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[[File:Michael Tolkien.jpg|thumb|Michael Tolkien at [[The Return of the Ring]], 2012]] | [[File:Michael Tolkien.jpg|thumb|Michael Tolkien at [[The Return of the Ring]], 2012]] | ||
'''Michael George Reuel Tolkien''' (b. [[11 January]] [[1943]]) is the grandson of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], being the eldest son of [[Michael Tolkien|Michael H.R. Tolkien]]. Michael was born in [[Birmingham]], raised in a rural community in the Chiltern Hills, and then moved several times due to his father's changes of employment. | '''Michael George Reuel Tolkien''' (b. [[11 January]] [[1943]]) is the grandson of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], being the eldest son of [[Michael Tolkien|Michael H.R. Tolkien]]. Michael was born in [[Birmingham]], raised in a rural community in the Chiltern Hills, and then moved several times due to his father's changes of employment. | ||
Michael is a poet and author of several books. He retired in 1994 due to ill health. He has been married three times since 1967 and has two daughters, Catherine and Ruth. Michael is a member of the board of the [[Tolkien Estate]]. | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 11 September 2014
Michael Tolkien at The Return of the Ring, 2012
Michael George Reuel Tolkien (b. 11 January 1943) is the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, being the eldest son of Michael H.R. Tolkien. Michael was born in Birmingham, raised in a rural community in the Chiltern Hills, and then moved several times due to his father's changes of employment.
Michael is a poet and author of several books. He retired in 1994 due to ill health. He has been married three times since 1967 and has two daughters, Catherine and Ruth. Michael is a member of the board of the Tolkien Estate.
Bibliography
Articles
- 1998: Mallorn 36
- The making of modern children's literature: J.R.R. Tolkien (review)
- 1999: Mallorn 37
- Tolkien: Man and Myth (review)
- 2001: Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees - Volume 3
- "Eden, Fall, Exile and Beyond" [Speech at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinner 1998]
