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Why did Lewis turn down the knighthhood?

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Why did Lewis turn down the knighthhood?

Postby arto » August 20th, 2005, 6:23 am

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Postby carol » August 20th, 2005, 10:11 am

Here's the FAQ information:

Did C. S. Lewis win any awards or honors?
The Last Battle won the Carnegie Award, the highest honor for children's literature in the United Kingdom. Also, Winston Churchill offered Lewis a knighthood, but he turned it down.
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Re: Why did Lewis turn down the knighthood?

Postby Adam Linton » August 20th, 2005, 3:30 pm

This is my recollection, too, 'though I don't have time to look it up. This happened in the early fifties, and Lewis did so because he did not want Christianity to be thought of as bound up with a particular political camp.

Check the Sayer and the Green/Hooper biographies; also Lewis' Letters.

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Postby arto » August 21st, 2005, 9:44 pm

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Postby wood-maid » August 29th, 2005, 7:20 pm

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"By the Mane!" he whispered to Eustace. "This girl is a wondrous wood-maid. If she had Dryad's blood in her she could scarce do it better." - The Last Battle
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Postby arto » September 3rd, 2005, 2:13 am

I'm taking it at Moorpark College in Moorpark, CA. Dr. Daurio is a philosophy teacher who has a section in the upcoming book Narnia and Philosophy. She's teaching the philosophy portion of the combine philosophy/english class with an english teacher named Nills Slattum. Last year she taught a similar class about the The Lord of the Rings.
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