C.S. Lewis Bio

CS stands for Clive Staples Louis who was born in Belfast, Ireland on November 29, 1898. He wrote over 30 books including The Chronicles of Narnia,  Out of the Silent Planet, The Four Loves, The Screwtape Letters, and Mere Christianity. He had won a scholarship to Oxford, but became part of the British Military in World War 1. He wrote his first book in 1933. He started the Chronicles of Narnia in 1950 and finished the last, seventh book in the series in 1956. In 1957 he married Joy Davidman Gresham. In 1963, Lewis died at 5:30 p.m. at The Kilns, one week before his 65th birthday on Friday. His grave is in the yard of Holy Trinity Church in Headington Quarry, Oxford. This same day, American president John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Aldous Huxley died.