Robert Graves
Novelist, Author
1895 – 1985
Who was Robert Graves?
Robert von Ranke Graves was an English poet, scholar/translator/writer of antiquity specializing in Classical Greece and Rome, novelist and soldier in World War One. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves's poems—together with his translations and innovative analysis and interpretations of the Greek myths, his memoir of his early life, including his role in the First World War, Good-Bye to All That, and his speculative study of poetic inspiration, The White Goddess—have never been out of print.
He earned his living from writing, particularly popular historical novels such as I, Claudius, King Jesus, The Golden Fleece, and Count Belisarius. He also was a prominent translator of Classical Latin and Ancient Greek texts; his versions of The Twelve Caesars and The Golden Ass remain popular today for their clarity and entertaining style. Graves was awarded the 1934 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for both I, Claudius and Claudius the God.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1895
Wimbledon - Also known as
- Graves, Robert
- Robert von Ranke Graves
- Robert Ranke Graves
- Robert von Ranke-Graves
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nancy Nicholson
(1918/01 - 1949) - Beryl Graves
(1950/05 - 1985/12/07)
- Nancy Nicholson
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- St John's College, Oxford
- Charterhouse School
- University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Wimbledon
- Died
- Dec 7, 1985
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on July 23, 2013
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