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CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS
Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland on November 29, 1898. He was
attending Oxford college in 1917 when he joined the British army to fight in World
War One. He was later wounded in the Battle of Arras. He
returned to Oxford after the war. In 1925, he became Fellow
of Language and Literature at Oxford. Lewis had always been
an athiest but became a christian in 1931. He wrote several
papers and books, and began the Chronicles of Narnia in
1950.Lewis's books about christianity have been some of the
most read books of our time. In 1956 Lewis married Joy
Greshem in a secret service due to problems with her
obtaining a residency permit from Great Britain. In 1960, Joy
died. Lewis became a Professor of medevil and Renaissance literature at Cambridge
University. He often said that he wished his death, when it came, would be a small
affair, wishing people not to fuss over it. Lewis died on November 22, 1963, the
same day John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
Non Fiction Publications
Mere Christianity
Miracles
The Problem of Pain
The Great Divorce
The Abolition of Man
Reflections of the Psalms
A Preface of Paradise Lost
The World's Last Night and Other Essays
The Pilgram's Regress
The Four Loves
The Allegory of Love
God in the Dock
An Experiment in Criticism
Fiction Publications
The Screwtape Letters
Screwtape Proposes a Toast
The Space Trilogy
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle