Clive Staples anabadwa pa November 29, 1898 ku Ireland. Ali mwana, moyo wake ungatchedwe wosangalala komanso wosasamala. Iye anali ndi abale ndi amayi abwino kwambiri. Amayi aphunzitsa Clive pang'ono m'zilankhulo zosiyana, ngakhale osayiwala Chilatini, komanso, adamulera kotero kuti anakulira munthu weniweni, ndi malingaliro abwino ndi kumvetsetsa moyo. Koma chisonicho chinachitika ndipo amayi anga anamwalira pamene Lewis analibe ngakhale zaka khumi. Kwa mnyamatayo, zinali zovuta kwambiri. Pambuyo pake bambo ake, omwe sanakhale ndi khalidwe lachikondi ndi lokondwa, anapatsa mnyamatayo ku sukulu yotseka. Zinamupwetekanso kwambiri. Anadana sukulu ndi maphunziro mpaka adafika kwa pulofesa Kerkpatrick. Tiyenera kuzindikira kuti pulofesa uyu analibe Mulungu, pomwe Lewis anali achipembedzo nthawi zonse. Ndipo, komabe, Clive anangotamanda mphunzitsi wake. Iye amamuchitira iye ngati fano, muyezo. Pulofesa nayenso ankakonda wophunzira wake ndipo anayesa kumuuza zonse zomwe amadziwa. Ndipo pulofesa analidi munthu wanzeru kwambiri. Anaphunzitsa mnyamata wa dialectics ndi sayansi zina, kutumiza nzeru zake ndi luso lake kwa iye.
Mu 1917, Lewis adatha kupita ku Oxford, koma kenako anapita kutsogolo ndipo adamenya nkhondo ku France. Panthawi ya nkhondo, wolembayo anavulazidwa ndipo anavulala m'chipatala. Anapeza Chesterton, yemwe ankamukonda, koma panthawiyo, sakanatha kumvetsa komanso kukonda malingaliro ake ndi malingaliro ake. Nkhondo itatha ndi chipatala, Lewis anabwerera ku Oxford, kumene anakhala mpaka 1954. Clive ankakonda kwambiri ophunzira. Chowona chake n'chakuti anali ndi chidwi kwambiri powerenga nkhani za Chingelezi, kuti ambiri anabwera kwa iye mobwerezabwereza, kuti apite ku maphunziro ake mobwerezabwereza. Pa nthawi yomweyo Clive analemba zolemba zosiyanasiyana, kenako anatenga mabukuwo. Ntchito yaikulu yoyamba inali buku lofalitsidwa mu 1936. Iyo idatchedwa Allegory ya Chikondi.
Kodi tinganene chiyani za Lewis ngati wokhulupirira? Ndipotu nkhani ya chikhulupiriro chake si yophweka. Mwina ndi chifukwa chake sanayese kuumiriza munthu aliyense chikhulupiriro chake. M'malo mwake, adafuna kuwupereka kuti amene akufuna kuwona awone. Ali mwana, Clive anali munthu wachifundo, wofatsa komanso wachipembedzo, koma amayi ake atamwalira, chikhulupiriro chake chinagwedezeka. Kenaka anakumana ndi pulofesa amene, pokhala wosakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu, anali munthu wochenjera komanso wokoma mtima kuposa okhulupirira ambiri. Ndiyeno anabwera zaka yunivesite. Ndipo, monga Lewis mwiniyo adanena, anthu omwe sanakhulupirire mwa iwo adakakamizika kukhulupirira kachiwiri, omwe sakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu. Ku Oxford, Clive anali ndi abwenzi omwe anali ochenjera, owerengedwa bwino komanso osangalatsa monga momwe adzionera. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, anyamatawa amamukumbutsa za chikumbumtima ndi umunthu, chifukwa, atabwera ku Oxford, wolembayo wasiya kuiwala za malingaliro awa, kukumbukira kuti ameneyo sangakhale wankhanza komanso kuba. Koma amzanga atsopano adasintha malingaliro ake, ndipo adakhalanso ndi chikhulupiriro ndipo adakumbukira kuti anali ndani ndi zomwe adafuna pamoyo.
Clive Lewis analemba zochitika zambiri zosangalatsa, nkhani, maulaliki, nthano, nkhani. Awa ndi "Makalata a Balamu", ndi "Mbiri ya Narnia", ndi trilogy ya malo, komanso buku "Mpakana tidapeze munthu", zomwe Clive analemba panthawi yomwe mkazi wake wokondedwa anali kudwala kwambiri. Lewis analenga nkhani zake, osayesa kuphunzitsa anthu momwe angakhulupirire mwa Mulungu. Iye amangoyesa kuti asonyeze komwe kuli zabwino, ndipo pamene choipa, kuti chirichonse chilango ndi ngakhale kutalika kwa nyengo yaitali kwambiri chimabwera mchilimwe, monga chinadza mu bukhu lachiwiri, The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis analemba za Mulungu, za anzake, akuuza anthu za dziko lokongola. Ndipotu, ngati mwana, n'zovuta kusiyanitsa pakati pa chithunzi ndi fanizo. Koma ndizosangalatsa kuwerenga za dziko lapansi, lomwe linalengedwa ndi mkango wa lion-lion monga Aslan, komwe mungathe kumenyana ndi kulamulira, pokhala mwana, kumene nyama zimalankhula, komanso m'nkhalango zimakhala ndi zamoyo zosiyanasiyana. Mwa njira, atumiki ena a tchalitchi adamuchitira Lewis kwambiri. Mfundo inali yakuti adasokoneza chikunja ndi chipembedzo. M'mabuku ake, ziweto ndi zinyama zinali, ana a Mulungu omwewo monga nyama ndi mbalame. Choncho, tchalitchichi chimaona kuti mabuku ake sakuvomerezedwa ngati akuwonekera kuchokera kumbali ya chikhulupiriro. Koma uwu unali lingaliro la atumiki owerengeka chabe a tchalitchi. Anthu ambiri amagwiritsa ntchito mabuku achi Lewis ndikuwapatsa ana awo, chifukwa, ngakhale, nthano ndi zizindikiro zachipembedzo, poyamba, Lewis nthawi zonse amafalitsa zabwino ndi chilungamo. Koma zabwino zake sizingwiro. Amadziwa kuti pali choipa chimene chidzakhala choipa nthawi zonse. Ndipo, chotero, choipa ichi chiyenera kuwonongedwa. Koma sikoyenera kuchita izi mwa chidani ndi kubwezera, koma chifukwa cha chilungamo.
Clive Staples anakhalabe moyo wautali ndithu, ngakhale osati moyo waufupi kwambiri. Iye analemba ntchito zambiri zomwe angathe kunyada nazo. Mu 1955, wolembayo anasamukira ku Cambridge. Kumeneko anakhala mtsogoleri wa dipatimentiyi. Mu 1962, Lewis adaloledwa ku British Academy. Koma umoyo wake umachepa kwambiri, amasiya. Ndipo pa November 22, 1963, Clive Staples anamwalira.