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* '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[Ian Hogg]], who would voice [[Tom Bombadil]] in [[BBC]]'s radio series of ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'', is born. | * '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[Ian Hogg]], who would voice [[Tom Bombadil]] in [[BBC]]'s radio series of ''[[Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series)|Tales from the Perilous Realm]]'', is born. | ||
* '''[[5 August|5]]''' - [[Alan Howard]], the voice for [[the One Ring]] in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]] and [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]], is born. | * '''[[5 August|5]]''' - [[Alan Howard]], the voice for [[the One Ring]] in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]] and [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]], is born. | ||
* '''[[August | * '''[[31 August|31]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 15]]. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''[[7 September|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[George Allen and Unwin 7 September 1937|a letter to George Allen & Unwin]] concerning the promotion of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and mentioning his friend [[Wilfred Rowland Childe]]. | * '''[[7 September|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[George Allen and Unwin 7 September 1937|a letter to George Allen & Unwin]] concerning the promotion of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and mentioning his friend [[Wilfred Rowland Childe]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 9 June 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1937.
January
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 9.
- 7 - At the request of his father, young Rayner Unwin writes a book report on Farmer Giles of Ham. This is the first of many positive critiques.
- 16 - Artist Klaus Ensikat is born.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 10.
February
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "The Dragon's Visit" is published in The Oxford Magazine.
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 11.
April
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 12.
- 20 - George Takei, who travelled the world as narrator of Johan de Meij's Symphony No. 1, "The Lord of the Rings", is born.
May
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 13.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 14.
June
- 25 - Author Timothy J. Wheeler is born.
July
- 1 - Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics is published.
August
- 1 - Ian Hogg, who would voice Tom Bombadil in BBC's radio series of Tales from the Perilous Realm, is born.
- 5 - Alan Howard, the voice for the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King, is born.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 15.
September
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to George Allen & Unwin concerning the promotion of The Hobbit and mentioning his friend Wilfred Rowland Childe.
- 21 - The Hobbit is published.
- 28 - Donald Gee, who would voice Radagast in 1981 radio series, is born.
October
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 16.
- 8 - C.S. Lewis reviews The Hobbit in The Times.
- 9 - Brian Blessed, who would play Farmer Giles in Tales from the Perilous Realm (1992 radio series), is born.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 17.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 18.
December
- 16-19 - Tolkien starts writing the first chapter of the "New Hobbit", which will later become The Lord of the Rings.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 19.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 20.
- 25 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
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- ? - Tolkien submits The Father Christmas Letters and The Silmarillion for publication but they are rejected.
- ? - Author Jared Lobdell is born.
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