Which author co-founded the Oxford literary group known as the Inklings with C.S. Lewis?

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

The Inklings were an informal group of writers and academics who met in Oxford, especially during the 1930s and 1940s. Members read drafts aloud, discussed literature, and offered criticism. Lewis and Tolkien were among its central figures, and their friendship influenced both their intellectual lives and their writing.

The group was not a formal society with a fixed membership list or constitution. Charles Williams and Owen Barfield were also important participants, which is why accounts sometimes list several different leading figures. The name “Inklings” referred to the group’s literary interests rather than to a publishing organization.

Lewis and Tolkien shared an interest in myth, language, and imaginative literature, but they did not agree on every subject. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Lewis’s Narnia works developed independently, despite their friendship and common Oxford setting.