C.S. Lewis: His Life and Works Clive Staples "C.S." Lewis was born on Novem in Belfast, Ireland (see chronology). He died on Novem, the same day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He had only one sibling, a brother, Warren, who was three years older and with whom he remained friends all his life. C.S. Lewis' earliest memories involve "endless books" in the.