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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was English, but he was born in South Africa in 1892. Both his parents died
when he was a boy, so John went to live with his aunt in England. After he left school he went to Oxford
University to study English. Then he got a job as a teacher.
Tolkin had four children and he often told them stories. They really enjoyed one story. It started : In a hole
in the ground lived a hobbit. This story became Tolkien`s first book , The Hobbit. He later wrote The
Lord of the Rings . Both books were fantastically popular, especially in the USA. Tolkien became rich and
famous, but he hated being well known.
Tolkien created and imaginary world called Middle Earth, for his stories. He invented special languages for
this world and he could speak and write this languages.
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