Which literary group did C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien belong to?

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien belonged to the literary group known as the Inklings.

The Inklings were an informal Oxford literary discussion group active mainly during the 1930s and 1940s. Members read drafts of their work aloud and discussed literature, mythology, religion, and storytelling. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were among its best-known participants, although the group was not a formal society with a fixed membership list.

Meetings commonly took place at The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, which members nicknamed the Bird and Baby. The group also met in rooms at Oxford colleges and in private homes. Charles Williams and Owen Barfield were other prominent members associated with Lewis’s intellectual circle.

The Inklings are sometimes mistaken for an official university club or a movement with a published manifesto. In reality, they were a friendly, changing network of writers and scholars. Their conversations helped create an environment in which Lewis and Tolkien developed and tested imaginative works.