What was the surname of C.S. Lewis’s wife, Joy?

C.S. Lewis’s wife Joy had the surname Davidman.

Joy Davidman was an American writer who became close to Lewis through their correspondence and shared Christian interests. The couple entered into a civil marriage in 1956, primarily to address legal and practical matters.

They later held a Christian marriage ceremony in 1957 at the Church of England parish church in Headington, Oxford. Lewis and Davidman had only a few years together as a married couple before her death from cancer in 1960.

Lewis wrote A Grief Observed after her death. The book was first published under a pseudonym and explores bereavement, anger, doubt, and faith. Joy’s surname is sometimes confused with Gresham because she was also known as Joy Gresham before her relationship with Lewis; Davidman was her family name and the surname associated with her literary identity.