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C. S. Lewis blue plaque

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C. S. Lewis blue plaque
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C. S. Lewis, the author of fantasy and Christian thought, drew his first breath on this Dundela Avenue site in 1898. The blue plaque marks the exact ground where the boy who would populate worlds with dragons and speak plainly about suffering first entered human life. Lewis lived until 1963, carrying that Strandtown beginning into every story and argument he later told.
This blue commemorative plaque records: C. S. Lewis 1898-1963 Author and Christian apologist born on this site Recorded plaque organisation: C S Lewis Centenary Group.
C. S. Lewis was a renowned author and Christian apologist known for his works like "The Chronicles of Narnia" and philosophical writings that explored faith and reason.

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