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Charles Walter Stansby Williams (20 September 1886 – 15 May 1945) was an English poet, novelist, playwright, theologian and literary critic. Most of his life was spent in London, where he was born, but in 1939 he moved to Oxford with the university press for which he worked until his death.
Learn about Charles Williams, a prolific and influential author and scholar who wrote poetry, fiction, criticism, and theology. Explore his life, works, themes, and legacy in this comprehensive biography by the Charles Williams Society.
He was, however, a figure of enormous interest in his own right: a prolific author of plays, fantasy novels (strikingly different in kind from those of his friends), poetry, theology, biography and criticism. — the Charles Williams Society website
Williams’ novels are currently published in the United States or Canada (and should be available in other countries as well). Australian readers may find the full text of his novels at Project Gutenberg Australia.
The Charles Williams Society exists to promote the study and appreciation of the life and writings of Charles Walter Stansby Williams. Williams is best known as a leading member of the Oxford literary group, the "Inklings", whose chief figures were CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.
Jun 30, 2020 · The man largely responsible for the punctilious editing, and the sound choice of editors and introducers, was Charles Williams. Charles Williams (1886-1945) was a cult figure, and remains so. The word “cult” here is used to signify a figure who can not easily be judged by conventional standards.
Jan 21, 2015 · It will be called Charles Williams: The Third Inkling because Williams was a central member of the Inklings, the informal group of Oxford writers whose best-known members were C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
