# C.S. Lewis

> A Belfast-born literature don at Oxford and Cambridge who wrote the seven Chronicles of Narnia, a science-fiction trilogy and the wartime radio talks that became Mere Christianity.

- Novelist, scholar and Christian writer · The Chronicles of Narnia · Mere Christianity
- Known for: The seven Chronicles of Narnia, which have sold more than 100 million copies in 47 languages, and Christian books including *The Screwtape Letters* and *Mere Christianity*.[7][2]
- Born: November 29, 1898
- Died: November 22, 1963
- Last updated: 2026-11-14
- Editorial review: approved 2026-11-15
- Web page: https://authorbackstories.com/classic/cs-lewis/
- Reading list (PDF): https://authorbackstories.com/classic/cs-lewis/reading-list.pdf

## Featured book: Film due Feb. 2027

*The Magician's Nephew* (1955). Published in 1955 as the sixth Narnia book, it comes first in the story's own chronology and is a prequel to *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*.[2][10][16] Greta Gerwig's film of it opens in theaters on Feb. 12, 2027.[16]

## At a glance

- Born: Clive Staples Lewis, Nov. 29, 1898, in Belfast; his father was a solicitor[1]
- Known as: "Jack" to family and friends; his first two books of poems appeared as Clive Hamilton[1]
- Education: University College, Oxford, with firsts in Honour Moderations, Greats and English[1][4]
- First World War: Officer in the Somerset Light Infantry; wounded in 1918[1][3]
- Posts: Fellow and Tutor, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1925–1954; first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge, 1954–1963[4]
- Married: Joy Davidman, an American poet, in 1956; she died in 1960[1][3]
- Died: Nov. 22, 1963, at The Kilns, his Oxford home[1][3]
- Major award: Carnegie Medal, 1956, for *The Last Battle*[8]

## C.S. Lewis's Backstory

### Early life

Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast on Nov. 29, 1898, the younger son of Albert Lewis, a solicitor, and Flora Hamilton Lewis; his elder brother was Warren, called "Warnie."[1] His mother died of cancer in 1908, and he was sent to schools in England, including Malvern College, before being tutored privately by William T. Kirkpatrick, whom he called "The Great Knock."[1][3]

### War and Oxford

He won a scholarship to University College, Oxford, in 1916, then served as an officer in the Somerset Light Infantry and was wounded in France in 1918.[1][3] He had promised his friend Paddy Moore, who was killed in the war, that he would look after Moore's mother, and he lived with her for many years.[1] Back at Oxford he took firsts in Honour Moderations, Greats and English, and in 1925 he was elected Fellow and Tutor in English at Magdalen College, where he taught until 1954.[1][6] His first two books, the poems *Spirits in Bondage* (1919) and *Dymer* (1926), appeared under the name Clive Hamilton.[1][3]

### Conversion and the Inklings

Lewis had given up Christianity as a schoolboy.[3] He came to believe in God in 1929, calling himself "the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England," and after long talks with J.R.R. Tolkien and Hugo Dyson he returned to Christianity in 1931.[1] With Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield and others he belonged to the Inklings, a group that met at the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford.[1] His science-fiction trilogy began with *Out of the Silent Planet* (1938), and *The Screwtape Letters* followed in 1942.[2][3] Between 1941 and 1944 he gave 25 BBC radio talks, later developed into *Mere Christianity* (1952).[3]

### Narnia

*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* was published in London on Oct. 16, 1950, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes.[7] Lewis said the story began with a picture he had carried since about age 16, a faun with an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood.[14] He had no plan for a series when he wrote it; six more books followed, one a year, ending with *The Last Battle* (1956), which won the Carnegie Medal.[11][2][8] Geoffrey Bles published the first five and The Bodley Head the last two; HarperCollins is now the series' worldwide publisher.[7] Lewis described the books as "supposals" rather than allegory.[11][12]

### Cambridge, marriage and last years

In 1954 Lewis became the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge, with a fellowship at Magdalene College.[4][5] He married the American poet Joy Davidman in a civil ceremony in 1956 and in a church ceremony at her hospital bed in 1957; she died of cancer in 1960.[3][1] He wrote about his grief in *A Grief Observed* (1961), published as N.W. Clerk.[1] He resigned his Cambridge chair in 1963 after learning he was terminally ill, and he died at The Kilns, his home in Oxford, on Nov. 22, 1963.[5][1][3] In 2013, 50 years after his death, a memorial stone was placed in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey.[15]

## Fun facts

- "Jack" came from the family dog, Jacksie; after the dog was killed, four-year-old Lewis announced that Jacksie was now his own name.[1]
- Narnia began with a picture he had carried in his head since about age 16: a faun with an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood.[14]
- When he wrote *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* he had no plan for a series; the other six books grew out of it.[11]
- Writing for children, he said, made him limit his vocabulary and make the chapters nearly equal in length for reading aloud.[11]
- He published *A Grief Observed*, his account of mourning his wife, under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk.[1][3]
- He died on Nov. 22, 1963, the same day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Aldous Huxley died.[1]

## Books

In order of first publication; each series is kept together in reading order.

Titles and first-publication years from Dallas Baptist University's C.S. Lewis bibliography, checked against Christianity Today's Christian History timeline; letters, the diary, the wartime broadcast pamphlets later gathered into *Mere Christianity* and the *Aeneid* translation are left out.[2][3]

- 1919: *Spirits in Bondage* (Poetry). His first book, published as Clive Hamilton.[1][3] [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Spirits%20in%20Bondage%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1926: *Dymer* (Poetry). A narrative poem, published as Clive Hamilton.[1][3] [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Dymer%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1933: *The Pilgrim's Regress* (Novel). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Pilgrim's%20Regress%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1936: *The Allegory of Love* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Allegory%20of%20Love%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- **The Space Trilogy** (series, 3 books, 1938–1945)
  - 1938: Book 1, *Out of the Silent Planet* (Novel). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Out%20of%20the%20Silent%20Planet%20C.S.%20Lewis)
  - 1943: Book 2, *Perelandra* (Novel). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Perelandra%20C.S.%20Lewis)
  - 1945: Book 3, *That Hideous Strength* (Novel). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=That%20Hideous%20Strength%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1939: *Rehabilitations and Other Essays* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Rehabilitations%20and%20Other%20Essays%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1939: *The Personal Heresy* (Nonfiction, with E.M.W. Tillyard). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Personal%20Heresy%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1940: *The Problem of Pain* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Problem%20of%20Pain%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1942: *A Preface to "Paradise Lost"* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=A%20Preface%20to%20%22Paradise%20Lost%22%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1942: *The Screwtape Letters* (Novel). ISBN 9780060652937. [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/131187/9780060652937) · [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780060652937)
- 1943: *The Abolition of Man* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Abolition%20of%20Man%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1945: *The Great Divorce* (Novel). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Great%20Divorce%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1946: *George MacDonald: An Anthology* (Anthology (editor)). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=George%20MacDonald%3A%20An%20Anthology%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1947: *Essays Presented to Charles Williams* (Anthology (editor)). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Essays%20Presented%20to%20Charles%20Williams%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1947: *Miracles* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Miracles%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1948: *Arthurian Torso* (Anthology (editor)). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Arthurian%20Torso%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1949: *Transposition and Other Addresses* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Transposition%20and%20Other%20Addresses%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- **The Chronicles of Narnia** (series, 7 books, 1950–1956). Numbered here in publication order. Since 1994 HarperCollins has numbered them in story order, starting with *The Magician's Nephew*; Lewis told a young reader in 1957 the order "does not matter very much."[7][10]
  - 1950: Book 1, *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (Children's book). ISBN 9780064404990. [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/131187/9780064404990) · [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780064404990)
  - 1951: Book 2, *Prince Caspian* (Children's book). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Prince%20Caspian%20C.S.%20Lewis)
  - 1952: Book 3, *The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"* (Children's book). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Voyage%20of%20the%20%22Dawn%20Treader%22%20C.S.%20Lewis)
  - 1953: Book 4, *The Silver Chair* (Children's book). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Silver%20Chair%20C.S.%20Lewis)
  - 1954: Book 5, *The Horse and His Boy* (Children's book). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Horse%20and%20His%20Boy%20C.S.%20Lewis)
  - 1955: Book 6, *The Magician's Nephew* (Children's book). ISBN 9780064405058. [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/131187/9780064405058) · [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780064405058)
  - 1956: Book 7, *The Last Battle* (Children's book). Won the 1956 Carnegie Medal.[8] [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Last%20Battle%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1952: *Mere Christianity* (Nonfiction). Developed from his BBC radio talks of 1941–1944.[3][1] ISBN 9780060652920. [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/131187/9780060652920) · [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780060652920)
- 1954: *English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=English%20Literature%20in%20the%20Sixteenth%20Century%2C%20Excluding%20Drama%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1955: *Surprised by Joy* (Memoir). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Surprised%20by%20Joy%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1956: *Till We Have Faces* (Novel). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Till%20We%20Have%20Faces%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1958: *Reflections on the Psalms* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Reflections%20on%20the%20Psalms%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1960: *Studies in Words* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Studies%20in%20Words%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1960: *The Four Loves* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Four%20Loves%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1960: *The World's Last Night and Other Essays* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20World's%20Last%20Night%20and%20Other%20Essays%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1961: *A Grief Observed* (Memoir). First published under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk.[1][3] [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=A%20Grief%20Observed%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1961: *An Experiment in Criticism* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=An%20Experiment%20in%20Criticism%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1961: *Screwtape Proposes a Toast* (Story collection). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Screwtape%20Proposes%20a%20Toast%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1962: *They Asked for a Paper* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=They%20Asked%20for%20a%20Paper%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1964: *Letters to Malcolm* (Nonfiction). Published after his death.[3] [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Letters%20to%20Malcolm%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1964: *Poems* (Poetry). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Poems%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1964: *The Discarded Image* (Nonfiction). Published after his death.[2][1] [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Discarded%20Image%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1966: *Of Other Worlds* (Story collection). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Of%20Other%20Worlds%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1966: *Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Studies%20in%20Medieval%20and%20Renaissance%20Literature%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1967: *Christian Reflections* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Christian%20Reflections%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1967: *Spenser's Images of Life* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Spenser's%20Images%20of%20Life%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1969: *Narrative Poems* (Poetry). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Narrative%20Poems%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1969: *Selected Literary Essays* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Selected%20Literary%20Essays%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1970: *God in the Dock* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=God%20in%20the%20Dock%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1975: *Fern-Seed and Elephants* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Fern-Seed%20and%20Elephants%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1977: *The Dark Tower and Other Stories* (Story collection). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Dark%20Tower%20and%20Other%20Stories%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1980: *The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Weight%20of%20Glory%20and%20Other%20Addresses%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1986: *Boxen* (Children's book). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Boxen%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 1986: *Present Concerns* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Present%20Concerns%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 2013: *Image and Imagination* (Nonfiction). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Image%20and%20Imagination%20C.S.%20Lewis)
- 2015: *The Collected Poems of C.S. Lewis* (Poetry). [WorldCat](https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=The%20Collected%20Poems%20of%20C.S.%20Lewis%20C.S.%20Lewis)

## Latest news

- May 1, 2026: Netflix moved Greta Gerwig's *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* from Thanksgiving 2026 to a wide theatrical release on Feb. 12, 2027, followed by Netflix on April 2, 2027.[16]
- Oct. 16, 2025: *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* turned 75; it was first published in London on Oct. 16, 1950.[7][14]

## Adaptations and other media

### Film

- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005). Based on *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*. A Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures film directed by Andrew Adamson.[9]
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008). Based on *Prince Caspian*. A Disney and Walden Media film.[9]
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010). Based on *The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"*. A Fox 2000 Pictures and Walden Media film, distributed by 20th Century Fox.[9]
- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (Announced for 2027). Based on *The Magician's Nephew*. Written and directed by Greta Gerwig for Netflix, with Carey Mulligan, Daniel Craig, Meryl Streep and Emma Mackey; in theaters Feb. 12, 2027, and on Netflix April 2, 2027.[16]

### Television

- *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (1967). Based on *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*. A ten-part serial directed by Helen Standage and written by Trevor Preston; only two episodes survive.[9]
- *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (1979). Based on *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*. An animated special co-produced by Bill Melendez and the Children's Television Workshop; it won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program.[9]
- *The Chronicles of Narnia (BBC)* (1988–1990). Based on *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*, *Prince Caspian*, *The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"*, *The Silver Chair*. Three BBC serials based on the first four books, shown in the U.S. on PBS's *WonderWorks*.[9]

### Stage

- *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (1998). Based on *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*. A Royal Shakespeare Company production adapted by Adrian Mitchell, with music by Shaun Davey.[9]

### Audio and radio

- *Tales of Narnia* (1988–1997). A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization of about 15 hours, with Maurice Denham as Professor Kirke.[9]
- *The Chronicles of Narnia (Radio Theatre)* (1999–2002). Based on *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*, *Prince Caspian*, *The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"*, *The Silver Chair*, *The Horse and His Boy*, *The Magician's Nephew*, *The Last Battle*. Focus on the Family's radio dramatizations of all seven books, with Paul Scofield as the Storyteller and David Suchet as Aslan.[9]

### Video and tabletop games

- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005). Based on *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*. A video game published by Buena Vista Games, developed by Traveller's Tales for consoles and PC and by Amaze Entertainment for Nintendo handhelds.[9]

## Myth and record

- Claim: Lewis wrote "You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body," a line often attributed to him.[13]
  The record: The C.S. Lewis Foundation lists it among quotes Lewis did not write and calls it a paraphrase of a passage in George MacDonald's *Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood*.[13]
- Claim: The Chronicles of Narnia are an allegory, with Aslan standing for Christ.[12]
  The record: Lewis rejected the label: in a 1958 letter he said Aslan was "not allegory at all" but a "supposal," and in 1962 he wrote that the books were "not as much allegory as supposal."[12][11]

## Timeline

- Nov. 29, 1898: Born in Belfast.[1]
- 1908: His mother, Flora, dies of cancer.[3]
- 1918: Wounded in action in France and sent to hospital in London.[3]
- 1919: Publishes his first book, the poems *Spirits in Bondage*, as Clive Hamilton.[3]
- 1925: Elected Fellow and Tutor in English at Magdalen College, Oxford.[6]
- 1931: Returns to Christianity after talks with J.R.R. Tolkien and Hugo Dyson.[1][3]
- 1941–1944: Gives 25 BBC radio talks, later developed into *Mere Christianity*.[3]
- Oct. 16, 1950: *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* is published in London.[7]
- 1954: Becomes the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge.[4][5]
- 1956: Marries Joy Davidman; *The Last Battle* wins the Carnegie Medal.[3][8]
- 1960: Joy Davidman dies of cancer.[1][3]
- Nov. 22, 1963: Dies at The Kilns, his home in Oxford.[1][3]
- Nov. 2013: A memorial stone is placed in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, 50 years after his death.[15]
- May 1, 2026: Gerwig's *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* is set for Feb. 12, 2027.[16]

## What came after

*Narnia: The Magician's Nephew*, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, opens in IMAX sneak previews on Feb. 10, 2027, in theaters on Feb. 12 and on Netflix on April 2.[16]

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16. [Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' Moves to 2027 With Global Theatrical Release Before Netflix Debut](https://au.variety.com/2026/film/global/greta-gerwig-narnia-netflix-release-date-36132/). Variety Australia. (news)