period drama meme ~ authors (2/2)

J. R. R. Tolkien

(January 3rd, 1892 - September 2nd, 1973) (biography) (works) 

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell. (Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit)