Jack
C.S. (Clive Staples) Lewis was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1908 when C.S. (who had the nickname "Jack") was just 9 years old, his mother died of cancer. Later that same year Jack and his older brother Warren were sent to boarding school at Wynyard School in England.
Jack and Warren attended a few different schools during their teenage years and in 1916, Jack won a scholarship to University College, Oxford. He studied there for only a few months before he enlisted in the British army in World War I. Jack saw combat in France and was wounded in 1918. He recovered, and in December of the same year he was discharged from the army.
After his service in the war, Lewis returned to Oxford to finish his studies. He excelled in his college course work and after graduation he became a tutor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, where he taught for many years. In 1954 he left to take a teaching position at the equally prestigious Cambridge University.
In 1956 Lewis married Joy Davidman Gresham. She died of bone cancer in 1960.
Since he was a child, Lewis was always an avid reader and skillful writer with a vivid imagination.Throughout his life he published many works for adults, including science fiction, poetry, writings and lectures on Christianity, and scholarly titles. But he is probably best known for the books he wrote for children, the seven novels known as The Chronicles of Narnia. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, the most famous tale of Narnia, was published in 1950. In 1956, the final Narnia title, THE LAST BATTLE, won the Carnegie Medal in England (it's like winning the Newbery Medal in the U.S.)
C.S. Lewis died on November 22, 1963
-Shannon Maughan on http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-lewis-cs.asp
Jack and Warren attended a few different schools during their teenage years and in 1916, Jack won a scholarship to University College, Oxford. He studied there for only a few months before he enlisted in the British army in World War I. Jack saw combat in France and was wounded in 1918. He recovered, and in December of the same year he was discharged from the army.
After his service in the war, Lewis returned to Oxford to finish his studies. He excelled in his college course work and after graduation he became a tutor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, where he taught for many years. In 1954 he left to take a teaching position at the equally prestigious Cambridge University.
In 1956 Lewis married Joy Davidman Gresham. She died of bone cancer in 1960.
Since he was a child, Lewis was always an avid reader and skillful writer with a vivid imagination.Throughout his life he published many works for adults, including science fiction, poetry, writings and lectures on Christianity, and scholarly titles. But he is probably best known for the books he wrote for children, the seven novels known as The Chronicles of Narnia. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, the most famous tale of Narnia, was published in 1950. In 1956, the final Narnia title, THE LAST BATTLE, won the Carnegie Medal in England (it's like winning the Newbery Medal in the U.S.)
C.S. Lewis died on November 22, 1963
-Shannon Maughan on http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-lewis-cs.asp
