Join the Tolkien Birthday Toast for 2013

J.R.R. Tolkien. Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, Silmarillion, Folio Editions
J.R.R. Tolkien. Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, Silmarillion, Folio Editions

J.R.R. Tolkien was born January, 3rd, 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Tolkien fans from all over the world gather today to raise a glass to the man who brought us all together – “The Professor!” If you care to let others know about your activities do let them know at the Tolkien Society’s website for this occasion.

http://tolkiensociety.org/toast/2013/index.php

Update 2020: Please note that you will need to navigate to the bottom of the 2013 Toast navigation and click ‘View Messages’ to see the first page of the toasts from all over the world. If you would like to see all of them you will need to search for them individually via the Web Archive.

 

Marcel R. Bülles

Marcel R. Bülles is the author of thetolkienist.com, a specialist blog centering on worldwide Tolkien fandom, geekdom and research. He works as a freelance translator, journalist and writer and is the founder of the German Tolkien Society as well as a co-founder to RingCon, Europe's formerly biggest fantasy film convention. You can find him in cafés all over the world sipping an espresso blogging, writing, reading. At one point he was married to an extremely lovely French lady by the nickname of Sauron. Yes, that Sauron. He is also active with the International Tolkien Fellowship on Facebook and the Tolkien Folk on Instagram.