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Humphrey Carpenter
AuthorBooks · Second hand1946-2005
Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.
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About Humphrey Carpenter
Birth
1946
Death
2005
First book
1975
Years writing
51
Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.
Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford, the city that deeply influenced his path as a biographer and writer.
He is globally renowned for authoring the definitive biography of J. R. R. Tolkien.
His versatility allowed him to excel in both children's literature and historical research.
Beyond his literary work, Carpenter was a talented jazz musician and a familiar voice on the radio.
Throughout his prolific career, he published nearly a hundred works spanning various genres.
