Gergely Nagy is a Hungarianmedievalist and a well-knownTolkien scholar.
Gergely Nagy was born inSzeged, Hungary. Nagy gained his PhD at theUniversity of Szeged, where he teaches onTolkien andPlato.[1]
Nagy has written numerous papers of Tolkien criticism. He contributed nine entries to the 2006J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia,[2] and a chapter onThe Silmarillion to the 2014A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien.[3] Nagy was the keynote speaker for the 19th annual Tolkien conference at theUniversity 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 bookSub-creating Arda. World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work with his "usual skill and insight".[5]
Nagy's many articles ofTolkien scholarship include:
