Oxford is set to honour CS Lewis with a blue plaque at his former Oxford home where he wrote his ever popular fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis lived at The Kilns in Risinghurst, also known as ‘The Gateway to Narnia’, for 33 years and it was here that the fantasy author wrote his successful children’s stories. The Narnia books have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide.
The commemorative plaque will be unveiled this Saturday (26th of July 2008) and will coincide with a one-week CS Lewis conference in Oxford. This will be the 40th plaque erected by the Oxfordshire Blues Plaques Board, fellow Inkling and fantasy author JRR Tolkien has already been commemorated in Northmoor Road.
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