Catherine McIlwaine
Catherine McIlwaine is the Tolkien archivist at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and a Tolkien scholar. She won a World Fantasy Special Award—Professional for curating an exhibition of Tolkien's artwork at the Bodleian, and a Hugo Award and a Tolkien Society Award for the accompanying book, Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth.
Life
[edit]Education
[edit]Catherine McIlwaine earned her BA in classical civilization at the University of Sheffield in 1989. She completed her MA in archival administration at the University of Liverpool in 1993.[1]
Tolkien scholar
[edit]In 2003 she became Tolkien archivist at the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford.[1] In 2018, McIlwaine curated a major exhibition of Tolkien's artwork at the Bodleian, Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, accompanied by a book of the same name that analyses Tolkien's achievement and illustrates the full range of the types of artwork that he created.[1][2] Denis Bridoux, reviewing the book for Tolkien Studies, calls it "a mammoth endeavor and ... a tremendous achievement." He describes it as "an invaluable document". He notes that it is scholarly, while the companion book Treasures is aesthetic; he calls the two complementary, and recommends newcomers to buy both.[3] Andoni Cossio, writing in Fafnir, describes McIlwaine as "an authoritative editor".[4] Hugh Crago, reviewing for the Children's Literature Association, calls the book "well organized [and] well written".[5]
Honours and distinctions
[edit]In 2019, McIlwaine won a World Fantasy Special Award—Professional for curating the Bodleian's Tolkien exhibition.[6] Also in 2019, she won a Hugo Award for Best Art Book and a Tolkien Society Award for Tolkien, Maker of Middle-earth.[7][8]
Works
[edit]- Author
- McIlwaine, Catherine (2018). Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth. Oxford: Bodleian Library. ISBN 978-1851244850.
- McIlwaine, Catherine (2018). Tolkien: Treasures. Oxford: Bodleian library. ISBN 978-1-85124-496-6.
- Editor
- Ovenden, Richard; McIlwaine, Catherine, eds. (2022). The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien. Bodleian Library Publishing. ISBN 978-1-8512-4565-9.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Catherine McIlwaine". LinkedIn. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ McIlwaine 2018.
- ^ Bridoux, Denis (2019). "Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth by Catherine McIlwaine, and: Tolkien Treasures by Catherine McIlwaine". Tolkien Studies. 16 (1): 143–170. doi:10.1353/tks.2019.0012. ISSN 1547-3163 – via Project Muse.
- ^ Cossio, Andoni (2019). "Book Review: Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth" (PDF). Fafnir. 6 (2): 65–68.
- ^ Crago, Hugh (2019). "Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth ed. by Catherine McIlwaine". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 44 (2): 229–231. doi:10.1353/chq.2019.0028. ISSN 1553-1201.
- ^ "World Fantasy Awards 2019". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "2019 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Tolkien Society Awards 2020". Locus. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
