Clive Staples Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as
C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic and
Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland. He is known for his fictional work, especially
The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.
Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland, on 29 November 1898. At the age of
four, shortly after his dog Jacksie was killed by a car, he announced that his name was
now Jacksie. At first he would answer to no other name, but later accepted Jack, the
name by which he was known to friends and family for the rest of his life.
Lewis loved to read, and as his father's house was filled with books.