Christopher Tolkien
British book editor, son of J. R. R. Tolkien / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (21 November 1924 – 16 January 2020) was an English and naturalised French academic editor.[1] The son of author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien edited much of his father's posthumously published work, including The Silmarillion and the 12-volume (plus one volume of indices) series The History of Middle-Earth. Tolkien also drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings.
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Born | Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (1924-11-21)21 November 1924 Leeds, England |
Died | 16 January 2020(2020-01-16) (aged 95) Draguignan, France |
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Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford (BA, BLitt) |
Genre | Fantasy |
Notable awards | Bodley Medal (2016) |
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Faith Faulconbridge
(m. 1951; div. 1967) |
Children | 3: Adam, Rachel and Simon |
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Outside his father's unfinished works, Christopher Tolkien edited three tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (with Nevill Coghill) and his father's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.