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'''Reminiscences of J.R.R. Tolkien''' is a page on Tolkien Gateway which collects publications of people recalling past experiences of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Apart from their literary value, reminiscences might also be useful for scholars researching the life and works of Tolkien.
'''Reminiscences of J.R.R. Tolkien''' is a page on Tolkien Gateway which collects publications of people recalling their personal experiences of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Apart from their literary value, reminiscences might also be useful for scholars researching the life and works of Tolkien.


==Books==
==Books==
*[[2008]]: [[Arne Zettersten|Zettersten, Arne]]. ''[[Tolkien - min vän Ronald och hans världar]]''. Will be published in English as ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's Double Worlds and Creative Process]]'' in 2010.
*[[1965]]: ''[[The Book of Kyng Arthur|The Book of Kyng Arthur: The Unity of Malory's Morte Darthur]]''
*201?: [[Douglas A. Anderson|Anderson, Douglas A.]] and [[Marjorie Burns|Burns, Marjorie]] (eds.). ''[[On Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other Essays]]'' [forthcoming].
*[[1976]]: ''[[Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers]]
*[[1982]]: ''[[Brothers and Friends|Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis]]''
*[[1985]]: ''[[A Path from Rome|A Path from Rome: An Autobiography]]'' by [[Anthony Kenny]]
*[[1999]]: ''[[George Allen and Unwin: A Remembrancer|George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer]]''
*[[2008]]: ''[[Tolkien - min vän Ronald och hans världar]]'' (published in English as ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's Double Worlds and Creative Process]]'' in 2011) by [[Arne Zettersten]]
*[[2013]]: ''[[La Conexion Española de J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' by [[José Manuel Ferrández Bru]]
*201?: ''[[On Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other Essays]]'' [forthcoming], edited by [[Douglas A. Anderson]] and [[Marjorie Burns]] (eds.)


==Articles==
==Articles==
*[[2010]]: Huffington Post. April 26, 2010.  
*[[1972]]: [[L. Sprague de Camp]], "Letter to the editor", ''Andúril'' 1 (April 1972, pp. 8-9)
**[[Simon Tolkien|Tolkien, Simon]] - "[[In My Grandfather's Footsteps]]"
*[[1973]]: [[Locus 149|''Locus'' #149]] (14 September 1973) [L. Sprague de Camp about his meeting with Tolkien]
*[[1973]]: ''The Tablet'', 15 September
**"[[A Tribute to Tolkien]]" ([[Robert Murray]])
*[[1977]]: [[British Book News (June 1977)|''British Book News'' (June 1977)]]
**"Remembering Tolkien and Lewis" (Anthony Curtis)
*[[1979]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller]]''
**"The Man and the Scholar - A reminiscence" ([[S.T.R.O. d'Ardenne]])
*[[1979]]: ''[http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/3.toc Notes and Queries]'', Volume 26 Issue 3
**"Reviews" (by B.D.H. Miller)<ref>{{webcite|author=[[John D. Rateliff]]|articleurl=http://sacnoths.blogspot.se/2013/04/tolkien-and-elephant.html|articlename=Tolkien and the Elephant|dated=April 7 2013|website=Sac|accessed=9 April 2013}}</ref>
*[[1980]]: [[Amon Hen 44|''Amon Hen'' 44]]
**"Recollections" (by [[Roger Lancelyn Green]])
*[[1980]]: ''Minas Tirith Evening-Star'' 9, no. 2 (January 1980), pp. 16-17
** "[[A Dialogue: Discussion by Humphrey Carpenter, Professor George Sayer and Dr. Clyde S. Kilby|A Dialogue: Discussion by Humphrey Carpenter, Professor George Sayer and Dr. Clyde S. Kilby; recorded Sept. 29, 1979, Wheaton, Illinois]]"
*[[1983]]: **"[http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/806-The-Inkling-Archives.php The Inklings Archives 2: Facets of Tolkien]
*[[1983]]: ''New York Times'' (September 4)
**"[http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/11/specials/tolkien-revisited.html Middle Earth Revisited]" [Includes reminiscence by Mr. Ballantine]
*[[1987]]: Foreword (by [[Christopher Tolkien]]) to [[The Hobbit (50th Anniversary edition)|''The Hobbit'' 50th Anniversary edition)]]
*[[1989]]: ''BBC Radio 4'', 20 January, Program "To Keep the Memory Green" Humphrey Carpenter looks at the [[Tolkien Society]]
*[[1990]]: ''Mythlore'' 64
**"Professor J.R.R. Tolkien: A Personal Memoir", by [[Robert Havard]]
*[[1992]]: ''The Brown Book'' (December)
**"Memories of J.R.R. Tolkien in His Centenary Year" (pp. 12-14; [[Priscilla Tolkien]])
*[[1993]]: ''Angerthas'' 34 (July)
**"J.R.R. Tolkien and Edith Tolkien's Stay in Staffordshire 1916, 1917 and 1918" (pp. 4-5) ([[Priscilla Tolkien]])
*[[1994]]: ''Tygodnik Powszechny'', nr 14
**"Oksfordzcy mistrzowie wyobraźni" ["Oxfordian Masters of Imagination"; interview with Przemyslaw Mroczkowski conducted by Tomasz Fiałkowskim] (for more info on the contents of the interview, see [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]])
*[[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
**Section 1: Recollection and Remembrance
***"Reminiscences: Oxford in 1920, Meeting Tolkien and Becoming an Author at 77" ([[Vera Chapman]])
***"Tolkien Centenary Banquet Address" ([[Glen H. Goodknight]])
***"Sermon at Thanksgiving Service, Keble College Chapel, 23rd August 1992" ([[Robert Murray]])
***"Recollections of J.R.R. Tolkien" ([[George Sayer]])
***"Publishing Tolkien" ([[Rayner Unwin]])
*[[1996]]: ''Independent'', 4 December
**"[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/john-walsh-meets-sister-wendy-beckett-1338165.html  John Walsh meets Sister Wendy Beckett]"
*[[1999]]: ''TheOnering.net'', December 17,
**"[http://www.theonering.net/torwp/1999/12/17/21613-chance-meeting/ Chance Meeting…]"
*[[1999]]: ''Morgunblaðið'', February 28 (Icelandic newspaper)
**[In an article, Linda Ásdísardóttir [http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=131485&pageId=1928715&lang=is&q=Tolkien interviews] 89-year-old Arndís Þorbjarnardóttir who had been an au-pair in the Tolkien household while J.R.R. Tolkien was writing ''[[The Hobbit]]''.]<ref>{{webcite|author=Nancy Marie Brown|articleurl=http://nancymariebrown.blogspot.se/2012/08/tolkiens-icelandic-trolls.html|articlename=Tolkien's Icelandic Trolls|dated=1 August 2012|website=[http://nancymariebrown.blogspot.com/ God of Wednesday (blog)]|accessed=2 August 2012}}</ref>
*[[1999]]: ''[[Tolkien: A Celebration|Tolkien: A Celebration: Collected Writings on a Literary Legacy]]''
**"Recollections of J.R.R. Tolkien" ([[George Sayer]])
**"Tolkien and С. S. Lewis: An Interview with Walter Hooper"
*[[2000]]: ''Theonering.net'', 18 August,
**"[http://archives.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/966250080 Radio New Zealand interviewed Humphrey Carpenter]
*[[2001]]: ''Telegraph'', 4 December
**"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4726863/We-talked-of-love-death-and-fairy-tales.html  We talked of love, death and fairy tales]" ([[William Cater|Bill Cater]])
*[[2001]]: ''Christopherleeweb''
**"[http://christopherleeweb.com/forums/front-page-news/interview-christopher-lee-ian-mckellen-and-john-rhys-0 Interview with Christopher Lee]" ([[Christopher Lee]])
*[[2001]]: ''Watford Observer'', 14 December
**"[http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/307760.related_to_tolkien/ Related to Tolkien]" (Sandra Carter; interview with [[Julian Tolkien]])
*[[2001]]: ''The Guardian'', 14 December
**"[http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/14/lordoftherings.jrrtolkien/ So, would Tolkien have liked the film?]"
*[[2002]]: ''Bilbo's Farewell Song'', 26 August
**"[http://archives.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1030403585 Pauline Baynes]"
*[[2003]]: ''The Mail'',23 Febuary
**"[http://www.simontolkien.com/mygrandfather.html My first recollection of My Grandfather]" by [[Simon Tolkien]]
*[[2003]]: ''BBC.co.uk", 27 March
**"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/goingout/2003/03/05/books.shtml Wrestling with an angel]"
*[[2004]]: Moorcock's Miscellany (website), 19 May
**"[http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?p=9879#post9879 Meeting Tolkien]"
*[[2006]]:  Andwerve, 08 January
**"[http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=Brem+Interview#anchor1 Connecting with History - An Interview with Barbara Remington]"
*[[2008]]: [[Amon Hen 209|''Amon Hen'' 209]]
**"Some Family Connections with J.R.R. Tolkien" (B.S. Benedikz; pp. 11-3)
*[[2008]]: Thekindlings website
**"[http://www.thekindlings.com/podcasts/dick-staub-interviews-journeys/george-sayer-jack-a-life-of-cs-lewis-podcast-journeys-interview-segment-1-of-1/ Thekindlings podcast interview with George Sayer]"
*[[2008]]: thecuttingedgenews.com
**"[http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=716&pageid=23&pagename=Arts What Tolkien Taught Me about the Battle of the Somme]"
*[[2009]]: ''Telegraph'', 8 May
**"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/5286395/Culture-Clinic-Sister-Wendy-Beckett.html Culture Clinic: Sister Wendy Beckett]" (interview with Sister Wendy Beckett)
*[[2010]]: ''Mallorn'' 50, "The Tolkien Society - the early days" by Charles E. Noad.
*[[2010]]: ''Huffington Post'', 26 April
**"[[In My Grandfather's Footsteps]]" ([[Simon Tolkien]])
*[[2010]]: ''wamc.org'' 18 may,
**"[http://wamc.org/post/book-show-1139-simon-tolkien Audio Interview with Simon Tolkien]
*[[2010]]: ''[[Mythprint]]'' (June issue, Vol. 47, No. 6, #335, on pp. 3–4)
**"[http://www.mythsoc.org/blog/interview-with-simon-tolkien/ Interview with Simon Tolkien]" (by [[Jason Fisher]])
*[[2010]]: ''Oxford Today'' Volume 22 No 2, Hilary 2010
**"[https://www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtoday/page.aspx?pid=951 A Python's progress]" (interview with Terry Jones)
*[[2011]]: ''The Independent'', 6 March
**"[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-caradoc-king-amp-philip-pullman-2230477.html How We Met: Caradoc King & Philip Pullman]" (interviews by Adam Jacques)
*[[2012]]: ''[[The Saga of Hrolf Kraki]]''
**Foreword (by [[Priscilla Tolkien]])
*[[2012]]: Times of Malta, 24 December 2012
**"[http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121224/local/A-quest-for-The-Hobbit.450767 A quest for The Hobbit]" (by Kristina Chetcuti).(interview with Charles Calleja)
*[[2013]]: BBC News, 21 March 2013
**"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21859633 Did Gollum get his name from a cave in the Irish Burren?]" (by Nuala McCann). [Includes reminiscence attributed to Rose MacNamara].
*[[2013]]: [[Mallorn 54|''Mallorn'' 54]]
**"A Recollection of Tolkien: Canon Gerard Hanlon" (eds, Daniel Helen and [[Morgan Thomsen]])
*[[2013]]: The Morrisian (blog)
**"[http://themorrisian.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-morrisian-interview-series-2-john-j.html#more The Morrisian Interview Series, #2: John J. Walsdorf]" (12 April 2013)
*[[2013]]: ''The Independent'', 22 November
**"[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/cs-lewis-in-the-shadow-of-jfks-death-8955470.html  C.S.Lewis: in the shadows of JFK's death...]"
*[[2014]]: ''goodreads.com''
**"[http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/5677234-under-the-shadow-of-the-ring-my-writing-beginnings Under the shadow of the Ring: my writing beginnings]" by Paula Coston
 
==Recordings==
*[[2012]]: ''The Hobbit, the Musical'', radio programme (London: [[BBC]], [[2012]])
**Featuring a recollection by [[Wikipedia:Paul Drayton (composer)|Paul Drayton]] of his and [[Humphrey Carpenter]]'s meeting with Tolkien in [[1967]] to get permission for [[The Hobbit (1967 stage adaptation)|''The Hobbit'' (1967 stage adaptation)]].
*[[2012]]: ''Sister Wendy Beckett'', radio programme (London: [[BBC]], [[2012]]) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/e39b7f00#b01p9g3w Desert Island Disc]
*[[2013]]: ''Beyond Belief'', radio programme (London: [[BBC]], [[2013]]) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bqchj Robert Hardy]
 
==Videos==
 
Recollections by:
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oio0_IGPjuA Joseph Power]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNcsPSeerzs Rose MacNamara (1)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFZO-qIX2_c& Rose MacNamara (2)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyf7viVcgQ Jeremy Prince]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItQ0f3QIeYk Simon Tolkien (1)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9siLtsUG5o Simon Tolkien (2)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCEqQV5eIjk Simon Tolkien (3)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXicAbdF2MU Simon Tolkien (4)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKtU6Pbp-kU Simon Tolkien (5)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fylt2lj-Jgg Simon Tolkien (6)]
 
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Reminiscences of J.R.R. Tolkien is a page on Tolkien Gateway which collects publications of people recalling their personal experiences of J.R.R. Tolkien. Apart from their literary value, reminiscences might also be useful for scholars researching the life and works of Tolkien.

Books

Articles

Recordings

Videos

Recollections by:

References

  1. John D. Rateliff, "Tolkien and the Elephant" dated 7 April 2013, Sacnoth's Scriptorium (accessed 9 April 2013)
  2. Nancy Marie Brown, "Tolkien's Icelandic Trolls" dated 1 August 2012, God of Wednesday (blog) (accessed 2 August 2012)