J.R.R. Tolkien

Question 1 & 2

• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• 1892-1973

Question 3

• Fantasy-Fiction

Question 4

• Lord of the Rings.
• A cold voice answered: 'Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."

J.R.R. Tolkien

• Born in South Africa
• His dad died when he was 4, and his mom when he was 12.
• He was home schooled
• He had 4 kids, 3 sons and 1 daughter, as well as a younger brother.

Question 6

• He began to write poems when he was in high school, after a meeting for a secret club he started with his friends.
• After WWII, he translated Beowulf and began to write The Hobbit.

Question 7

• He was critical of his fans, and saw them as lunatics.

Question 8

• He was very different, and a scholar since a young age, and often viewed himself as a scholar first and a writer second.

Sources

• "10 Things You Might Not Know About J.R.R. Tolkien." Mental Floss. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2016.
• "Biography." The Tolkien Society. N.p., 08 Feb. 2014. Web. 06 Jan. 2016.