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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1933.

4 - C.S. Lewis writes to lifelong friend Arthur Greeves on The Hobbit, saying "Since term began [on January 15] I have had a delightful time reading a children's story which Tolkien has just written . . . Whether it is really good (I think it is until the end) is of course another question: still more, whether it will succeed with modern children" (They Stand Together, collected letters from Lewis to Greeves, ed. Walter Hooper, No. 183).

? - Verlyn Flieger is born.
? - Tolkien writes the poem Errantry.
? - Michael McStay, who would voice Ceorl in the 1981 radio series, is born in Essex, England.
? - Michael Deacon, who would voice Gríma Wormtongue in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.

Years
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936

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 ==February==
 * '''4''' - [[C.S. Lewis]] writes to lifelong friend Arthur Greeves on ''[[The Hobbit]]'', saying "''Since term began [on January 15] I have had a delightful time reading a children's story which Tolkien has just written . . . Whether it is really good (I think it is until the end) is of course another question: still more, whether it will succeed with modern children''" (''They Stand Together'', collected letters from Lewis to Greeves, ed. [[wikipedia:Walter Hooper|Walter Hooper]], No. 183).