C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a British writer, scholar, and Christian thinker best known for The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, and Mere Christianity. Born in Belfast, he served in the British Army during World War I before studying at Oxford University, where he later taught English literature for nearly three decades. He eventually became Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University.Lewis wrote across an unusually wide range of forms, including literary criticism, fantasy, science fiction, autobiography, poetry, and religious apologetics. Dymer, first published in 1926 under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton, was one of his earliest major works. The narrative poem reflects his youthful interest in myth, rebellion, desire, and spiritual conflict, while anticipating themes that would appear throughout his later writing.Today, Lewis is regarded as one of the most influential Christian authors and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. His work remains widely read for its intellectual clarity, moral seriousness, humor, and powerful use of myth and storytelling.
