1923

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1923.

January

• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "Iúmonna Gold Galdre Bewunden" is published in The Gryphon.

February

• 1 - Frank Duncan, who would play Torhthelm in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son (radio play) and Legolas and Halbarad in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), is born.
• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 6.

March

• 21 - Peter Pratt, who would play Balin in The Hobbit (1968 radio series), is born.

April

• 4 - Actor Peter Vaughan is born.
• 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "Holy Maidenhood" is published in The Times Literary Supplement.

June

• ? - The collection A Northern Venture, which includes "Enigmata Saxonica Nuper Inventa Duo" by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.

August

• 9 - John Stephenson, who would voice Dori, the Great Goblin and Bard the Bowman in the animated version of The Hobbit, is born.

September

• 30 - Musician Donald Swann is born.

October

• 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives an increase in salary from £600 p.a. to £700 p.a.
• 23 - Bulletin of the Modern Humanities Research Association, number 20, containing an obituary written by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.

December

• 24 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.

?

• (Spring) - The Microcosm, Vol.8 No.1, including the poem "The City of the Gods" by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
• (Autumn) - Tolkien publishes the poem The Cat and the Fiddle.

Years 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926