by Sven » April 17th, 2007, 9:06 pm
Add Icelandic/Old Norse to the list. He and Tolkien were members of the reading group named the Koalbitar, reading the eddas and sagas in that language.
You can get a collection of Lewis' letters in Latin, aptly titled The Latin Letters of C. S. Lewis. They were between him and, at first, Don Giovanni Calabria, then later Don Luigi Pedrollo. Father Calabria initiated the correspondence to ask some questions about The Screwtape Letters and, not knowing any English, wrote in Latin.
Rat! he found breath to whisper, shaking. Are you afraid?
Afraid? murmured the Rat, his eyes shining with unutterable love.
Afraid! Of Him? O, never, never! And yet -- and yet -- O, Mole, I am afraid!
Then the two animals, crouching to the earth, bowed their heads and did worship.