Editing C. S. Lewis (section)

{{Short description|British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|FBA|size=100%}}
| name             = C. S. Lewis
| image            = C.s.lewis3.JPG <!-- FAIR USE of C.s.lewis3.JPG: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C.s.lewis3.JPG for rationale -->
| alt              = Monochrome head-and-left-shoulder photo portrait of 50-year-old Lewis
| caption          = Lewis in 1947
| pseudonym        = Clive Hamilton, N. W. Clerk
| birth_name       = Clive Staples Lewis
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=y|1898|11|29}}
| birth_place      = [[Belfast]], Ireland <!-- not "Northern Ireland", because Northern Ireland did not exist at the time -->
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=y|1963|11|22|1898|11|29}}
| death_place      = [[Oxford]], England
| resting_place    = [[Holy Trinity Church, Headington Quarry]]
| occupation       = Novelist, scholar, broadcaster
| nationality      = <!-- Leave blank until ongoing disputes have been resolved and Consensus reached, see talk page -->
| citizenship      = <!-- Leave blank until ongoing disputes have been resolved and Consensus reached, see talk page -->
| education        = [[University College, Oxford]]
| genre            = [[Christian apologetics]], fantasy, science fiction, children's literature
| notableworks     = {{ubli|''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''|''[[Mere Christianity]]''|''[[The Allegory of Love]]''|''[[The Screwtape Letters]]''|''[[The Abolition of Man]]''|''[[The Space Trilogy]]''|''[[Till We Have Faces]]''|''[[Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life|Surprised by Joy]]''}}
| spouse           = {{marriage|[[Joy Davidman]]|1956|1960|reason=died}}
| children         = 2 step-sons, including [[Douglas Gresham]]
| relatives        = [[Warren Lewis]]<br>(brother)
{{Infobox military person
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   |embed_title  = Military service
   |allegiance   = [[United Kingdom]]
   |branch       = [[British Army]]
   |serviceyears = 1917–18<br>1940–44
   |unit         = {{ubli|[[Officers' Training Corps|Oxford University Training Corps]]|[[Somerset Light Infantry]]|[[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Oxford Home Guard]]}}
   |rank         = [[Second Lieutenant]]
   |battles      = 
'''[[First World War]]'''
*[[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|First Battle of Cambrai]]
*[[Operation Michael]]
*[[Battle of the Lys (1918)|Battle of Lys]] (WIA)
'''[[Second World War]]'''
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'''Clive Staples Lewis''' (29 November 1898&nbsp;– 22 November 1963) was a <!--Please reach consensus on Lewis's nationality on the Talk page before altering the following-->British writer, 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 Christianity]]'', ''[[Miracles (book)|Miracles]]'', and ''[[The Problem of Pain]].''

Lewis was a close friend of [[J.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;R. Tolkien]], author of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Both men served on the English faculty at Oxford University and were active in the informal Oxford literary group known as the [[Inklings]]. According to Lewis's 1955 memoir ''[[Surprised by Joy]]'', he was baptized in the [[Church of Ireland]] but fell away from his faith during adolescence. Lewis returned to [[Anglicanism]] at the age of 32, owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends, and he became an "ordinary layman of the [[Church of England]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=C.S. |title=Mere Christianity |date=1952 |publisher=Harper Collins |location=New York |page=viii |isbn=9780061947438 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OF-YSMKCVwMC}}</ref> Lewis's faith profoundly affected his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim.

Lewis wrote more than 30 books which have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The books that make up ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' have sold the most and have been popularized on stage, TV, radio, and cinema. His philosophical writings are widely cited by Christian scholars from many denominations.

In 1956, Lewis married American writer [[Joy Davidman]]; she died of cancer four years later at the age of 45. Lewis died on 22 November 1963 from kidney failure, at age 64. In 2013, on the 50th anniversary of his death, Lewis was honoured with a memorial in [[Poets' Corner]] in [[Westminster Abbey]].