Rayner Unwin

Rayner Unwin

Rayner Stephens Unwin CBE (23 December, 1925 – 23 November, 2000) reviewed J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit at age 10 and without his praise of the book it might have never been published. His father was Sir Stanley Unwin, co-founder of George Allen & Unwin. In 1968, Rayner Unwin followed in his father's footsteps as chairman of the publishing firm. He retired in 1985 and passed away in 2000.

Bibliography, selected

Books

• 1992: The Making of The Lord of the Rings
• 1999: George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer

Articles

• 1936: [Manuscript]
  • "Report on the Hobbit"
• 1982: The Sunday Times Magazine 19 September
  • "The Return of Tolkien" [interview]
• 1987: Science Fiction Chronicle 8
  • "The Hobbit 50th Anniversary"
• 1992: Mallorn 29
  • "Publishing Tolkien"
• 1993: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography
  • "Foreword"
• 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
  • "Publishing Tolkien"
• 1997: Digging Potatoes, Growing Trees - Volume 1
  • "'How many more volumes in this series?' I don't know, Christopher doesn't know" [Speech at the Tolkien Society's Annual Dinner 1990]
• 2000: Tolkien's Legendarium
  • "Early Days of Elder Days"

See also

• Stanley Unwin
• Allen and Unwin
• Letter to Rayner Unwin (28 December 1953)
• Letter to Rayner Unwin (12 May 1955)
• Letter to Rayner Unwin (23 May 1961)
• Letter to Rayner Unwin (12 October 1972)

External links

• Entry at Oxford Dictionary
• Video of Rayner Unwin
• Rayner Unwin Obituary at theguardian.com
• Rayner Unwin Obituary at telegraph.co.uk
• Rayner Unwin Obituary at the new york times.