JRRTolkieN

JRRTolkieN (1892-1973).
[J.R.R. stands for: John Ronald Reuel]

English novelist and scholar who achieved fame with his richly inventive epic trilogy TheLordOfTheRings (1954-55). The work consists of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. This remarkable work by the mid-1960s had become, especially in its appeal to young people, a sociocultural phenomenon.