C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
	Lewis, age 48
Born	Clive Staples Lewis ; 29 November 1898 ; Belfast , Ireland
Died	22 November 1963 (aged 64) ; Oxford , England
Pen name	Clive Hamilton, N. W. Clerk
Occupation	Novelist, scholar, broadcaster
Alma mater	University College, Oxford
Genre	Christian apologetics , fantasy, science fiction, children's literature
Notable works	The Chronicles of Narnia ; Mere Christianity ; The Allegory of Love ; The Screwtape Letters ; The Abolition of Man ; The Space Trilogy ; Till We Have Faces ; Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
Spouse	Joy Davidman ; ( m. 1956; died 1960)
Children	2 step-sons, including Douglas Gresham
Relatives	Warren Lewis ; (brother)

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 ? 22 November 1963), usually called C. S. Lewis , was a British scholar who wrote about 40 books. ^[1] He was born in Belfast , Northern Ireland . ^[2]

are usually apologetics , the defence of Christianity . Some of his most popular Christian writings were Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters . His works have been translated into more than 30 languages . Lewis was a professor of literature at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge .

Lewis was married to American writer Joy Davidman (1915?1960) from 1956 until her death from bone cancer . He died of renal failure in Oxford .

His writing is popular with many people, and many of his books were made into movies. His most famous and popular fantasy work is The Chronicles of Narnia , which is a series of seven books.

He died in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England on 22 November 1963.

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↑ "C.S. Lewis (British author)" . britannica.com . Retrieved 23 December 2010 .
↑ J. A. W. Bennett, "Lewis, Clive Staples (1898?1963)", rev. Emma Plaskitt, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

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[2] J. A. W. Bennett, "Lewis, Clive Staples (1898?1963)", rev. Emma Plaskitt, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

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