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| J. R. R. Tolkien |
Plus a lifetime of scholarship as a linguist.
The Lord of the Rings has been voted the best novel of the 20th century several times by readers around the world (though literary critics were horrified). Tolkien himself described the Ring trilogy as a work in which the Catholic viewpoint was strongly present but not overt.
Catholic status: Observant throughout life.
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