![]() ![]() Tolkien also created the Middle-earth legendarium, a fantasy world with a detailed geography, history, and inhabited by Men, Elves, Dwarves, and Hobbits. He had a lifelong interest in and love of language, and also created several constructed languages. He was a great influence on the late conservative political theorist Russell Kirk. Tolkien also worked on translating the Bible, particularly the Book of Jonah for the Jerusalem Bible. ![]() Lewis's estimated book sales of 200 million. His books sales are estimated at 150 million, a tad less than his friend C.S. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 Bloemfontein, Orange Free State – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, philologist and university professor, best known as the author of several influential fantasy books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. ![]() Tolkien in 1972, in his study at Merton Street. ![]()
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