“The awakening of Quendi”. A series of etchings based on J. Tolkien's nickname “The Silmarillion”

The literary and mythological epic “Silmarillion” by J. B. B. Tolkien. J. B. Tolkien (1892-1973) one of the most significant figures of 20 in.. (England, professor at Oxford University, writer, philologist, participated in World War I.). To a wide range of readers, he is known primarily as a pronouncing author. “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Hobbit or Back and Back” and Dr.... as well as the book “Silmarillion”, which he took 50 years, it was the main work of J. Tolkien. In the creation of “The Silmarillion”, Tolkien drew on the aesthetic experiences of preceding eras, myths, and stories from different peoples.

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