Tolkien és C. S. Lewis EGY HÍRES BARÁTSÁG TÖRTÉNETE by COLIN DURIEZ - HUNGARIAN TRANSLATION OF Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of a Friendship: Gift of Friendship / Reveals the complex friendship between the two literary figures

HARDCOVER 2016

ISBN: 9789632883144 / 978-9632883144

ISBN-10: 9632883144 

PAGES 288

PUBLISHER: HARMAT

About the Author:

Colin Duriez (born 19 July 1947) is a writer on fantasy and related matters.

He was born in Derbyshire and spent his early life in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, in a couple of new council estates near Portsmouth and six years in a mining village in South Wales, before moving to the West Midlands. After school he studied for two years at the University of Istanbul, Turkey, before completing his studies at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland where he read English and philosophy. After a career in editing and journalism in London, interspersed with some teaching, he migrated to Leicester in 1983 to work with a small publisher, IVP, as a commissioning editor. In 2002 he started his own business, InWriting, devoted to writing, editorial services, and some book acquisition for publishers.

Duriez won the Clyde S. Kilby Award in 1994 for his research on the Inklings. He has published many articles, books and other written works, and he has spoken to a variety of literary, academic and professional groups. His best-known books include The C. S. Lewis Handbook (Monarch Publications/Baker Book House, 1990), the Tolkien and Middle-earth Handbook (Monarch Publications/Baker Book House/Angus & Robertson, 1992), The C. S. Lewis Encyclopedia (Crossway, 2000/SPCK, 2002), The Inklings Handbook (co-authored with David Porter, Azure/Chalice Books, 2001) and Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings (Azure/Hidden Spring, 2001).

Hungarian Summary:

A fantasy műfaj két legsikeresebb szerzője J. R. R. Tolkien és C. S. Lewis negyven éven át voltak közeli barátok. Az Oxfordi Egyetem két fiatal oktatóját a középkori irodalom és az észak-európai mitológia szeretete hozta össze. Lewis megtérésében nagy szerepet játszottak a Tolkiennal folytatott beszélgetések, míg Lewis támogatása nélkül sosem született volna meg az évszázad fantasy-trilógiája, A Gyűrűk Ura. Colin Duriez a két író barátságának elbeszélésével kíséri végig intellektuális és hitbeli fejlődésüket és sorsuk alakulását.

English Summary:

Reveals the complex friendship between the two literary figures, noting their shared academic experiences at Oxford University, Lewis's influence on Tolkien's completion of The Lord of the Rings, and the differences in their temperaments and spiritual beliefs.