![How J.R.R. Tolkien Came to Write the Stories of 'The Rings of Power' | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine How J.R.R. Tolkien Came to Write the Stories of 'The Rings of Power' | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/wxkMfEpdJdShrId50YBDe99rXYM=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal(3170x2113:3171x2114)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/7b/1c/7b1c29dd-d650-45e9-97dd-ecc30e5c3246/oct2022_e05_tolkien.jpg)
How J.R.R. Tolkien Came to Write the Stories of 'The Rings of Power' | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine
![When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien "Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality" (1961) | Open Culture When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien "Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality" (1961) | Open Culture](https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/09/16101125/Tolkien-covers.jpg)
When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien "Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality" (1961) | Open Culture
![JRR Tolkien called teaching 'exhausting and depressing' in unseen letter | JRR Tolkien | The Guardian JRR Tolkien called teaching 'exhausting and depressing' in unseen letter | JRR Tolkien | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/12/1402573020965/JRR-Tolkien-009.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMTQucG5n&enable=upscale&s=b26bfc00326291e46deda1306477308b)
JRR Tolkien called teaching 'exhausting and depressing' in unseen letter | JRR Tolkien | The Guardian
![The Hobbit might NEVER have been written: Records show Tolkien narrowly escaped WW1 death | UK | News | Express.co.uk The Hobbit might NEVER have been written: Records show Tolkien narrowly escaped WW1 death | UK | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/547832_1.jpg)
The Hobbit might NEVER have been written: Records show Tolkien narrowly escaped WW1 death | UK | News | Express.co.uk
![How J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the Lord Of The Rings | Lord of the Rings : Rings of Power on Prime - YouTube How J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the Lord Of The Rings | Lord of the Rings : Rings of Power on Prime - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oqMC1p9_k2s/maxresdefault.jpg)