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* '''[[26 June|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Deirdre Levinson 26 June 1957|a letter to Deirdre Levinson]]. | * '''[[26 June|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Deirdre Levinson 26 June 1957|a letter to Deirdre Levinson]]. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''[[5 August|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Jerome W. Archer 5 August 1957|two letters to Jerome W. Archer]], Director of Libraries at [[Marquette University]]. | |||
* '''[[21 August|21]]''' - Artist [[John Howe]] is born. | * '''[[21 August|21]]''' - Artist [[John Howe]] is born. | ||
* '''[[24 August|24]]''' - Actor [[Stephen Fry]] is born. | * '''[[24 August|24]]''' - Actor [[Stephen Fry]] is born. | ||
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==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[6 November|6]]''' - Actor [[Cam Clarke]] is born. | * '''[[6 November|6]]''' - Actor [[Cam Clarke]] is born. | ||
* '''[[9 November|9/10]]''' - At midnight, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 9/10 November 1957|a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | |||
* '''[[17 November|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 203]]. | * '''[[17 November|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 203]]. | ||
* '''[[ | * '''[[17 November|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 17 November 1957|a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[7 December|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 204]]. | * '''[[7 December|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 204]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 8 June 2013
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1957.
January
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by Ruth Harshaw for the NBC radio program "Carnival of Books".
March
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 196.
April
May
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 197.
June
- 7 - Marquette University acquires many of Tolkien's manuscripts for 1,500 pounds.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 199.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 200.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Deirdre Levinson.
August
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes two letters to Jerome W. Archer, Director of Libraries at Marquette University.
- 21 - Artist John Howe is born.
- 24 - Actor Stephen Fry is born.
- 25 - Author Ian Brodie is born.
September
- 2 - Professor William Craigie, Tolkien's predecessor as Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, dies.
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 201.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien wins the International Fantasy Award.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 202.
- 11 - The Oxford Mail reports from the International Fantasy Award, won by Tolkien.
- 14 - The Bookseller reports from the International Fantasy Award, won by Tolkien.
October
- ? - Scholar Christopher Mitchell is born.
November
- 6 - Actor Cam Clarke is born.
- 9/10 - At midnight, J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 203.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
December
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 204.
?
- ? - The Lord of the Rings is awarded the International Fantasy Award.
- ? - Anders Stenström, scholar of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
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