Letter to H.W. Donner
From Tolkien Gateway
On 7 July 1960, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to H.W. Donner.[1][2][3]
- Subject(s): Tolkien disliked the cover illustration of the Swedish translation of The Fellowship of the Ring (Sagan om ringen, 1st Swedish edition 1959).[4]
- Publication: None. The letter is kept in the collections of the Åbo Akademi University.[2]
- Comments: The cover was illustrated by Rolf Lagerson.[5]
References
- ↑ Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology", Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 14 June 2013)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Search results for "Tolkien", at Trip databases at Åbo Akademi University (accessed 23 December 2011)
- ↑ Personal research by User:Morgan (communication with Johan Olin)
- ↑ Johan Olin, Ardamir (Twitter), tweets from 9 December and 17 December 2011
- ↑ Beregond, Anders Stenström, "Tolkien in Swedish Translation: from Hompen to Ringarnas herre", in Translating Tolkien: Text and Film (ed. Thomas M. Honegger), pp. 115-124