J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday

Today marks the birth of the 'father of modern fantasy', J.R.R.Tolkien. Anyone who has read any of his novels will know what an incredible author he was, creating plots of such history and intricacy, characters of such depth and landscapes of such beauty, that it is hard to imagine they came from his imagination. Apart from being the author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, Tolkien was also an academic, philologist and poet, with a great gift for languages. He lived to the age of 81, dying in 1973 two years after the death of his beloved wife of more than 50 years, Edith.


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