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Cliff Staple Lewis

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Cliff Staple Lewis

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Clive Staples Lewis (English: November 29, 1898 - November 22, 1963), commonly known as C.S. Lewis or Lewis, and his friends and family nicknamed him Jack, was a British writer, poet and apologist. He is best known for his children's literature "The Chronicles of Narnia", as well as his theological essays, studies of medieval literature and many other works. Lewis was a good friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, another famous British writer, and they both taught at Oxford University.

Category
Writers
Nationality
U.K.
Born
1898-11-29
Died
1963-11-22
Wikidata
Q9204
Occupations writerpoetuniversity teachernovelistphilosopherMedieval researcherautobiographertheologianessayistscreenwriterliterary criticscience fiction writerchildren's literature writerphilologistlinguistliterary historianLiterary scholar
Aliases C. S. LewisC.S. LewisCS LewisClive HamiltonClive LewisClive Staples LewisC.S. LewisN. W. ClerkNat WhilkCliff Staple LewisLu Yishi

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