what was his nationality?
Republic of South Africa
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (later annexed by the British Empire; now Free State Province in the Republic of South Africa), to Arthur Reuel Tolkien (1857–1896), an English bank manager, and his wife Mabel, "née" Suffield (1870–1904). 
lord of the rings book number of pages The original manuscripts has a total 9,250 pages. what is the book about? The book is largely about the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who finds the Ring that had been in the possession of the creature Gollum. does it contain poems as well? The story is supplemented throughout by over 60 pieces of poetry. by whom are the drawings done? Barbara Remington and who is the publisher? In the United States the publisher was Houghton Mifflin. has it influenced any other works? Yes. it increased the demand for stories on fantasy. The Sword of Shannara", "The Legend of Zelda” and "Dungeons & Dragons” were some books of the same genre. did it win any accolades? Yes, the "International Fantasy Award" in 1957. who is the author of the book? J. R. R. Tolkien has he written any other books? Yes, "The Hobbit". was he in the army? Yes, he was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers on 15 July 1915.
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J. R. R. Tolkien [SEP] Childhood
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (later annexed by the British Empire; now Free State Province in the Republic of South Africa), to Arthur Reuel Tolkien (1857–1896), an English bank manager, and his wife Mabel, "née" Suffield (1870–1904). The couple had left England when Arthur was promoted to head the Bloemfontein office of the British bank for which he worked. Tolkien had one sibling, his younger brother, Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, who was born on 17 February 1894. As a child, Tolkien was bitten by a large baboon spider in the garden, an event some think later echoed in his stories, although he admitted no actual memory of the event and no special hatred of spiders as an adult.