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C. S. Lewis

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Clive Staple Lewis a famous writer (1898-1963). C.S Lewis was born on November, 29 the 1898 in Belfast. It was a very famous novelist, because The Chronicles Of Narnia were translated into 47 languages; it was his own success. On the one hand the author wrote a fantastic novel and the other hand he wrote a science fiction novel. But he succeed with the fantastic style ( The chronicles of Narnia between 1950-1956). During his life C.S Lewis had many occupations for example he was teaching at the university, and he was a novelist and also a Broadcaster. C.S Lewis was maried to Joy Davidman (from 1959 to 1960 because Joy died, it was a drama for the author). Lewis had 2 step-sons and he had 1 brother (Warren Lewis). And he died in 22 of November 1963 at Oxford in England at the age of 65.

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Most succesful books[edit | edit source]

  1. The Chronicles of Narnia.
  2. Mere Christianity.
  3. The Allegory of Love.
  4. The Screwtape Letters.
  5. The Space Trilogy.
  6. Till We Have Faces.
  7. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life.

The statue[edit | edit source]

Statue of C.S. Lewis ,by Ross Wilson,(Genvessel) Creative Commons Attribution 2.0


The name of the sculpture it's « The Searcher » it was created in 1988 in Belfast by Ireland artiste, Ross Wilson . He was forged with bronze it's a portrait of C;S Lewis (the writer). In this scene, Lewis is looking into the waydrobe, and his grabing chair. The waydrobe is a reference to his succesful book (Because to enter the world of narnia, you go thought a waydrobe.








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