24 Nov 2013

Memorial stone for CS Lewis in Westminster Abbey

7:00 am on 24 November 2013

Writer CS Lewis has been honoured with a memorial stone in Westminster Abbey, 50 years after his death.

The stone was placed in Poets' Corner, alongside literary figures such as Chaucer and Dickens.

Lewis, born in 1898, is best known for the Chronicles of Narnia series, which has sold 100 million copies worldwide and been adapted for screen and stage.

His other work includes The Screwtape Letters and the Ransom trilogy. Lewis was also a respected Oxford scholar and literary critic.

The BBC reports a conference on the impact of his work has also been held at the abbey and a festival celebrating his life and work was held in his hometown of Belfast.

Clive Staples Lewis - known as Jack to his family - died on 22 November, 1963, at the age of 64, the same day President JF Kennedy was assassinated.

Other literary figures commemorated in Westminster Abbey are Samuel Johnson, John Keats and the Bronte sisters.