C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis, born on 29 November 1898 and died on 22 November 1963, was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1954, and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, from 1954 to 1963. He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, and he also wrote fiction such as The Screwtape Letters and The Space Trilogy, together with Christian apologetics including Mere Christianity, Miracles and The Problem of Pain. Lewis was a close friend of J. R. R. Tolkien, and the two took part in the informal Oxford literary group known as the Inklings.