1962

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1962.

April

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 237.
• 15 - Actor Tom Kane is born.
• 24 - Henry Gee is born.
• ? - Actress Tatyana Yassukovich is born.

July

• 2 - J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien make a trip to Bournemouth.
• 3 - Alina Dadlez writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 238.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 239.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Alina Dadlez.

August

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 240.
• 31 - Actor Dee Bradley Baker is born.

September

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing letter 241.
• 14 - An Argentinian publisher writes to J.R.R. Tolkien about a translation into Spanish of The Hobbit (El hobito).
• 17 - Alina Dadlez writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Alina Dadlez.
• 20 - Cartoonist Bill Amend is born.
• ? - Matt Blessing, the head of Marquette University archives, is born.

October

• 13 - Tim Tolkien is born.
• 22 - O Gnomo, the first Portuguese translation of The Hobbit, is published.

November

• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to H. Cotton Minchin.
• 20 - C. S. Lewis writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 22 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is published.
• 22 – A review in The Listener calls The Adventures of Tom Bombadil "close to genius".
• 23 - The literary supplement of The Times runs a review of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 242.

December

• 7 - Ancrene Wisse, Tolkien's edition of a Middle English manuscript, is published.
• 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by John Bowen.
• 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 243.

Years 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965