J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

J.R.R. Tolkien - A Biography is a biography of J.R.R. Tolkien written by Humphrey Carpenter, an acquaintance of Tolkien given access to the letters and records of Tolkien and his family. It is the initial and prevailing published account of Tolkien's life.
The book was first published in Britain by George Allen and Unwin in 1977. It was also published later in 1978, and 1987. It was first released in the United States in 2000 by Houghton Mifflin. It is divided into eight parts, and like The Lord of the Rings, has a few appendices containing genealogical tables, a chronology of Tolkien's life, his writing, et cetera.
==Contents==
This list excludes chapters.
*Part One: A visit
*Part Two 1892-1916: Early years
*Part Three 1917-1925: The making of a mythology
*Part Four 1925-1949(i): 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit'
*Part Five 1925-1949(ii): The Third Age
*Part Six 1949-1966: Success
*Part Seven 1959-1973: Last years
*Part Eight: The Tree
*Appendices
**A: Simplified genealogical table
**B: Chronology of events
**C: The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
**D: Sources and acknowledgements
*Index
==See also==
*Secondary literature
*The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien 
*Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	J.R.R. Tolkien: ’N Biografie
Albanian 	J. R. R. Tolkien: Jetëshkrimi
Arabic 	جون رونالد تولكين: ألف بيوغرافيا
Armenian 	Ջ. Ռ. Ռ. Թոլքին: Կենսագրություն
Azerbaijani 	C. R. R. Tolkin: Bioqrafiya
Bosnian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biografija
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дж. Р. Р. Толкин. Биография
Catalan 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Una Biografia
Cebuano 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Sugibuhi
Chinese 	J·R·R·托爾金傳
Czech 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biografie
Danish 	J. R. R. Tolkien: en biografi
Dutch 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Een Biografie
Estonian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biograafia
Finnish 	J. R. R. Tolkien: Elämäkerta
French 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Une Biographie
Galician 	J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biografía
Georgian 	ჯ. რ. რ. ტოლკინი: ბიოგრაფია
German 	J. R. R. Tolkien: Eine Biographie
Greek 	Τζ. Ρ. Ρ. Τόλκιν: Ο βιογραφία
Hebrew 	ג'. ר. ר. טולקין: א ביוגרפיה
Hindi 	जे॰आर॰आर॰ टोल्किन: ए जीवनचरित
Hungarian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Az Életrajz
Icelandic 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Ævisaga
Irish Gaelic
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Beathaisnéis	
Italian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Una Biografia
Japanese 	J・R・R・トールキン: 伝記
Kazakh 	Д. Р. Р. Толкиен: A Өмірбаян (Cyrillic) D. R. R. Tolkïen: Ömirbayan (Latin)
Kurdish 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Jînenîgarî (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ж. Р. Р. Толкин: Өмүр баян
Latvian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biogrāfija
Lithuanian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biografija
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Macedonian Cyrillic	Џ. Р. Р. Толкин: Биографија
Norwegian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: En Biografi
Persian 	جی. آر. آر. تالکین: زندگی‌نامه
Polish 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biografia
Portuguese 	J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biografia
Romanian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: O Biografie
Russian 	Д. Р. Р. Толкин: Биография
Slovak 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biografija
Slovenian 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biografija
Spanish 	J. R. R. Tolkien, una biografía
Swedish 	J.R.R. Tolkien: En Biografi
Tamil 	ஜே. ஆர். ஆர். டோல்கீன்: ஒரு வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு
Thai 	เจ. อาร์. อาร์. โทลคีน: ชีวประวัติ
Turkish 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Biyografi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Д. Р. Р. Толкін: Біографія
Urdu 	جان رونالڈ روئل ٹولکین:اے سوانح
Vietnamese 	J.R.R. Tolkien: Tiểu sử
de:J. R. R. Tolkien Eine Biographie
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