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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 615