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Happy Posthumous Birthday Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (1924 - 2020), who is the third & youngest son of the author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), as well as the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. He drew the original maps for his father's #TheLordOfTheRings books, which he signed as C.J.R.T.
From a child, Christopher Tolkien had long been part of the critical audience for his father's fiction, such as listening to his fatherâs tales of Bilbo Baggins, which were published as #TheHobbit. As a teenager and young adult, he offered a lot of feedback on âThe Lord of the Ringsâ during its 15-year development. He also had the task of interpreting his father's sometimes self-contradictory maps of Middle-earth in order to produce the versions that were used in the books. He re-drew the main map in the late 1970âs to clarify the lettering and correct some errors and omissions.
J.R.R. Tolkien had written a large amount of material connected to the Middle-earth legendarium that was not published during his lifetime. He had originally intended to publish #TheSilmarillion along with âThe Lord of the Ringsâ, and parts of it were in a finished state when he died in 1973; but the project was incomplete.
Once referring to his son Christopher as his "chief critic and collaborator", J.R.R. Tolkien had named Christopher his literary executor in his will. With this authority, Christopher organized the masses of his father's unpublished writings, some of which had been written on odd scraps of paper a half-century earlier. Much of the material was handwritten. Complicating matters, his father would sometimes write a newer draft over a half-erased first draft. Also, it was not uncommon for the names of characters routinely changing between the beginning and ending of the same draft.
Christopher worked on the manuscripts and was able to produce an edition of âThe Silmarillionâ for publication in 1977. His assistant for part of the work was Guy Gavriel Kay, who became a noted fantasy author himself.
âThe Silmarillionâ was followed by âUnfinished Talesâ in 1980 and âThe History of Middle-earthâ in 12 volumes between 1983 and 1996. Most of the original source-texts have been made public from which âThe Silmarillionâ was constructed.
In April 2007, Christopher Tolkien published âThe Children of HĂșrinâ, whose story his father had brought to a relatively complete stage between 1951 and 1957 before abandoning it. This was one of J.R.R. Tolkien's earliest stories. Its first version dated back to 1918, and several versions were published in âThe Silmarillionâ, âUnfinished Talesâ, and âThe History of Middle-earthâ.
âThe Children of HĂșrinâ is a synthesis of these and other sources. âBeren and LĂșthienâ is an editorial work and was published as a stand-alone book in 2017. The next year, âThe Fall of Gondolinâ was published also as an editorial work. âThe Children of HĂșrinâ, âBeren and LĂșthienâ, and âThe Fall of Gondolinâ make up the three "Great Tales" of the Elder Days, which J.R.R. Tolkien considered to be the biggest stories of the First Age.
Christopher served as chairman of the Tolkien Estate, Ltd., which was the entity formed to handle the business side of his father's literary legacy. He also served as a trustee of the Tolkien Charitable Trust until his retirement in 2018.
In 2001, Christopher expressed doubts over âThe Lord of the Ringsâ film trilogy that was directed by Peter Jackson. He questioned the viability of a film interpretation that retained the essence of the work, but stressed that this was just his opinion. In 2008, he commenced legal proceedings against New Line Cinema, which he claimed owed his family ÂŁ80 million in unpaid royalties. In September, 2009, he and New Line reached an undisclosed settlement. He also withdrew his legal objection to âThe Hobbitâ films. But, in a 2012 interview with âLe Mondeâ, he criticised the films saying, "They gutted the book, making an action film for 15 to 25-year-olds."