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{{quote|I look forward with great pleasure to the opportunity of again visiting the renowned University of Liège, for which I entertain feelings of affection and the highest regard.|J.R.R. Tolkien (in ''[[Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum]]'', p.56)}} | {{quote|I look forward with great pleasure to the opportunity of again visiting the renowned University of Liège, for which I entertain feelings of affection and the highest regard.|J.R.R. Tolkien (in ''[[Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum]]'', p.56)}} | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Liège University 9 September 1954]] | |||
*[[Liège University 18 October 1954]] | |||
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Revision as of 19:11, 2 June 2010
Liège University 29 January 1954 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to the Recteur of the University of Liège, written on January 29th, 1954.
The letter concerns the festivities of Tolkien's reception of an honorary doctorate at the University of Liège on October 2nd, 1954 (he was suggested as a candidate by Simonne d'Ardenne).
- Authenticity: High. The letter is kept at the University Archives in Liège, and is mentioned by Wayne G. Hammond Christina Scull in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology.
- Publication: The letter was reprinted in full in the article "Tolkien and Belgium" by Johan Vanhecke, published in Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum.
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- "I look forward with great pleasure to the opportunity of again visiting the renowned University of Liège, for which I entertain feelings of affection and the highest regard."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien (in Lembas Extra: Proceedings of the 5th Unquendor Lustrum, p.56)
