David Bratman
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David Bratman is a librarian and Tolkien scholar.
Bratman was born in Chicago to Robert Bratman, a physician, and his wife Nancy, an editor. He was one of four sons in the family. He was brought up in Cleveland, Ohio, and then in California.[1] He was educated at the University of California-Berkeley, and took his M.L.S. at the University of Washington. He works as a librarian at university and other libraries. He has contributed to Tolkien scholarship since 1977,[1] including 13 entries for the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia,[2] and a chapter in Wiley-Blackwell's A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien.[3] He has helped to run the Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy.[4]
Bratman has edited the journal Mythprint for the Mythopoeic Society; he edits and contributes to the journal Tolkien Studies and to Mythlore, a journal on the Inklings.[1][5][6] He contributes articles on music to San Francisco Classical Voice.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 Bratman, David. "David Bratman". David Bratman. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ↑ Drout, Michael D. C. (2013). J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. ix.
- ↑ Bratman, David (2014). "The Inklings and Others: Tolkien and His Contemporaries". A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 317–334. doi:10.1002/9781118517468.ch22. ISBN 978-0-470-65982-3. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ↑ Anon. "1994 Hugo Awards". Hugo Awards. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ↑ Aubron-Bülles, Marcel (8 August 2020) [2012]. "75 reasons: David Bratman". The Tolkienist. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ↑ Bratman, David (2001). "R. B. McCallum: The Master Inkling". Mythlore. 23 (3): 34–42. JSTOR 26814237.
- ↑ Anon. "David Bratman". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
External links
- Official website
- David Bratman at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalog record
- David Bratman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
