Author of the classic fantasy novels Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. His full name is "John Ronald Reuel Tolkien." He was born in South Africa in 1892, but grew up in England, and died there in 1973. Aside from writing, he was a linguist and a professor of Old English at Oxford University.
Have you read these books by J.R.R. Tolkien?
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Now famous 20th century fantasy author (1892-1973), professor and literary and linguistic scholar. Most notably known for his books The Hobbit (or There and Back Again), originally written as a children's book published in 1937, and The Lord of The Rings Trilogy. He also wrote Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
J.R.R. Tolkien is commonly referred to as the 'Father of Modern Fantasy Adventure' novels.
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an artist and a genius. Known for the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Pretty much awesonme dude. Wish I could have met him before he died.
Guy: Who's that Tolkien guy?
Girl: You don't know? Let's go to my nerd lair and find out.
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One who has read every single Tolkien book and know every damn thing about it. And God forbid if you don't know as much as they do. They can get really nasty.
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john ronald raoule tolekien. groundbreaking fantasy author of mid-twentieth century; mostly known for "the lord of the rings" series and "the hobbit."
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A term used to refer to situations where someone creates something such as a made-up language or universe so elaborate that it is akin to the likes of JRR Tolkien's work.
Person 1: I just created my own fictional world and created an entire fake language and alphabet!
Person 2: Dude. You've achieved Tolkien-level autism.