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* '''?''' - [[Wayne G. Hammond]] is born. | * '''?''' - [[Wayne G. Hammond]] is born. | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''24''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 136]]. | * '''[[March 24|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 136]]. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''11''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 137]]. | * '''[[April 11|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 137]]. | ||
* '''15''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives the [[W.P. Ker Lecture]] at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''. | * '''[[April 15|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives the [[W.P. Ker Lecture]] at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[June 11|1]]''' - ''[[Pearl (E.V. Gordon)|Pearl]]'', edited by [[E.V. Gordon]] and including a contribution by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | * '''[[June 11|1]]''' - ''[[Pearl (E.V. Gordon)|Pearl]]'', edited by [[E.V. Gordon]] and including a contribution by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
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==August== | ==August== | ||
*'''4''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is angry over the fact that an editor at [[Allen and Unwin]] has corrected dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and worst of all, elven to elfin. | *'''[[August 4|4]]''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is angry over the fact that an editor at [[Allen and Unwin]] has corrected dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and worst of all, elven to elfin. | ||
* '''8''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 139]]. | * '''[[August 8|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 139]]. | ||
*'''17''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[letter 140|agrees]] with [[Rayner Unwin]] on the book titles for his sequel to ''[[The Hobbit]]'': they will be ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', ''[[The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Return of the King]]''. | *'''[[August 17|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[letter 140|agrees]] with [[Rayner Unwin]] on the book titles for his sequel to ''[[The Hobbit]]'': they will be ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', ''[[The Two Towers]]'' and ''[[The Return of the King]]''. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''9''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 141]]. | * '''[[October 9|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 141]]. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Essays and Studies 1953]]'', including ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | * '''?''' - ''[[Essays and Studies 1953]]'', including ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]]'' by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''23''' - Composer [[Johan de Meij]] is born. | * '''[[November 23|23]]''' - Composer [[Johan de Meij]] is born. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[December 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 142]]. | * '''[[December 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 142]]. | ||
Revision as of 12:04, 24 June 2010
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1953.
February
- ? - Wayne G. Hammond is born.
March
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 136.
April
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 137.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien gives the W.P. Ker Lecture at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
June
- 1 - Pearl, edited by E.V. Gordon and including a contribution by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 27 - Lorri Holt, who would provide the voice of Éowyn to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game), is born.
- ? - Christopher Gilson, linguist, is born.
August
- 4 – J.R.R. Tolkien is angry over the fact that an editor at Allen and Unwin has corrected dwarves to dwarfs, elvish to elfish, further to farther, and worst of all, elven to elfin.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 139.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien agrees with Rayner Unwin on the book titles for his sequel to The Hobbit: they will be The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
October
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 141.
- ? - Essays and Studies 1953, including The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
November
- 23 - Composer Johan de Meij is born.
December
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 142.
- 4 - An issue of the magazine Radio Times featuring an article by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 5 - Christopher Guard, who would voice Frodo Baggins in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
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