C.S. Lewis

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C.S. Lewis: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Clive Staples Lewis
Born	November 29, 1898 • Belfast • Northern Ireland
Died	November 22, 1963 (aged 64) • Oxford • England • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Notable Works	letter • literary criticism • “Out of the Silent Planet” • “Perelandra” • “That Hideous Strength” • “The Abolition of Man” • “The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition” • “The Chronicles of Narnia” • “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” • “The Screwtape Letters” • “Till We Have Faces”

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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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The man who invented Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Joan Aiken.

Joan Aiken

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Aldiss, Brian W.

Brian W. Aldiss

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Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake

English novelist

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

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George Meredith

English novelist

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

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Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

Pratchett, Terry

Terry Pratchett

English author

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Ann Radcliffe

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Chesterton, G.K.

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Hughes, Ted

Ted Hughes

British poet

Diana Wynne Jones

British writer

Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain

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A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne

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Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis

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Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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