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'''Peter-Willem Schellen (a.k.a. Fëanor)''', who holds a MS from Birmingham City University, is a former treasurer and audit committee member of Tolkien Society [[Unquendor]], co-founder of Tolkien Society Haradrim, publisher of Tolkien periodical Voronwë, innkeeper of Gondolin (smial of Unquendor), incubator of Tolkien societies in Slovenia and Israel, Tolkien collector and author of articles that appeared in Amon Hen and Lembas. A humorous fanclub around him was active on Dutch Tolkien fandom website TheFellowship.nl (now defunct) in the mid 2000s.
'''Peter-Willem Schellen''', also known as '''Fëanor''', is a Dutch Tolkien collector and author.


[[category: Dutch people|Schellen, Peter]]
==History==
Schellen is a former treasurer and audit committee member of [[Unquendor]],<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/19991011062213/http://www.unquendor.nl/wie.html (accessed 05-12-2011)</ref> co-founder of the now defunct [[Haradrim (Tolkien Society)‎|South African Tolkien Society Haradrim]], publisher of Tolkien periodical ''Voronwë'',<ref>http://tolkienfrance.chez.com/tolkienco/fanzinesbis.html (accessed 05-12-2011)</ref> innkeeper of Unquendor smial [[Unquendor|Gondolin]], and incubator of [[Tolkien Societies|Tolkien societies]] in [[Gil-Galad (Tolkien Society)|Slovenia]] and [[Israeli Tolkien Society|Israel]].
 
He is also a collector and a number of his articles have appeared in ''[[Amon Hen (journal)|Amon Hen]]'' and ''[[Lembas (journal)|Lembas]]''.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20020314174435/http://www.unquendor.nl/door_leden/door_leden.html (accessed 05-12-2011)</ref>
 
His research in South Africa was donated to Unquendor and later used by [[Renee Vink]] in her article on Tolkien and South Africa.<ref>https://www.academia.edu/16197971/Tolkien_in_Zuid_Afrika</ref>
 
From 1994 to 1996 Schellen also published a periodical named Voronwë for his smial.<ref>https://fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Tolkien/Marque.html</ref>
 
Schellen presented at Unquendor end of year meetings and the twenty-seventh Forodrim jubilee in 1996.
 
Priscilla Tolkien signed and gifted Schellen a 2005 Tolkien calendar in appreciation of his fandom work in South Africa.<ref>https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=13658</ref>
 
More recently, Peter has supported the Afrikaans translations of the Lord of the Rings by pointing out translation errors.
 
==Bibliography==
===Articles===
*1999: ''Angerthas 49''
**"Portrait of Bloemfontein"<ref>https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/2022/10/09/angerthas-2/</ref>
*[[1999]]: [[Amon Hen 159|''Amon Hen'' 159]]
**"Portrait of Bloemfontein"
*[[2001]]: [[Amon Hen 167|''Amon Hen'' 167]]
**"Obituary: [[Rayner Unwin]]"
 
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 27 October 2023

Peter-Willem Schellen, also known as Fëanor, is a Dutch Tolkien collector and author.

History[edit | edit source]

Schellen is a former treasurer and audit committee member of Unquendor,[1] co-founder of the now defunct South African Tolkien Society Haradrim, publisher of Tolkien periodical Voronwë,[2] innkeeper of Unquendor smial Gondolin, and incubator of Tolkien societies in Slovenia and Israel.

He is also a collector and a number of his articles have appeared in Amon Hen and Lembas.[3]

His research in South Africa was donated to Unquendor and later used by Renee Vink in her article on Tolkien and South Africa.[4]

From 1994 to 1996 Schellen also published a periodical named Voronwë for his smial.[5]

Schellen presented at Unquendor end of year meetings and the twenty-seventh Forodrim jubilee in 1996.

Priscilla Tolkien signed and gifted Schellen a 2005 Tolkien calendar in appreciation of his fandom work in South Africa.[6]

More recently, Peter has supported the Afrikaans translations of the Lord of the Rings by pointing out translation errors.

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

References