by Sven » July 16th, 2004, 9:27 pm
Sorry, all, especially Malcolm
I goofed up there. I had replied a minute or two after Malcolm to Susie's question. Seeing that Malcolm had given basically the same answer as me, I went to delete my reply. And, of course, deleted Malcom's by mistake. All that follows is Malcolm's post, not mine.
Sven
Hello Susie,
Welcome to The Wardrobe! In regards your question, in his book C. S. Lewis A Companion and Guide Walter Hooper states the following:
Quote:
[A Grief Observed] was written in the days immediately following the death of [Joy Lewis] in July [1960]. When Roger Lancelyn Green came to visit Lewis at The Kilns in the first week of September, Lewis showed him the manuscript, and the two friends discussed the possibility of its publication, Green being bound to secrecy. Lewis did not wish to embarrass or upset his friends, and decided to publish the work under a pseudonym... Lewis... selected the name N. W. Clerk, thus combining a pen name he had used before, Nat Whilk (Anglo-Saxon for I know not whom) and Clerk meaning scholar or writer.
All the best.
Malcolm