John R.R.Tolkien

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Linguist, poet, philologist, professor at Oxford University. Best known as the author of classical works of "high fantasy": "The Hobbit, or There and Back", "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion".

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1937 - The Hobbit or There and Back Again - with this book Tolkien entered the literature. The book originally originated as a work for the family circle - the tale of the hobbit Tolkien began to tell his children. Almost accidentally hitting the press, the story of the adventures of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins unexpectedly won wide popularity among readers of all ages. Already in this tale was laid a huge mythological layer. Now the book is known more as a kind of prologue to the "Lord of the Rings"

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About the parents, Arthur Ruel Tolkien, the manager of the English bank, and Mabel Tolkien When the little Ronald was learning to walk, he stepped on the tarantula. The spider bit the baby, and the boy in a panic rushed about in the garden until the nurse caught him and sucked the poison. Having grown up, he remembered a hot day and how he ran in horror, tangled in the high, dull grass, but he forgot the tarantula completely and claimed that he had not inspired any particular disgust towards the spiders. However, in his books there are often monstrous spiders, the bite of which is poisonous

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The most famous works of Tolkien "The Hobbit, or There and Back“ “ The Lord of the Rings “ “ The Silmarillion “

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Tolkien, this is my favorite writer and I love his books (the universe of the Lord of the Rings). Unfortunately, Tolkien died 43 years ago

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In addition to his native tongue, Tolkien possessed to some degree or other Greek, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, German, Finnish, Welsh, Norwegian and Old Norse, Gothic, Swedish, Danish, Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and Middle English, Dutch, Italian, Russian and Gaelic. Tolkien died in 1973, but he received the last award only in 2009