LOTR fan alert!
- POSTED ON: 21 Jan, 2022
- TOTAL VIEWS: 409 Views
- POSTED BY: Article: Nimi Kurian | Video: Jagadish Kumar TPM
- ARTICLE POINTS: 100 Points
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien or J. R. R. Tolkien as is he was known was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He died on September 2, 1973, in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
Tolkien was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). His father, a bank manager, died in South Africa and JRR, his brother and his mother moved to England. He was four years old at that time.
From an early age, he was given to writing stories and inventing languages. Here are ten unknown facts about him that fans will be interested in.