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* '''[[3 July|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 190]]. | * '''[[3 July|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 190]]. | ||
* '''[[26 July|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 191]]. | * '''[[26 July|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 191]]. | ||
* '''[[July | * '''[[27 July|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 192]]. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
*'''[[19 September|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Terence Tiller 19 September 1956|a letter to Terence Tiller]]. | *'''[[19 September|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Terence Tiller 19 September 1956|a letter to Terence Tiller]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 9 June 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1956.
January
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to a fan.
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 180.
- 22 - The New York Times Book Review publishes W.H. Auden's review of The Return of the King: "At the End of the Quest, Victory".
- ? - Diana Glyer is born.
February
- 5 - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of The Return of the King in the New York Herald Tribune titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End".
March
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien examines Brian Miller's thesis on the Middle English Dame Sirith.
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a letter from a Sam Gamgee – from Tooting.
- 18 - Tolkien writes a letter to a Mr Sam Gamgee (letter 184).
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 185.
April
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the draft of Letter 186.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the draft of Letter 187.
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 188.
- 8 - Jim Piddock, who would voice Bilbo Baggins and Elrond in Vivendi's game The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 189.
June
- 18 - Dominic Guard, who would voice Pippin in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 198.
July
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 190.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 191.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 192.
September
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Terence Tiller.
November
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 193.
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 194.
December
- 15 - Linguist Patrick H. Wynne is born.
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- ? - Marquette University purchases Tolkien manuscripts for 1,500 pounds sterling.
- ? - Inger Edelfeldt, Swedish author and illustrator, is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 182.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the draft of letter 183.
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