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Harper Collins
February 17, 2001J.R.R. Tolkien
Interview
Staff Reporter
J.R.R. Tolkien was
born on 3 January 1892. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a
distinguished academic career and was recognised as one of the finest philologists in the
world. He is best known as the creator of Middle-Earth and author of the classic works The Hobbit
and The
Lord of the Rings. His books are translated into over 24 languages and have sold
many millions of copies world-wide.
He was awarded a CBE, and an honorary
Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University in 1972. He died in 1973 at the age of 81.
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