Which poet and author became C.S. Lewis's wife in 1956?

Joy Davidman became C.S. Lewis's wife in 1956.

Joy Davidman was an American poet and writer who met Lewis through correspondence and later moved to England. The couple had a civil marriage in April 1956 so that Davidman could remain in the United Kingdom. They later received a Christian marriage ceremony at Oxford's Church of England parish church in 1957, conducted by Lewis's friend Reverend Peter Bide.

Their relationship became the subject of biographies, memoirs, a play, and screen adaptations. Davidman was diagnosed with bone cancer, and she and Lewis had only a few years together before her death in 1960. Lewis wrote A Grief Observed after her death, reflecting on bereavement and faith.

A frequent mistake is calling Davidman only Lewis's literary correspondent or friend. She was his spouse, first through the civil ceremony and later through the Christian marriage. Her own writing career included poetry, novels, and essays.