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'''Verlyn Flieger''' is the Professor in the Department of English at [[wikipedia:University of Maryland|the University of Maryland]]. She has written several [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]-related books. She is also a multiple [[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]] winner.
'''Verlyn Flieger''' ([[24 February]] [[1933]]) is the Professor in the Department of English at [[wikipedia:University of Maryland|the University of Maryland]]. She has written several [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]-related books. She is also a multiple [[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Award]] winner.


With [[Michael D.C. Drout]], Flieger is co-editor of ''[[Tolkien Studies|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://wvupressonline.com/journals/tolkien_studies|articlename=Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review|dated=|website=[http://wvupressonline.com/ West Virginia University Press]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref> She is also a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for [[Walking Tree Publishers]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.walking-tree.org/board_of_advisors.php|articlename=Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors|dated=|website=[http://www.walking-tree.org/ Walking Tree Publihers]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref>
With [[Michael D.C. Drout]], Flieger is co-editor of ''[[Tolkien Studies (journal)|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://wvupressonline.com/journals/tolkien_studies|articlename=Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review|dated=|website=[http://wvupressonline.com/ West Virginia University Press]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref> She is also a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for [[Walking Tree Publishers]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.walking-tree.org/board_of_advisors.php|articlename=Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors|dated=|website=[http://www.walking-tree.org/ Walking Tree Publihers]|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref>


== Bibliography==
== Bibliography==
===Books===
===Books===
* [[1983]]: ''[[Splintered Light]]''
* [[1983]]: ''[[Splintered Light]]''
* [[1988]]: ''[[A Question of Time]]''
* [[1997]]: ''[[A Question of Time]]''
* [[2000]]: [[Tolkien's Legendarium|''Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on'' The History of Middle-earth]] (editor, with [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
* [[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium|Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth]]'' (editor, with [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
* [[2002]]: ''Splintered Light'' (expanded edition)
* [[2002]]: ''Splintered Light'' (expanded edition)
* [[2005]]: ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' (editor)
* [[2005]]: ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' (editor)
* [[2005]]: ''[[Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology]]''
* [[2005]]: ''[[Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology]]''
* [[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' (editor, with [[Douglas A. Anderson]])
* [[2007]]: ''[[Tolkien On Fairy-stories]]'' (editor, with [[Douglas A. Anderson]])
* [[2011]]: ''[[Green Suns and Faëire|Green Suns and Faëire: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
* [[2011]]: ''[[Green Suns and Faërie|Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
* [[2015]]: ''[[Smith of Wootton Major]]'' (editor, pocket edition)
* [[2015]]: ''[[The Story of Kullervo]]'' (editor)
* [[2016]]: ''[[The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun]]'' (editor)
* [[2017]]: ''[[There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale|"There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale": More Essays on Tolkien]]''


===Articles===
===Articles===
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* [[2012]]: ''[[The Broken Scythe|The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
* [[2012]]: ''[[The Broken Scythe|The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
** Preface
** Preface
* [[2013]]: ''[[The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium]]''
** "The Body in Question: The unhealed wounds of Frodo Baggins"
* [[2013]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City]]''
** "The Forests and the Trees: Sal and Ian in Faërie"
* [[2013]]: [[Mythlore 123|''Mythlore'' 123]]
**"How Trees Behave—Or Do They?"
* [[2014]]: [[The Hobbit and Tolkien's Mythology|The Hobbit ''and Tolkien's Mythology'']]
** "Tolkien’s French Connection"
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien in the New Century|Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey]]''
**"The Jewels, the Stone, the Ring, and the Making of Meaning"
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien and Philosophy]]''
**"Tolkien and the Philosophy of Language"
* [[2018]]: ''[[Pagan Saints in Middle-earth]]''
** "Foreword"
* [[2018]]: ''[[Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth]]''
** "Faërie: Tolkien's Perilous Land"
* [[2020]]: [[Mallorn 61|''Mallorn'' 61]]
** "Defying and Defining Darkness"
* [[2022]]: ''[[The Great Tales Never End]]''
** "Listening to the Music"


===Journals (editor)===
===Journals (editor)===
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*[[2011]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2011]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 8|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 8]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2012]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 9|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 9]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2012]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 9|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 9]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2013]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 10|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 10]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2014]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 11|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 11]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2015]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 12|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 12]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2016]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 13|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 13]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2017]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 14|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 14]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2018]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 15|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 15]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2019]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 16|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 16]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2020]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 17|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 17]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2021]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 18|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 18]]'' (co-editor)
*[[2022]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 19 Supplement|Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume 19 Supplement]]'' (co-editor)


==Awards==
==Awards==
* [[1988]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faërie]]''
* [[1988]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[A Question of Time|A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Road to Faërie]]''
* [[2002]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium|Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth]]''
* [[2002]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium|Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth]]''
* [[2013]]: '''[[Mythopoeic Society|Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inkling Studies]]''', ''[[Green Suns and Faërie|Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien]]''
* [[2021]]: '''[[The Tolkien Society Awards| Tolkien Society Award]]: Best Article''', ''[https://journals.tolkiensociety.org/mallorn/issue/view/62/63 Defying and Defining Darkness]'' in [[Mallorn 61]]


==External links==
==External links==
* '''[http://mythus.com/ Official website]'''
* '''[http://mythus.com/ Official website]'''
* [[wikipedia:Verlyn Flieger|Verlyn Flieger]] at [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]
* [[wikipedia:Verlyn Flieger|Verlyn Flieger]] at [[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]
{{References}}
===Talks===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q87vHzNFadU ''Imaginary Creatures - Real Experience''], at TEDxUMD
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=131d2hdD-7s&ab_channel=TheTolkienSociety ''Waiting for Earendel''], at [[The Tolkien Society]]
===Interviews===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXFsvhYbIOY&list=PL2ebpgGctifGbItNCuGOehOiSHXS-89-V&index=23&ab_channel=TolkienExperience Episode 31] of [[The Tolkien Experience| The Tolkien Experience Podcast]]
* [https://theprancingponypodcast.com/2018/07/08/090-between-light-and-dark-an-interview-with-verlyn-flieger/ Between Light and Dark: An Interview with Verlyn Flieger], episode 90 of [[The Prancing Pony Podcast]]


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Verlyn Flieger
Biographical information
Born24 February 1933[1]
EducationPh.D. from The Catholic University of America
OccupationAuthor, Professor

Verlyn Flieger (24 February 1933) is the Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland. She has written several J.R.R. Tolkien-related books. She is also a multiple Mythopoeic Award winner.

With Michael D.C. Drout, Flieger is co-editor of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review.[2] She is also a member of the Board of Academic Advisors for Walking Tree Publishers.[3]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

Journals (editor)[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

Talks[edit | edit source]

Interviews[edit | edit source]

References

  1. ↑ "Verlyn Flieger", LibraryThing (accessed 21 January 2012)
  2. ↑ "Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review", West Virginia University Press (accessed 21 January 2012)
  3. ↑ "Walking Tree Publishers Board of Advisors", Walking Tree Publihers (accessed 21 January 2012)
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