Simon Tolkien
Simon Mario Reul Tolkien (* 1959 in Oxford ) is a British writer.
Life
Simon Tolkien was born in 1959 to Christopher Tolkien , the youngest son of JRR Tolkien , and his first wife. He spent the first years of his life at the family home in Oxford. When he was five years old, his parents divorced. Tolkien now lived with his mother in Watlington , a nearby small village. He attended to Downside Abbey belonging boarding school Downside School and later studied at Trinity College of the University of Oxford . After graduation, Tolkien worked as a solicitor . In 1994 he switched from this job to that of a barrister .
In 2002 he published his first book, Final Witness . Final Witness has now been translated into eight languages.
Tolkien is married and has two children, a son and a daughter.
Publications
- Final Witness (2002) (German: Stolen Life , 2004)
- The Inheritance (2010)
- The King of Diamonds (2011) (German: The King of Diamonds , 2012)
- Orders from Berlin (2012)
- No Man's Land (2016)
Web links
- Literature by and about Simon Tolkien in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Trouble in Middle Earth , March 4, 2003, Sydney Morning Herald
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Simon Tolkien on the Klett-Cotta Verlag website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tolkien, Simon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simon Mario Reul Tolkien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford |