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.