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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''14''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 180]]. | * '''[[January 14|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 180]]. | ||
* '''22''' - The ''New York Times Book Review'' publishes [[W.H. Auden]]'s review of [[The Return of the King]]. | * '''[[January 22|22]]''' - The ''New York Times Book Review'' publishes [[W.H. Auden]]'s review of ''[[The Return of the King]]'': "[[At the End of the Quest, Victory]]". | ||
* '''?''' - [[Diana Glyer]] is born. | * '''?''' - [[Diana Glyer]] is born. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''5''' - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of [[The Return of the King]] in the ''New York Herald Tribune'' titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End". | * '''5''' - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of [[The Return of the King]] in the ''New York Herald Tribune'' titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End". | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 12 June 2010
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1956.
January
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 180.
- 22 - The New York Times Book Review publishes W.H. Auden's review of The Return of the King: "At the End of the Quest, Victory".
- ? - Diana Glyer is born.
February
- 5 - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of The Return of the King in the New York Herald Tribune titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End".
March
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a letter from a Sam Gamgee – from Tooting.
- 18 - Tolkien writes letter 184.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 185.
April
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 188.
- 8 - Jim Piddock, who would voice Bilbo Baggins and Elrond in Vivendi's game The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 189.
June
- 18 - Dominic Guard, who would voice Pippin in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 198.
July
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 190.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 191.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 192.
November
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 193.
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 194.
December
- 15 - Linguist Patrick H. Wynne is born.
?
- ? - Marquette University purchases Tolkien manuscripts for 1,500 pounds sterling.
- ? - Inger Edelfeldt, Swedish author and illustrator, is born.
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