TWA Poet: C.S. Lewis

1898 - 1963

It's the birthday of Irish author C.S. [Clive Staples] Lewis, born in Belfast in 1898. When he was four, his dog Jacksie was hit by a car and killed; the boy declared he was changing his name to "Jacksie," and for a while he wouldn't answer to anything else. For the rest of his life, he was known as "Jack" to his family and close friends.

Raised in the C…