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TCG Letter #602 / Carpenter Letter #226
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
L.W. Forster
Date
31 December 1960
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Writing to L.W. Forster,Leonard Wilson Forster was a British Professor of German. He was a Fellow at Selwyn College, Cambridge, lecturer in German at Cambridge University, and Professor of German at University College London. During World War Two he worked as an intelligence assessor, translating German communications for the Royal Naval Reserves at Bletchley Park.[1] Tolkien states that The Lord of the Rings was not influenced by the two World Wars, except for the landscape.
The 2023 revised edition of Letters includes a brief paragraph mentioning the German roots of his family name.
The 2023 revised edition of Letters includes a brief paragraph mentioning the German roots of his family name.
1 Leonard Wilson Forster was a British Professor of German. He was a Fellow at Selwyn College, Cambridge, lecturer in German at Cambridge University, and Professor of German at University College London. During World War Two he worked as an intelligence assessor, translating German communications for the Royal Naval Reserves at Bletchley Park. ↩
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