In which city was C.S. Lewis born on 29 November 1898?

C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast on 29 November 1898. His birthplace was the capital of what was then Ireland, which was still part of the United Kingdom before the island’s later political division.

Lewis grew up in a Protestant, book-loving household with his older brother, Warren. The brothers created imaginative stories about an invented land called Boxen, an early sign of Lewis’s lifelong interest in mythology, fantasy, and world-building.

Lewis left Ireland for England as a teenager and later became associated with Oxford and Cambridge, but Belfast remained an important part of his biography. His Irish background is sometimes overlooked because most of his academic and writing career took place in England.

The date is also distinct from the date of his death, 22 November 1963. Lewis died at his home, the Kilns, near Oxford, at the age of 64.