C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis was a British writer, scholar and lay theologian, born in Belfast on 29 November 1898 and died on 22 November 1963. He spent much of his working life teaching English literature, first at Oxford and later at Cambridge, and he wrote important studies of medieval and Renaissance writing. He was also a member of the Inklings, an Oxford circle of writers that included J.R.R. Tolkien.

Lewis became known to a wide public through his Christian writing, including radio talks and books that explained belief in clear, friendly language. He also wrote science fiction and, above all, the seven Chronicles of Narnia, which have been loved by children and adults for generations. His work matters because it joins imagination, argument and warmth, and invites readers to think about right and wrong, faith and wonder.