Which organization did C.S. Lewis help found in Oxford in 1933?

C.S. Lewis helped found the literary discussion group known as the Inklings in Oxford in 1933.

The Inklings were an informal group of writers and scholars who met in Oxford to read and discuss works in progress. Lewis was one of its central figures, and J.R.R. Tolkien became its best-known fellow member. The group also included Charles Williams and Owen Barfield at different periods.

The meetings were not an official university society with a formal constitution. Members commonly gathered in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College or at the Eagle and Child pub, which they nicknamed the Bird and Baby. They discussed poetry, fiction, mythology, theology, and each other’s drafts.

The Inklings are often described as a club founded by Lewis and Tolkien, but the group developed informally and changed over time. Its importance lies in sustained conversation and criticism rather than in a single publication or manifesto.