1964
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1964.
January[edit]
- First or second week: J.R.R. Tolkien invites Walter Hooper to his house. They talk mostly about C.S. Lewis, who recently had died.[1]
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 254.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Royal Society of Literature.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mrs. A. Mountfield.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Justin Arundale.
- 20 - The 1965 BBC Interview with J.R.R. Tolkien is made.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes writing a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
March[edit]
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eileen Elgar (of which a part was published as letter 255) and encloses the manuscripts Concerning ... 'The Hoard' and Kinship of the Half-elven.
- 16 - Artist Quinton Hoover is born.
April[edit]
- ? - I, Palantir, issue 3 is published.
- 20 - Actor Andy Serkis is born.
May[edit]
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 256.
- 28 - Tree and Leaf is first published in the UK.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a Letter to Jane T. Sibley
June[edit]
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Sue Parman.
- 7 - Actor Brian Talbot is born.
- 13-15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a a letter to W.R. Matthews.
July[edit]
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Alan White.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien sends a letter to Miss J.L. Curry.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 257.
- ? - L. Sprague de Camp sends Tolkien a copy of his anthology Swords & Sorcery.
August[edit]
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 258.
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 259.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Carole Ward.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 260.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 261.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to L. Sprague de Camp.
September[edit]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien met Clyde S. Kilby
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 262.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 263.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 264.
- 30 - Actor Bernard Rebel dies.
October[edit]
- 9 - Guillermo del Toro, co-writer of the upcoming The Hobbit duology, is born.
- 10 - The first episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 10 - Actor Quinton Flynn is born.
- 17 - The second episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 24 - The third episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 31 - The fourth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
November[edit]
- 1 - Actor Daran Norris is born.
- 7 - The fifth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 265.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Clyde S. Kilby.
- 14 - The sixth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 21 - The seventh episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 24 - Robert Graves, Oxford's Professor of Poetry, introduces J.R.R. Tolkien to Ava Gardner. They had never heard of one another, and both did not know why the other was famous.
- 26 - The 1964 BBC Interview with J.R.R. Tolkien was made.
- 28 - The eighth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 30 - El hobito, the first translation into Spanish of The Hobbit, is published.
December[edit]
- 5 - The ninth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 12 - The tenth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 19 - The eleventh episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 26 - The twelfth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Ingeborg Korff and her pupils.
?[edit]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the essay "The Ulsterior Motive".
- ? - Author Chris Smith is born.
References
- ↑ Joseph Pearce, "Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: An Interview with Walter Hooper", in Tolkien: A Celebration, pp. 190-1
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