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C. S. Lewis
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29 Nov 1898
† 22 Nov 1963
Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now Ireland]
Biography
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also noted for his other works of fiction, such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, including Mere Chris...
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Clive Staples Lewis
