Clive Staples akaberekwa musi waNovember 29, 1898 muIreland. Paakanga achiri muduku, hupenyu hwake chaihwo hunogona kunzi hufaro uye husina hanya. Akanga ane hama yakanaka uye amai. Amai vakadzidzisa zvishoma Clive kumitauro yakasiyana, kunyange vasina kukanganwa chiLatini uye, zvakare zvakare, vakamusimudza kuitira kuti akakurire munhu chaiye, nemaonero akajeka uye kunzwisisa kwehupenyu. Asi zvakashata zvakaitika uye mai vangu vakafa apo Lewis akanga asina makore gumi. Nokuda komukomana uyu, chaiva dambudziko guru. Mushure mokudaro baba vake, avo vasina kumbova nemoyo munyoro uye vanofara, vakapa mukomana kuchikoro chakavhara. Izvo zvakava kwaari imwezve kurwadza. Akavenga chikoro uye dzidzo kusvikira asvika kuna purofesa Kerkpatrick. Zvakakosha kuziva kuti purofesa uyu akanga asingatendi kuti Mwari haasi, asi Lewis aigara achiita zvechitendero. Uye, zvisinei, Clive akangonyengetedza mudzidzisi wake. Akamubata sechifananidzo, chimiro. Mupurofesa akadawo mudzidzi wake uye akaedza kumuudza zvose zivo yake. Uye iye purofesa aiva munhu akachenjera kwazvo. Akadzidzisa murume wechidiki dialectics nedzimwe sciences, achiendesa zivo yake yose nounyanzvi kwaari.
Muna 1917, Lewis akakwanisa kuenda kuOxford, asi akazoenda mberi uye akarwisana munharaunda yeFrance. Munguva yehondo, munyori uyu akakuvadzwa uye akaputirwa muchipatara. Akawana Chesterton, waaifarira, asi, panguva iyoyo, aisagona kunzwisisa nekuda maonero ake nemaonero. Mushure mehondo uye chipatara, Lewis akadzokera kuOxford, kwaakagara kusvikira 1954. Clive aifarira zvikuru vadzidzi. Ichokwadi ndechokuti aifarira kwazvo kuverenga hurukuro pamabhuku echiChirungu, kuti vazhinji vakauya kwaari kakawanda, kuitira kuti vadzokere kumapoka ake zvakare. Panguva imwe chete Clive akanyora zvinyorwa zvakasiyana-siyana, uye akabva atora mabhuku. Basa rokutanga guru raiva bhuku rakabudiswa muna 1936. Yakanga ichinzi Allegory yerudo.
Chii chatinogona kutaura pamusoro paLeei semutendi. Kutaura zvazviri, nyaya yekutenda kwake haisi nyore. Zvichida ndicho chikonzero haana kumboedza kumanikidzira kutenda kwake kune ani zvake. Asi, aida kuzvipa kuitira kuti uyo aida kuzviona aone. Muhuduku, Clive aiva munhu munyoro, munyoro uye wechitendero, asi mushure mekufa kwamai vake, rutendo rwake rwakazununguka. Ipapo akasangana naPurofesa uyo, sezvo asingatendi kuti kuna Mwari, akanga ari munhu akachenjera uye ane mutsa kupfuura vatendi vakawanda. Zvino kwakauya makore yunivhesiti. Uye, sa Lewis pachake akati, vanhu vakanga vasingatendi mazviri vakamanikidzwa kutenda zvakare, ivo vasingatendi kuti Mwari haasi iye. MuOxford, Clive aiva neshamwari dzaive dzakachenjera, dzakanyorwa zvakanaka uye dzinofadza sezvazvakaita iye pachake. Mukuwedzera, ava varume vakamuyeuchidza nezve pfungwa dzehana nehutatu, nokuti, kana asvika kuOxford, munyori anenge atova akakanganwa pamusoro pezvirevo izvi, achiyeuka chete uyo asingagoni kuva ane utsinye uye kuba. Asi shamwari itsva dzakakwanisa kuchinja maonero ake, uye akadzokazve kutenda kwake ndokurangarira kuti ndiani uye zvaaida kubva muupenyu.
Clive Lewis akanyora maitiro akawanda anofadza, nyaya, mharidzo, nhau, nhau. Iyi ndiyo "Tsamba dzaBharamu", uye "Makoronike eNarnia", uye "trilogy", uye nhoroondo "Kusvikira tisina kuwana munhu", iyo Clive yakanyora panguva iyo mukadzi wake waaida airwara zvikuru. Lewis akasika nyaya dzake, kwete kuedza kudzidzisa vanhu kuti vatende muna Mwari sei. Akangoedza kuratidza kuti kune chakanaka, uye pane zvakaipa, kuti zvose zvinorangwa uye kunyange pashure pemazuva mazhinji echando anouya mazhizha, sezvazvakasvika mubhuku rechipiri, The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis akanyora pamusoro paMwari, pamusoro pevamwe shamwari dzake, achiudza vanhu pamusoro pezvakanaka zvenyika. Ichokwadi, semucheche, zvakaoma kusiyanisa pakati pekufananidzira uye chirevo. Asi zvinonakidza kuverenga pamusoro penyika, iyo yakasikwa ne shumba-shumba shumba Aslan, apo iwe unogona kurwisa uye kutonga, uri mwana, apo mhuka dzinotaura, uye mumasango zvinorarama zvisikwa zvakasiyana-siyana. Nenzira, vamwe vashumiri vechechi vakabata Lewis zvakanyanya zvisina kunaka. Pfungwa yacho ndeyokuti akavhenganisa chihedheni uye chitendero. Mune mabhuku ake, iyo naiads nemashizha zvakanga zviri, chaizvoizvo, vana vaMwari vakafanana semhuka neshiri. Nokudaro, chechi yakafunga kuti mabhuku ake haagamuchirwi kana ichionekwa kubva parutivi rwekutenda. Asi iyi ndiyo maonero evashumiri vashoma vechechi. Vanhu vazhinji vanobata Lewis mabhuku zvakanaka uye vanovapa vana vavo, nokuti, chokwadi, pasinei nemhepo uye zviratidzo zvechitendero, pakutanga, Lewis nguva dzose anoparadzira zvakanaka uye kururamisira. Asi kunaka kwake hakuna kukwana. Anoziva kuti pane zvakaipa zvinogara zvichiipa. Uye, saka, zvakaipa izvi zvinofanira kuparadzwa. Asi hazvibviri kuita izvi nekuvenga uye kutsiva, asi nekuda kwekutonga.
Clive Staples akararama kwenguva refu, asi kwete upenyu hupfupi. Akanyora mabasa mazhinji aanogona kuzvikudza. Muna 1955, munyori akatamira kuCambridge. Ikoko akazova mukuru webazi. Muna 1962, Lewis akaendeswa kuBritain Academy. Asi hutano hwake hunoderera zvakanyanyisa, anoramba. Uye musi waNovember 22, 1963, Clive Staples akafa.