C.S. Lewis was born as Clive Staples (Jack) Lewis on November 29, 1898
in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He went to University College, Oxford
from April to September of 1917, and then he enlisted in the British Army
at the outbreak of the First World War. After the war was over, he
served as a tutor at Oxford and some other colleges in England. Lewis
became a Christian in 1931 after a long talk about Christianity and religion
with friend and fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien. It was this new found
faith that got Lewis to write some of his best works of literature.
In 1935, Lewis was asked to write the volume on 16th century English Literature
for the Oxford History of Literature Series. It was published in 1954,
and became an instant classic. Lewis wrote many books about theory
and religion. But it was in 1950 when The Lion, the Witch, and the
Wardrobe was published, that he gained forever recognition. It was
the first of the seven books that make up the Chronicles of Narnia.
He finished the last of the chronicles in 1956. C.S. Lewis died in
1963 and is buried at Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, Oxford.
