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==January==
* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (10 January 1958)|a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien]].
* '''[[29 January|29]]''' - Actor [[Alister Duncan]] is born.
==February==
==February==
* '''[[February 21|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 205]].
* '''[[17 February|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes to [[Letter to Wordsworth (17 February 1958)|Wordsworth]].
* '''[[21 February|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 205]].
==March==
==March==
* '''[[March 28|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited by the Dutch publisher ''Het Spectrum'' to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "[[Mushrooms|maggot]] soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author [[wikipedia:Hella Haasse|Hella Haasse]] gives a speech.
* '''[[18 March|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 205a]].
* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - Actor [[Stephen Ure]] is born.
* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited to attend a [["Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam]].
==April==
==April==
* '''[[April 8|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 206|206]] and [[letter 207|207]].  
* '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Peter Alford (2 April 1958)|a letter to Peter Alford]].
* '''[[April 10|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 208]].
* '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 205b]].
* '''[[April 12|12]]''' - [[Tony Oliver]], who would voice [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'', is born.
* '''[[3 April|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], signing as "[[Gandalf]]", sends [[Letter to an unknown Dutchman|a letter to a Dutchman]].
* '''[[8 April|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 206|206]] and [[letter 207|207]].  
* '''[[10 April|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 208]].
* '''[[12 April|12]]''' - [[Tony Oliver]], who would voice [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'', is born.
==May==
==May==
* '''[[May 4|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 209]].
* '''[[4 May|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 209]].
* '''[[5 May|5]]''' - Author [[James Branch Cabell]] dies.
* '''[[23 May|23]]''' - Actor [[William Kircher]] is born.
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is driven at high speed to ABC Television's studio at Aston, Birmingham.
 
==June==
==June==
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 210]].
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 210]].
==August==
* '''[[29 August|29]]''' - British actor [[Lenny Henry]] is born.
==October==
==October==
* '''[[October 14|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 211]].
* '''[[14 October|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 211]].
* '''[[October 20|20]]''' - [[Viggo Mortensen]], who would play [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy]]'', is born.
* '''[[20 October|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor|a letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor]].
* '''[[October 25|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 213]].
* '''[[20 October|20]]''' - [[Viggo Mortensen]], who would play [[Aragorn]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born.
* '''[[October 26|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[L.M. Cutts 26 October 1958|a letter to L.M. Cutts]].
* '''[[23 October|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 212a]].
* '''[[25 October|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 213]].
* '''[[26 October|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to L.M. Cutts|a letter to L.M. Cutts]].
* '''[[28 October|28]]''' - [[C. S. Lewis]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].


==November==
==November==
* '''[[November 30|30]]''' - Actor [[Gareth Jones]] dies.
* '''[[2 November|2]]''' - [[Taum Santoski]], Tolkien linguist, is born.
* '''[[10 November|10]]''' - [[C. S. Lewis]] writes a letter to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].
* '''[[30 November|30]]''' - Actor [[Gareth Jones]] dies.


==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - [[Taum Santoski]], Tolkien linguist, is born.
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 1958|two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]].


* '''?''' - Actress [[Kathryn Hurlbutt]] is born.
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (1958)|two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]].
* '''?''' - ''[[The Old English Apollonius of Tyre]]'', containing a prefatory note by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published.
* '''?''' - [[John D. Rateliff]], editor and author, is born.
* '''?''' - [[Edith Tolkien]] smashes her left arm in the garden, one of the reasons why that year became frustrating for the Tolkiens, preventing the completion of [[Letter 214]] and further work on ''the Silmarillion''.
* '''?''' - In order to pay his taxes, Tolkien offers some of his manuscripts to [[Marquette University]] for the sum of £1250.<ref>{{HM|Bio}}, “Cash or kudos”, p. 224</ref>
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 18 December 2023

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1958.

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February[edit | edit source]

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References

  1. Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, “Cash or kudos”, p. 224
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