John Ronald Ruel Tolkien borned 4 January 1892 (died in 1973) in Blumfontaine (Orange Republic, SAR), and from the early childhood very interested to variously languages.
After studing into Exeter Collage (to Oxford) he volunteered into UK army (beginning the First World War), and his service was in France, in lieutenant degree. After ending the War he returning to Oxford, where teaching until 1959 (go out the pension). He married to Edit Bragg, and had two sons - Cristopher and John and dauther Priscilla. "She was my Luthien" - so Tolkien remembered his wife. The greatest success and reputation of narrator brought published in 1964 "The Lord of the Rings" - no doubt, mostly interested book of Tolkien.

Long time before it was published "The Hobbit", and later - "The Silmarillion".
Well, no doubt, John Tolkien - the classic of fantasy genre. Mostly books after him, maded in "fantasy", beginning in Middle - Earth. With Andre Norton, Robert Howard, Howard Lavcraft, he was one, who builded modern fantasy. The quantity works, dedicated by "LotR", infinite. The quantity of web - pages, dedicated by Middle - Earth and Tolkien's works, amazed. And I very recommend to you reading at least "The Lord of the Rings". Because it is classic. Classic and gold fund of fantasy!

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