What literary group did C.S. Lewis co-found with J.R.R. Tolkien?

C.S. Lewis co-founded the literary group known as The Inklings with J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Inklings were an informal discussion group of writers and scholars associated with Oxford. Members read aloud from works in progress, discussed literature, and debated questions about mythology, religion, and storytelling. The group was active particularly during the 1930s and 1940s, when Lewis and Tolkien were both teaching at Oxford.

The Inklings were not a formal society with a published membership list or a fixed program. Their name came from a student literary club connected with Lewis's circle, and the group met in places including Lewis's rooms at Magdalen College and the Eagle and Child pub. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Lewis's fiction were among the works shaped by this creative environment.