What was the pen name C.S. Lewis used for his 1926 narrative poem Dymer?

C.S. Lewis used the pen name Clive Hamilton for his 1926 narrative poem Dymer.

Dymer was published in 1926 under the name Clive Hamilton. It was Lewis’s first published book and takes its title from its central character, a strange and destructive figure whose story unfolds in a deliberately mythic world. The poem reflects Lewis’s early interest in fantasy, symbolism, and literary forms influenced by epic and romance.

Lewis used Clive Hamilton for some early publications because he was not yet writing under the initials by which he became famous. The name combined his preferred personal name, Clive, with Hamilton, a family name associated with his mother’s side. His later works appeared as C.S. Lewis, or in some cases under other scholarly conventions.

Dymer is often confused with The Pilgrim’s Regress, which was also published as Clive Hamilton. The distinction is chronological: Dymer appeared in 1926, while The Pilgrim’s Regress was published in 1933.