1958

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1958.

January

• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien.

February

• 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes to Wordsworth.
• 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 205.

March

• 28 - Actor Stephen Ure is born.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien is invited by the Dutch publisher Het Spectrum to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "maggot soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author Hella Haasse gives a speech.

April

• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Peter Alford.
• 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Cees Ouboter.
• 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien, signing as "Gandalf", sends a letter to a Dutchman.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 206 and 207.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 208.
• 12 - Tony Oliver, who would voice Merry in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.

May

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 209.
• 5 - Author James Branch Cabell dies.
• 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien is driven at high speed to ABC Television's studio at Aston, Birmingham.

June

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 210.

October

• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 211.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor.
• 20 - Viggo Mortensen, who would play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 213.
• 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to L.M. Cutts.

November

• 30 - Actor Gareth Jones dies.

?

• ? - Taum Santoski, Tolkien linguist, is born.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
• ? - The Old English Apollonius of Tyre, containing a prefatory note by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
• ? - John D. Rateliff, editor and author, is born.

Years 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961