JRR Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, a city that gave him his earliest geographic roots before his life and work came to be conducted in the English language. He was educated at Exeter College, University of Oxford, an institution that would remain central to his identity as a scholar and writer.
Tolkien worked across a wide range of roles: novelist, poet, translator, philologist, literary historian, illustrator, librettist, and teacher. His notable works include The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and Roverandom. He was associated with the Inklings movement, and his standing was recognized through his appointment as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Tolkien died on September 2, 1973, in Bournemouth, at the age of eighty-one. Among the works he left behind, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit remain the titles most frequently cited in connection with his name.
Quotes by JRR Tolkien
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La noche se quejaba de la mañana que le habían quitado, y el frío maldecía el anhelado calor
Hay una semilla de coraje oculta (a menudo profundamente, es cierto) en el corazón del más gordo y tímido de los hobbits, esperando a algún peligro para germinar
En ese momento, golpearon a la puerta y entró Sam. Corrió hacia Frodo y le tomó la mano izquierda, torpe y tímidamente. La acarició un momento con dulzura y luego enrojeció y se volvió en seguida para irse.
Have we ridden forth to victory, only to stand at last amazed by an old liar with honey on his forked tongue? So would the trapped wolf speak to the hounds, if he could.
If there are any to see I at least am revealed to them. I have written Gandalf is here in signs that all can read from Rivendell to the mouths of Anduin.
My heart burns me too, and I would have started sooner; but now I must rest a little to run the better
But I must admit.' he added with a queer laugh, 'that I hoped you would take me for my own sake. A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship. But there, I believe my looks are against me.