, which would bring about his first novel The Hobbit. It is a book for young readers and he himself illustrated the first edition. From then on, the writer was caught by this myth: for 14 years, he worked on the creation of a new universe, published in book form under the name of The Lord of the Rings (1953-1955). This book was meant for an adult readership and it became a best-seller. Now-a-days The Lord of the Rings, a kind of epic where different parallel worlds mix, has become a worshiping novel.
Tolkien, author of illustrated works:
Les Aventures de Tom Bombadil, UGE, 10/18, 1978. Fäerie, UGE, 10/18, 1978.
Bilbo le Hobbit, illustrated by Evelyne Drouhin, Hachette-Jeunesse, Le livre de poche jeunesse, 1983.
Le Fermier Gilles de Ham, Chardon Bleu, 1984.
Smith de Grand-Wotton, Chardon Bleu, 1986.
Le Seigneur des anneaux: appendices et annexes, Bourgois, 1986.
Le Seigneur des anneaux, Gallimard, Folio junior, 1988.
Bilbo le Hobbit, LGF, Le livre de poche, 1989.
Le Silmarillion : histoire des Silmarils, Bourgois, 1989.
Ferrand de Bourg-aux-Bois, Presse-Pocket, 1990.
L'Album de Bilbo le Hobbit: adieu à la Terre du Milieu, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, Gallimard, 1991.
Le Seigneur des anneaux, Presse-Pocket, 1991.
Bilbo le Hobbit, Comics-USA, 1991.
Contes et légendes inachevés, Bourgois, 1992.
Le Seigneur des anneaux, Bourgois, 1992.
Bilbo le Hobbit, Bourgois, 1992.
Le Monde de Tolkien: visions des Terres du Milieu, Comics-USA, 1992.
Fäerie, Presses Pocket, 1992.
Les aventures de Tom Bombadil, Presses Pocket, 1992.
Le Poème du Seigneur des anneaux, Bourgois, 1994.
Lettres du Père Noël, Bourgois, 1994.
Peintures et aquarelles, Bourgois, 1994.
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