C.S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis, better known as C. S. Lewis, was born in Belfast on 29 November 1898 and died in Oxford on 22 November 1963. He was a British writer and academic. He is known for his work on medieval literature, his writings on literary criticism and Christian apologetics, as well as for the *Chronicles of Narnia* series, published between 1950 and 1957.
A very close friend of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of *The Lord of the Rings*, he taught alongside him in the Department of English Literature at the University of Oxford; they were both members of the Inklings literary circle. Partly due to the influence of Tolkien and that of G. K. Chesterton, Lewis returned to Christianity, becoming, in his own words, ‘a very ordinary layman of the Church of England’; this conversion had a profound impact on his work. He gained widespread popularity through the radio programmes on Christianity he presented during the Second World War and enjoyed enormous success with his fantasy books for children.
The works of C. S. Lewis have been translated into more than 40 languages, and the Chronicles of Narnia series has sold over 120 million copies worldwide and continues to sell at a rate of more than one million copies a year. The World of Narnia has also been adapted for the stage and screen on several occasions.
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