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* '''[[4 May|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 209]]. | * '''[[4 May|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 209]]. | ||
* '''[[5 May|5]]''' - Author [[James Branch Cabell]] dies. | * '''[[5 May|5]]''' - Author [[James Branch Cabell]] dies. | ||
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is driven at high speed to ABC Television's studio at Aston, Birmingham. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 210]]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 210]]. | ||
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==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[2 November|2]]''' - [[Taum Santoski]], Tolkien linguist, is born. | |||
* '''[[30 November|30]]''' - Actor [[Gareth Jones]] dies. | * '''[[30 November|30]]''' - Actor [[Gareth Jones]] dies. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (1958)|two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (1958)|two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[The Old English Apollonius of Tyre]]'', containing a prefatory note by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | * '''?''' - ''[[The Old English Apollonius of Tyre]]'', containing a prefatory note by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | ||
Revision as of 23:27, 23 June 2015
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1958.
January
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
- 2 - Taum Santoski, Tolkien linguist, is born.
- 30 - Actor Gareth Jones dies.
?
- ? - 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.
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