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J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.
Tales Before Narnia
Bilbo's Last Song
The Lost Road and Other Writings
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lays of Beleriand
The Book of Lost Tales: Part One
The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two
Unfinished Tales
The Tolkien Reader
The Fellowship of the Ring (Media Tie-in)
The Two Towers (Media Tie-in)
The Hobbit
The Return of the King (Media Tie-in)
Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham
The Silmarillion
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo

Books

Tales Before Narnia
Bilbo's Last Song
The Lost Road and Other Writings
The Shaping of Middle-earth
The Lays of Beleriand
The Book of Lost Tales: Part One
The Book of Lost Tales: Part Two
Unfinished Tales
The Tolkien Reader
The Fellowship of the Ring (Media Tie-in)
The Two Towers (Media Tie-in)
The Hobbit
The Return of the King (Media Tie-in)
Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham
The Silmarillion
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo

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