Gergely Nagy (scholar)

Gergely Nagy is a Hungarian medievalist and a well-known Tolkien scholar.

Biography

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Gergely Nagy was born in Szeged, Hungary. Nagy gained his PhD at the University of Szeged, where he teaches on Tolkien and Plato.[1]

Nagy has written numerous papers of Tolkien criticism. He contributed nine entries to the 2006 J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia,[2] and a chapter on The Silmarillion to the 2014 A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien.[3] Nagy was the keynote speaker for the 19th annual Tolkien conference at the University of Vermont in 2023.[4] He has been described as an "especially well-known figure" in Tolkien scholarship who had made an "excellent contribution" to the book Sub-creating Arda. World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work with his "usual skill and insight".[5]

Works

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Nagy's many articles of Tolkien scholarship include:

References

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  1. ^ "Personal Data Sheet". Hungarian Doctoral Council. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Gergely Nagy". Tolkien Gateway. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ Lee, Stuart D., ed. (2020) [2014]. A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 107–118. ISBN 978-1-119-65602-9.
  4. ^ "CFP | call for papers".
  5. ^ Friedrichsen, Dennis (2020). "Worldbuilding in Tolkien's Middle-earth and Beyond: [Review of] Fimi, Dimitra and Thomas Honegger (eds.). Sub-creating Arda. World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work, Its Precursors, and Its Legacies. Zurich: Walking Tree Publishers, 2019". KULT Online: Review Journal for the Study of Culture (61).