1958: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
m (Bot: Re-linking Letter to an unknown Dutchman) |
m (Bot: Re-linking Letter to Peter Alford (2 April 1958)) |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited by the Dutch publisher ''Het Spectrum'' to attend a [["Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam]]. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "[[Mushrooms|maggot]] soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author [[wikipedia:Hella Haasse|Hella Haasse]] gives a speech. | * '''[[28 March|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited by the Dutch publisher ''Het Spectrum'' to attend a [["Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam]]. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "[[Mushrooms|maggot]] soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author [[wikipedia:Hella Haasse|Hella Haasse]] gives a speech. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Peter Alford 2 April 1958|a letter to Peter Alford]]. | * '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Peter Alford (2 April 1958)|a letter to Peter Alford]]. | ||
* '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Cees Ouboter 2 April 1958|a letter to Cees Ouboter]]. | * '''[[2 April|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Cees Ouboter 2 April 1958|a letter to Cees Ouboter]]. | ||
* '''[[3 April|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], signing as "[[Gandalf]]", sends [[Letter to an unknown Dutchman|a letter to a Dutchman]]. | * '''[[3 April|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], signing as "[[Gandalf]]", sends [[Letter to an unknown Dutchman|a letter to a Dutchman]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 27 May 2014
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1958.
January
February
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 205.
March
- 28 - Actor Stephen Ure is born.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien is invited by the Dutch publisher Het Spectrum to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "maggot soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author Hella Haasse gives a speech.
April
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Peter Alford.
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Cees Ouboter.
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien, signing as "Gandalf", sends a letter to a Dutchman.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 206 and 207.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 208.
- 12 - Tony Oliver, who would voice Merry in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.
May
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 209.
- 5 - Author James Branch Cabell dies.
June
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 210.
October
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 211.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Misses E. Jones and J. Taylor.
- 20 - Viggo Mortensen, who would play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 213.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to L.M. Cutts.
November
- 30 - Actor Gareth Jones dies.
?
- ? - Taum Santoski, Tolkien linguist, is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
- ? - The Old English Apollonius of Tyre, containing a prefatory note by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- ? - John D. Rateliff, editor and author, is born.
| Years 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
