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Who was C. S. Lewis?
Clive Staples Lewis, FBA, was a British writer and Anglican lay theologian. Born in Belfast on 29th November 1898, he later died on 22 November 1963 in Oxford. During his life, he held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. Of all his works, which include The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and his non-fiction Christian works include, Mere Christianity and Miracles. But he is best known for his works of The Chronicles of Narnia.
While working at Oxford he became good friends with J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings.
DOB
29th November 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Died on 22nd November 1963 in Oxford, UK, aged 64.
Genre
Children’s Fantasy, Christianity and Religion.
First Published
The Pilgrim’s Regress (1933)
Published by J.M. Dent and Sons
3.85 out of 5 on GoodReads
Last Published
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956)
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company
3.85 out of 5 on GoodReads
Book Series
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Notable Awards
C. S. Lewis was nominated twice while he was alive for the Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel. First in 1946 for That Hideous Strength and again in 1951 for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (the first book of The Chronicles of Narnia).
In 1956, he won the Carnegie Medal in Literature for The Last battle (the last book of The Chronicles of Narnia).
Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Want to Know More?
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