1. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor J.R.R. TOLKIEN 1892 - 1973

2. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on 3rd January 1892. His parents both came from Birmingham, England, and were staying in South Africa on business.

3. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor In 1896 his mother and his younger brother Hilary returned to England on a short visit, for first time to her parents, and while here, their father died of a severe brain hemorrhage before he could join them.

4. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor »Tolkien baby Tolkien and his brother

5. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor This old photo shows Sarehole, on the south-eastern edge of Birmingham, as it was when Tolkien grew up here and Spend a happy childhood.

6. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor His mother died when he was only twelve and both he and his brother were made wards of the local priest, Father Francis Morgan

7. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor TOLKIEN IN 1911 King Edward's School, Birmingham

8. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor English Language and Literature at Oxford

9. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor In 1915, Tolkien joined the British Army effort in World War I and served as a second lieutenant in the eleventh battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers.

10. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Tolkien married Edith Bratt in March, 1916

11. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor While convalescing from shell shockbegins writing "The Simarillion". Birth of first son, John. 1917

12. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor TOLKIEN FAMILY

13. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Tolkien and Edith had four children: John Francis (November 17, 1917) Michael Hilary (October 1920–1984) Christopher John (1924) and Priscilla Anne Reuel (1929).

14. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor OXFORD Tolkien's first civilian job after World War I was at the Oxford English Dictionary (among others, he initiated the entries wasp and walrus). In 1920 he took up a post as Reader in English language at the University of Leeds, and in 1924 was made a professor there, but in 1925 he returned to Oxford as a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College.

15. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Tolkien was to remain at Oxford for the rest of his life, teaching, researching, and becoming a highly respected scholar Oxford Christ Church

16. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor 1926: Friendship with C.S. Lewis begins

17. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor His phenomenally successful career as a novelist came about almost by accident, when a story he had written for his children, The Hobbit in 1937.

18. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor 1937: "The Hobbit" is published. Tolkien begins to write a sequel, which eventually becomes "The Lord of the Rings".

19. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Tolkien never expected his fictional stories to become popular, but he was persuaded by a former student to publish the book

20. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor 1954: Publication of "The Lord of the Rings", volumes One and Two. 1955: Publication of "The Lord of the Rings", volume Three. 1962: Publication of "The adventures of Tom Bombadil". 1964: Publication of "Tree and Leaf". 1967: Publication of "Smith of Wooton Major", and "The Road goes ever on".

21. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Cover design for the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien

22. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University in 1972

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24. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Last Know photography, under his favorite tree in the Botanic Garden

25. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor 1971: Edith Tolkien dies, aged 82. 1973: 2nd September, J.R.R. Tolkien dies aged 81.

26. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Fellowship of the Ring December 19, 2001

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28. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor The Two Towers December 18, 2002

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30. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor Return of the King December 17, 2003

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32. Invierno 2006 Semana del Autor www.lordoftherings.net www.planet-Tolkien.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien