كان جون رونالد رويل تولكين (مواليد 3 يناير 1892 – 2 سبتمبر 1973) كاتبًا وشاعرًا وفقيهًا لغويًا وأكاديميًا إنجليزيًا، اشتهر باعتباره مؤلف الأعمال الكلاسيكية الفانتازية العالية الهوبيت، وسيد الخواتم والسيلماريليون.بعد وفاته، نشر ابنه كريستوفر سلسلةً من الأعمال المعتمدة على ملاحظات أبيه المستفيضة ومخطوطاته التي لم تُنشر من قبل، بما في ذلك سيلماريليون. شكلت هذه ... Show More
Apr 2024
CLASSIC: Roald Dahl: Children's Author and Secret Agent
Today author Roald Dahl is best-known for his prolific writing career -- but, as it turns out, he lived an entirely different life before he ever put pen to paper to create children's stories. Learn more about Roald Dahl's earlier life as a fighter ace, a legendary ladies man, an ... Show More
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Apr 2024
Looking Back at 50 Years of Stephen King
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King’s first novel, “Carrie.” In the decades since, King has experimented with length, genre and style, but has always maintained his position as one of America’s most famous writers.On this week’s episode, host ... Show More
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May 2017
David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet
Though he was admired by some of the liveliest cultural figures of the twentieth century, David Jones is not known or celebrated in the way that Eliot, Beckett or Joyce have been. Thomas Dilworth's biography - the first full biography of Jones, and thirty years in the making - ai ... Show More
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