Biographie de John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He is best known as the creator of Middle-earth and author of the classic and extraordinary works of fiction, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. His books have been translated into 70 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
He died on 2 September 1973 at the age of 81. Alan Lee won the Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrated edition of Black Ships Before Troy. He has also completed illustrations for a number of works by Tolkien, including the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, diamond edition of The Hobbit and the three "Great Tales" : The Children of Húrin in 2007, Beren and Lúthien in 2017 and The Fall of Gondolin in 2018.
He worked as Conceptual Designer and Set Decorator on Peter Jackson's trilogies of films for both The Lord of the Rings and later The Hobbit, receiving the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on The Return of the King. Alan Lee lives and works on the edge of Dartmoor in southwest England.