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J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
From 1925 to 1945 Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford.
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🇬🇧 Will Stephen Colbert’s Lord of the Rings film be Tom Bombadil’s time to shine?<p>The US talkshow host’s script will focus on chapters three to eight of Tolkien’s first volume – a section Hollywood originally thought disposable b...
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🇺🇸 Stephen Colbert to co-write next movie in "Lord of the Rings" franchise
Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson announced on Wednesday that "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert will co-write the next "Lord of the Rings" movi...
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🇬🇧 Talk show host Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings filmColbert, who is a Tolkien superfan, will adapt an early section of the first Lord of the Rings novel....
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