En 1953, l’écrivain J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) s’apprête à publier Le Seigneur des anneaux. Cette saga fantastique, à laquelle il a consacré plus de dix ans de travail, met en scène des elfes, des chevaliers et de petits personnages appelés « Hobbits », mais aussi des forces du mal en tout genre, des cavaliers noirs aux orcs hideux, … Read more
In 1977 the youth organization of the Italian Social Movement, the Youth Front, organized a festival with live music, free radio and debates on social and political issues. In a field in the Montesarchio locality, in the province of Benevento, hundreds of young right-wingers (including the future mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno) gathered sleeping in … Read more
While the new series broadcast on Prime Video, “The Rings of Power”, from the Lord of the Rings universe, could be one of the hits of the year, the question of the beatification – even canonization – of his author, JRR Tolkien returns to the heart of the discussions. Eight years after the film events … Read more
Of Alaric Lazarus On September 2, 1973, JRR Tolkien, philologist, linguist, academic, writer and noble father of the fantasy genre, of which “The Hobbit” published in 1937 will forever be the eternal progenitor, died in Bournemouth at the age of eighty-two. . A progenitor from which Tolkien will branch out the numerous milestones that tell … Read more