1933

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1933.

February

• 4 - C.S. Lewis writes to lifelong friend Arthur Greeves on The Hobbit, saying "Since term began [on January 15] I have had a delightful time reading a children's story which Tolkien has just written . . . Whether it is really good (I think it is until the end) is of course another question: still more, whether it will succeed with modern children" (They Stand Together, collected letters from Lewis to Greeves, ed. Walter Hooper, No. 183).
• 24 - Verlyn Flieger is born.

March

• 16 - Tolkien writes a letter to Kenneth Sisam.

April

• 5 - Actor Noel Appleby is born.

September

• ? - Tolkien visits Sarehole, the place of his childhood, and laments the changes he observed.

November

• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "Errantry" is published in The Oxford Magazine.

December

• 2 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
• 21 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
• 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to R.W. Chambers.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien gives a decorated manuscript containing the poem "Doworst" to his friend R.W. Chambers.

?

• ? - The Saga of Hrolf Kraki, translated by Stella M. Mills and dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
• ? - Michael McStay, who would voice Ceorl in the 1981 radio series, is born in Essex, England.
• ? - Bernie Zuber, author and artist, is born.

Years 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936