Graves, Robert (1895-1985), was an English author. His fiction includes two historical novels of imperial Rome–I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935). He wrote The White Goddess (1948), a study of myth and the source of poetry in mythology. The Crowning Privilege (1955) is an informal commentary on modern poetry and poets. Graves’s early autobiography, Goodbye to All That (1929), ranks among his most popular works. Graves’s most impressive poetry includes some realistic verses about World War I and his later love poems.
Graves was born on July 24 or 26, 1895, in Wimbledon and died on Dec. 7, 1985. He traveled widely and lived for many years in Majorca.
