World Encyclopedia of J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973) is one of the most popular contemporary authors and undoubtedly the most famous Catholic writer of the twentieth century . Encouraged children and friends , during his first novel published in 1937 story , The Hobbit or there and back again .

Stimulated by the favorable reception of his story , JRR begin to build a narrative painstakingly ample place in a mythical world known as the " Middle Earth" ( " Middle Earth " ) .

Due to the conditions of the hardships World War II trilogy The Lord of the Rings ( Lord of the Rings ) sees the light of day only in the 1954 to 1955 ushered in a new genre : Fantasy .

After the appearance , in 2004 , Tolkien 's world of my paper ( Hartmann Publishing House) , in e -mails received from various readers often seen questions like " Who was actually Gandalf ", " The where do wizards ? "" But gnomes "," What is the origin of orcs ? " .

Later , with the release of a discussion forum on literature Oline fantasy , whenever it came Tolkien was impossible not to be wondered " What about Tolkien's hobbits ? " or " What is the nature of the elves ? " .

All these interrogations i showed all too clearly the urgent need to provide the Romanian public with encyclopedic work that can answer questions like thi