Презентация, доклад по анлийскому языку Мой любимый писатель Джон Рональд Руэл Толкин

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Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, a brilliant philologist and and internationally famous fantasy writer.

a town in South Africa. Tolkien's father was a bank manager. When he was 4 his father died and the family went to England. They lived in the country near Birmingham among green hills and valleys which the boy liked very much. After his mother's death in 1904 he was looked after by Father Francis Xavier who was a priest.

Tolkien's family

Edward's School in Birmingham and then in Exeter College, Oxford.

Tolkien did different jobs. He took part in World War I, taught English at the University of Leeds then he became a professor of English Language and Literature at Merton College in Oxford.

Tolkien as a professor in Oxford

Young Tolkien

'Oxford Poetry ' in 1915, 'A Middle English Vocabulary' (1922) ‘The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses From the Red Book’ (1963) and a lot of scientific works on linguistics. Many children like his tales ‘Farmer Giles of Ham’ (1950) and ‘Smith of Wooton Major’ (1967). But we can surely say that ‘The Hobbit’ (1937) and his masterpiece ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (1954-1955) made Tolkien famous and popular all around the world.

Baggins who lives in The Hill and his adventures . He enjoys comfort, hearty meals, smoking, and rambling walks. Tolkien created more than 100 drawings to illustrate the novel.

Lonely mountain

Talk with Smaug

‘The Fellowship of the Ring’, ‘The Two Towers’, and ‘The Return of the King’. The reading public liked it. Nearly 50 years after its publication, it was translated into more than 25 languages and sold more than 100 million copies.

of people, elves and gnomes against the Evil and its servants. It is wonderful and really very interesting.

‘The Hobbit’ won a prize, awarded by the New York Herald Tribune, for the best children story of the season.
In 1957 ‘The Lord of the Rings’ won the International Fantasy Award at the 15th World Science Fiction Convention.
In 1972J.R.R. Tolkien was honored as a C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his contribution to literature, and also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Oxford University for his contribution to philology.

and his wife Edith are buried together in a single grave in the Catholic section of Wolvercote cemetery in the northern suburbs of Oxford.

But his books are still popular nowadays. People remember his name and often visit his grave to honor the writer.

ролевым играм. http://www.kulichki.com/tolkien/
Джон Рональд Руэл Толкиен. http://www.kulichki.com/tolkien/cabinet/about.html
J.R.R. Tolkien Biography. http://www.biography.com/people/jrr-tolkien-9508428
Tolkien Biography. http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/abouttolkien.htm
The Tolkien Society. http://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/faq/