About
Robert Graves was a prolific British writer, known for his war poetry, historical novels, and mythological studies. A veteran of World War I, he wrote a major memoir, Goodbye to All That. He settled in Majorca in 1929, where he wrote I, Claudius and Claudius the God, which brought him international fame. His essay The White Goddess explores the mythical sources of poetry. He served as Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1961 to 1966.
* 1895-07-24 — † 1985-12-07
Major works
- Over the Brazier (1916)poetry
- Goodbye to All That (1929)autobiography
- I, Claudius (1934)novel
- Claudius the God (1935)novel
- The White Goddess (1948)essay
Key milestones
- 1916Wounded at the Battle of the Somme, he was mistakenly reported dead.
- 1934Awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for I, Claudius.
- 1985Commemorated among sixteen Great War poets at Westminster Abbey.
Themes
WarMythologyRoman historyPoetry and inspirationMemory
Sources: war.web.ox.ac.uk · poetryfoundation.org · britannica.com