Thomas Honegger on Tolkien

Born in Zürich (Switzerland) in 1965, Dr. Thomas Honegger is a specialist in Medieval Germanic languages and a noted Tolkien scholar. After completing all levels of academic training at the University of Zürich, where in 1996 he earned his doctorate with a thesis entitled Animals in Medieval English Literature, he worked in research at the University of Sheffield and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, before becoming a lecturer at the University of Zürich. Since 2002 he has been Professor of Old English at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany). Recognized as one of the most important specialists in the works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, he is responsible for most of the publications in the Cormarë Series by Walking Tree Publishers. He is also a member of the advisory board for the German Tolkien Society’s bilingual journal Hither Shore. The number of works written and edited by Dr. Honegger is far too great to allow for a complete list. Therefore, we will mention only a few of the most significant titles: Translating Tolkien: Text and Film (2004); Tolkien and Modernity, with Frank Weinreich (eds.) 2 vols. (2006); Myth and magic: art according to the Inklings (2007); Subcreation: world-building in the fantastic, with Erwin Otto (eds.) (2017); Introducing the Medieval Dragon (2019); Tweaking Things a Little: Essays on the Epic Fantasy of JRR Tolkien and GRR Martin (2023).