UClive Staples wazalelwa ngoNovemba 29, 1898 e-Ireland. Ngesikhathi esemncane, impilo yakhe ingabizwa ngokuthi injabulo futhi ayinandaba. Wayenomfowethu nomama omuhle kakhulu. Umama wafundisa kancane uClive ngezilimi ezahlukahlukene, ngisho nangakhohlwa uLatin futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, wamkhuphula ukuze akhule umuntu wangempela, ngokubuka okujwayelekile nokuqonda impilo. Kodwa usizi lwalwenzekile futhi umama washona lapho uLutter engeneminyaka eyishumi. Ngomfana, kwaba yinto ehlabayo. Emva kwalokho ubaba wakhe, ongakaze abe nomlingisi othenda futhi ojabulisayo, wanikeza umfana esikoleni esivaliwe. Kwaba yinto eyodwa yokushaya kwakhe. Wayezonda isikole kanye nemfundo waze wafika kuprofesa Kerkpatrick. Kuyadingeka ukuthi lo mprofesa wayengakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, kanti uLee Lewis wayehlala enkolo. Futhi, noma kunjalo, uClive wamane ethanda umfundisi wakhe. Wamphatha njengesithombe, indinganiso. Lo profesa wathanda nomfundi wakhe futhi wazama ukumtshela lonke ulwazi lwakhe. Futhi lo profesa wayeyindoda ehlakaniphile kakhulu. Wafundisa le nsizwa yama-dialectics kanye nezinye izayensi, edlulisela lonke ulwazi lwakhe namakhono kuye.
Ngo-1917, uLee wakwazi ukuya e-Oxford, kodwa wabe eseya phambili futhi walwa endaweni yaseFrance. Phakathi nempi, lo mbhali walimala futhi washaywa esibhedlela. Uthole uChesterton, owayemthanda, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi wayengakwazi ukuqonda nokuthanda imibono yakhe nemicabango yakhe. Ngemva kwempi nesibhedlela, uLuka waphindela e-Oxford, lapho wahlala khona ngo-1954. UClive wayebathanda kakhulu abafundi. Iqiniso liwukuthi wayenesithakazelo esikhulu ekufundeni izinkulumo ngeziNgisi izincwadi, ukuthi abaningi beza kuye ngokuphindaphindiwe, ukuze bafunde njalo emakilasini akhe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo uClive wabhala izihloko ezihlukahlukene, wabe esethatha izincwadi. Umsebenzi omkhulu wokuqala wawuyincwadi enyatheliswa ngo-1936. Kwakubizwa ngokuthi i-Allegory of Love.
Yini esingayisho ngo Lewis njengokholo. Empeleni, indaba yokholo lwakhe ayilula. Mhlawumbe yingakho engazange azame ukuphoqelela ukholo lwakhe kunoma ubani. Kunalokho, wayefuna ukuyibeka ukuze lowo owayefuna ukukubona abone. Ngesikhathi esemncane, uClive wayengumuntu onomusa, omnene nowenkolo, kodwa ngemva kokufa kukaMama, ukholo lwakhe lwazamazama. Khona-ke wahlangana noprofesa othi, ongakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, wayengumuntu ohlakaniphile futhi onomusa kunamakholwa amaningi. Kwabe sekufika iminyaka eyunivesithi. Futhi, njengoba uLee ngokwakhe ekhuluma, abantu abangakholelwa kulo baphoqeleka ukukholelwa futhi, abakholelwa kuNkulunkulu abanjalo njengoba yena. E-Oxford, uClive wayenabangane ababehlakaniphile, abafunde kahle futhi bezithakazelisayo njengoba yena ngokwakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, laba bantu bamkhumbuza ngemibono yesazela nobuntu, ngoba, njengoba efikile e-Oxford, umlobi usuke ekhohliwe mayelana nalezi zindinganiso, ekhumbula kuphela lowo ongeke abe mnonya kakhulu futhi eze. Kodwa abangane abasha bakwazi ukushintsha imibono yakhe, futhi waphinde waqala ukholo lwakhe futhi wakhumbula ukuthi ungubani nokuthi yini ayifunayo ekuphileni.
UClive Lewis wabhala izici eziningi ezithakazelisayo, izindaba, izintshumayelo, izindabakwane, izindaba. Leli yi "Izincwadi ZaseBalamut", "IziKronike ZaseNarnia", kanye ne-trilogy space, kanye neveli "Kuze singatholakali umuntu", okuyinto uClive ebhala ngesikhathi lapho umkakhe othandekayo egula kakhulu. U-Lewis wadala izindaba zakhe, engazami ukufundisa abantu ukuthi bakholelwa kanjani kuNkulunkulu. Wazama nje ukukhombisa ukuthi kukhona okuhle, nokuthi kuphi okubi, ukuthi konke kujeziswa ngisho nangemva kwebusika eside kakhulu kufika ehlobo, njengoba kwenzeka encwadini yesibili, The Chronicles of Narnia. U-Lewis wabhala ngoNkulunkulu, ngabangane bakhe, etshela abantu ngezwe elihle. Empeleni, njengengane, kunzima ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokufanekisa nokufanisa. Kodwa kuyathakazelisa kakhulu ukufunda ngezwe, eyadalwa yingonyama-yezilwane ye-lion, i-Aslan, lapho ungakwazi khona ukulwa nokubusa, lapho uyingane, lapho izilwane zikhuluma khona, futhi emahlathini ziphila ngezidalwa ezihlukahlukene zenganekwane. Ngendlela, ezinye izikhonzi zesonto zaphatha Lewis ngokungathandeki kakhulu. Iphuzu laliwukuthi wayexubene nobuqaba nenkolo. Ezincwadini zakhe, ama-naiads kanye nama-dryads, empeleni, bezingane ezifanayo zikaNkulunkulu njengezilwane nezinyoni. Ngakho-ke, ibandla lithatha izincwadi zakhe ukuba zingamukeleki uma zibhekwa ohlangothini lokholo. Kodwa lokhu kwaba umbono wezinceku ezimbalwa zesonto. Abantu abaningi baphatha kahle izincwadi zika Lewis futhi banikeze izingane zabo, ngoba, empeleni, naphezu kwezinganekwane kanye nezimpawu zenkolo, okokuqala, uLee wayelokhu ehlakulela okuhle nokulunga. Kodwa okuhle kwakhe akuphelele. Uyazi ukuthi kukhona ububi obuzohlala bubi njalo. Ngakho-ke, lobu bubi kumelwe bubhujiswe. Kodwa akudingekile ukwenza lokhu ngenzondo nokuziphindiselela, kodwa kuphela ngenxa yobulungiswa.
U-Clive Staples waphila isikhathi eside kakhulu, nakuba engekho impilo emfushane kakhulu. Wabhala imisebenzi eminingi engakwazi ukuziqhenya ngayo. Ngo-1955, umlobi wathuthela eCambridge. Lapha waba umholi womnyango. Ngo-1962, uLee wangeniswa eBritish Academy. Kodwa-ke impilo yakhe ihlehla kakhulu, uyasula. Futhi ngo-November 22, 1963, uClave Staples wafa.