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'''Royal Society of Literature 10 January 1964''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to the [[Wikipedia:Royal Society of Literature|Royal Society of Literature]], written on [[10 January]] [[1964]].<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 615</ref>
On [[10 January]] [[1964]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to the [[Wikipedia:Royal Society of Literature|Royal Society of Literature]]'''.<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 615</ref>


*'''Subject:''' Tolkien declines to write an obituary of [[C.S. Lewis]] for the Society's journal ''Report'', but suggests that [[Owen Barfield]] do so instead. Tolkien writes: "I feel his loss so deeply that I have since his death refused to write or speak about him".<ref name=CG/>
*'''Subject:''' Tolkien declines to write an obituary of [[C.S. Lewis]] for the Society's journal ''Report'', but suggests that [[Owen Barfield]] do so instead. Tolkien writes: "I feel his loss so deeply that I have since his death refused to write or speak about him".<ref name=CG/>
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Latest revision as of 15:07, 6 June 2014

On 10 January 1964, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to the Royal Society of Literature.[1]

  • Subject: Tolkien declines to write an obituary of C.S. Lewis for the Society's journal Report, but suggests that Owen Barfield do so instead. Tolkien writes: "I feel his loss so deeply that I have since his death refused to write or speak about him".[1]
  • Publication: A quote from the letter appeared in the article "Literary Greats Exposed as Gossips and Snipes" by Martin Bentham, published in the Sunday Telegraph, 7 February 1999.[1]

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