Author of the best-selling book after the Bible: Who is J. R. R. Tolkien?

J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His name stands for John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.

The author's father was a bank manager. The originally British family had gone to Africa for a new life. Due to the climate, Tolkien's mother returned to England, taking his younger sister and Tolkien.

While they were waiting for their father to come, they got the news of his death. After his wife died, they took their two children and settled in the small village of Sarehole. He spent a short time in this village, which left deep traces on the author.

The biggest thing that impressed Tolkien in Sarehole, besides the lush nature of the Moseley swamp, the mill and the miller's son's brother and Tolkien were not constantly chasing him.

He was in his senior year at Oxford University when World War I began. A year later, he graduated with first place and joined the army as a lieutenant. Sent by ship to France. Here he fell ill and was sent back to England.

After the war, he worked as an academic at Oxford. Tolkien eventually became one of the best linguists in the world.

He started writing the Lord of the Rings trilogy when he was a college student. Even the author was surprised by the success of these works. When he died in 1973, his unfinished works were published by his son.

Details of his life story

The family, originally from England, had settled in South Africa to start a new life for themselves. However, due to the climate, mother Mabel, Ronald, and his sister Hilary had to return to England. Mabel and the children were shaken by the news of his death from South Africa on February 15, 1896, while waiting for their father Arthur, who would return to England the day after them. Thereupon, Mabel took the children and settled in the small village of Sarehole.

This village would leave a deep impression on Ronald, and he would visit Sarehole repeatedly for the Hobbit realm of his dreams, the Shire.

He lost his mother, Mabel, to diabetes in 1904. Upon his mother's death, the children went to their aunt Beatrice and were placed in the custody of Father Francis Morgan. While at King Edward's School, Ronald discovered that he had a great aptitude for languages. It was during this period that he began to devise a language of his own. Thus, the foundations of Elvish languages were laid.

In his early teenage years, Ronald became obsessed with two large structures in the city of Birmingham, where they lived. The 29-meter Perrott's Folly Tower was engraved in Ronald's brain with its extraordinary size for those years. Built by John Perrott in 1758, this tower was named "Perrott's Courthouse" of its peculiar architecture. Right next to this tower was another tower. These two towers would be a source of inspiration for the Lord of the Rings, which he would write more about.

At the age of 16, he met his true love in life, Edith. But Father Morgan forbade the two young people from meeting. In 1911 Tolkien went to Exeter College to study classical languages. At the age of 21, he met Edith again. Although Edith was engaged to someone else, she broke off her engagement to Tolkien. She married Tolkien on March 22, 1916. In this period, Tolkien, who joined the army upon the outbreak of World War I, fought on the French front. Losing two of his close friends in this war, Tolkien was injured by a bomb that exploded very close to him and was sent back to England by the army.

After returning from the war, he spent most of his life in Oxford, where he was recruited. He had 4 children until he became a professor in 1945. During this time, he continued to create Middle-earth in his imagination. He published his first book, "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight", a translation. With his close friend C S Lewis, he founded the intellectual community "Inklings" and published The Hobbit in 1937.

The novel received mixed reactions from critics. "The Hobbit" quickly reached huge sales figures. Then he started working for The Lord Of The Rings. The first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings were published in 1954, and the third in 1955 in the UK.

The 1965 release of The Lord of the Rings in the United States marked a major turning point. The Americans, especially the younger population, loved the novel so much that this series quickly became a cult.

Tolkien died on September 2, 1973, at the age of 81.