1944

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1944.

January

• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 53b.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 54.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 55.
• ? - Christopher Tolkien is sent to South Africa for pilot training in the Royal Air Force.

February

• 13 - John Tolkien is made an Exorcist and Acolyte in a ceremony at Stonyhust.
• 18 - Anthony Jackson, the Tale Bearer in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is born in Birmingham, England.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 55a.

March

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 56.
• 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 56a.

April

• 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 58.
• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 59.
• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 59a.
• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 60.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 61.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 62.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 63.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 64.

May

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 65.
• 4 - While writing on The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien sees a new character arrive on the scene. He later comments: "(I am sure I did not invent him, I did not even want him, though I like him, but there he came walking into the woods of Ithilien): Faramir, brother of Boromir".
• 5 - John Rhys-Davies, who would play Gimli and voice Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 66.
• 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 67.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 68.
• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 69.
• 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 70.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 71.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 72.

June

• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 73.
• 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 73a.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 74.

July

• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 74a.
• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins letter 75.
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes letter 75.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 76.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 77.

August

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 78.
• 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 79.
• ? - Author Richard C. West is born.

September

• 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 80.
• 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 80a.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 80b.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing letter 81.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 82.

October

• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 83.
• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 84.
• 12 – J.R.R. Tolkien sends Leaf by Niggle to the Dublin Review, which hosts a short-story competition. It was published in the January 1945 issue.
• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 85.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 86.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a letter from 12 year old John Barrow from West town, Pa.. The boy has already read The Hobbit eleven times, and his use of the term "Gee Whiz" delights Tolkien.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 87.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 88.
• ? - Gene Hargrove, author and composer, is born.

November

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 88a.
• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing letter 89.
• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 89a.
• 11 - Actor Martyn Read is born.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 90.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 91.
• 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 91a.

December

• 17 - Bernard Hill, who would play Théoden in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 91b.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 91c.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 92.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 93.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 94.
• 28 - Paul Drayton is born.

?

• ? - Dutch translator Peter Cuijpers is born.
• ? - Sir Orfeo is published.
• (Autumn) - Tolkien starts writing Book V of The Lord of the Rings.

References

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