CS Lewis

1898–1963

English writer and Christian apologist best known for The Chronicles of Narnia, seven children’s novels blending fantasy adventure with Christian allegory; a close friend and Oxford colleague of JRR Tolkien.

Timeline of CS Lewis’s life

Works

• Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
• The Screwtape Letters (1942)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
• Mere Christianity (1952)
• Surprised by Joy (1955)