Who was the original writer of The Hobbit before J.R.R Tolkien?

British author Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien, of Oxford. A brilliant writer, he authored The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and a vast collection of works he did not complete before his passing.

Christopher Tolkien who is the youngest son of the (I think) great fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien who was born on November 21 1924. He is still living and active with editing and publishing his father's works.

J. R. R. Tolkien.

It's the way the writer/director imagined them to be.

World War One.

Jrr died on 2 September 1973 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien { jrr }, CBE (3 January 1892 - 2 September 1973)was an English writer, poet, phillogist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

Saint Valmiki was the original writer of Ramayana. He wrote it in sanskrit.

F.R David, he is the original writer.

Is an African American that was the original writer of the matrix.Who went to court to prove that she was the original writer.

JRR Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State in South Africa.

George Lucas is the original writer for star wars, he has changed it for good or for bad (most who saw the original say for bad) and wrote the prequels when filming the original.

Ralph Bakshi created an animated film based off The Hobbit. Rumors are going around now that Peter Jackson (director, producer, and writer of The Lord of the Rings movies) is working on a new movie for The Hobbit, maybe even two. It is rumored that they will be coming out in 2012.

The original writer's name is.....Emily Bronte!

The origin of the original ancient myth and its writer isn't known today.

Martin Luther

One of the greatest writers of the Hindi literature; Premahand was the original story writer of 'Hira-Moti'.

The original writer of the Oompa Loompa song is Roald Dahl. It was featured in the original novel of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory written by Dahl in 1964.

Author CS Lewis was greatly influenced by his Roman Catholic friend J R R Tolkien, writer of "Lord of the Rings".

Mark Twain was not a writer before the Revolutionary War.

muhammad paigamber

The Brothers Grimm.

Jerry Siegel .

The original writer is bob kane

Barliman Butterbur is a fictional character in a book called "The Lord of the Rings". It is a fantasy book written by famous English writer J.R.R. Tolkien.

Any professional writer employed by someone to write for him using his name and not the original writers name.

Yes! Look at what he brings to the table. His voice is original, the chording is original, and the melodies are original.

We don't know what he may have wanted to be, but he was an actor before becoming a writer.

the original play writer of the Pygmalion was Ovid it was originally a poem

The enemy of the people of Rohan is the Sauron, who live in middle earth. These are based on books by J.R.R. Tolkien, writer of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

You may need to define what you mean by 'literature'. First of all it refers to the art and profession of a writer. Written material such as poetry, novels, essays are works of imagination characterized by style and expression and by themes of interest. You may decide if the Hobbit is included

The Author is Washington Irving. but that's not the original writer. the original author is unknown.

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Alberto Domínguez (1911-1975

The original writer and creator was Stephen Hillenberg

She was teacher before she got married. She wasn't a writer till later in life.

J.K. Rowling worked in Portugal teaching English before she became a writer.

They certainly did meet and were friends. They often read their books to each other as they were working on them. They meet regularly with a small group in 'The Eagle and Child' a pub. They called themselves The Inklings. it was Tolkien that was instrumental in getting Lewis to become a Christian, and Lewis became a very respected Christian writer.

British poet and Anglican minister John Henry Newton (July 24, 1725 - December 21, 1807), was the original writer of the Christian hymn "Amazing Grace." It was first published in 1779.

The original author for Beauty and the Beast was Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. She was a French writer who lived from 1710-1780

The book of Judges was most likely written by Samuel who was the last Judge of Israel. The original writer is not known with absolute certainty.

Michael Stipe of R.E.M. fame

No, that would be Tom Petty

Francisco Balagtas Baltazar

Before Roald Dahl was a writer, he wanted to be a Doctor.

The head writer for Spongebob Squarepants gives himself as the primary source of material. The show is an original creation and the head writer is listed as the creator.

He was a soldier in the First World War. He then worked on the Oxford English Dictionary before becoming a University Professor. He was also of course a writer and he published scholarly works related to his academic study of Anglo Saxon and Middle English poetry as well as his famous fictional work such as "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" .

The writer could use a flashback.

Nothing. He was a writer his whole life.

I'm not sure but I'm just deleting the old answer: "Bob". Defietly not sufficient. It is greatly controversial. Certainly classic names come to mind such as Robert Louis Stevenson and JRR Tolkien.

For copyright claim. While a person is writing a book or composing they need to register the rough draft. This provides the writer a right of first claim because of the date if another person tries to publish the manuscript before the original writer does. Note: Things do happen. Manuscripts get misplaced, lost and stolen.