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Robert Graves
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
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culture · English poet, novelist and critic (1895–1985) · poet · novelist · translator · playwright · screenwriter · university teacher · military personnel · literary critic · science fiction writer · mythographer · also Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves, Robert von Ranke Graves, Robert von Ranke-Graves, Robert Von Ranke-Graves, Graves
Born 24 July 1895 · Died 7 December 1985 · Q201732
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2026· 5 entries
“Official website for 'La Casa de Robert Graves' in Deia, Majorca. Robert Graves Foundation”
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“not at all the innocent fellow I took him for, but as bad as anyone could be”
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Vozpopuli: Robert Graves, escritor británico, asentado en España: "Elegí Mallorca como mi hogar por su clima y su reputación de no haber otro lugar así en Europa"
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elDiario.es: El refugio mallorquín de Robert Graves corta el grifo a un hotel de lujo que consume 20.000 litros al día
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Laureate review – prosaic Robert Graves biopic
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Reveal that in 1967 Graves was considered for, but then passed over for, the post of Poet Laureate
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2019· 1 entry
The Guardian: Robert Graves on magical women – archive, 18 December 1968
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2018· 2 entries
The Guardian: Robert Graves by Jean Moorcroft Wilson review – from war poet to Goodbye to All That
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The Guardian: Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That – review
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: Poem of the week: The Cool Web by Robert Graves
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: The 100 best nonfiction books: No 44 – Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves (1929)
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning” in Nature — cited 23,961 times.
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2012· 2 entries
Indicate that Graves turned down a CBE in 1957
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The Nobel Records were opened after 50 years, and it was revealed that Graves was among a shortlist of authors considered for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, along with John Steinbeck (who was that year's recipient o
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1985· 6 entries
Died 1985-12-07.
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“Czując bicie dwu serc,Licząc wolne uderzenia serc,Czując, jak czas się wykrwawia w powolnym tętnie dwu serc,Leżą, czekają dnia.”
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“The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good — in spite of all the people who say he is very good.”
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“Opis: cesarz Klaudiusz o wprowadzonych przez siebie porządkach po rządach Kaliguli.”
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“Opis: słowa włożone w usta cesarza Klaudiusza.”
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“Symptomy prawdziwej miłościTo wychudzenie, zazdrość,Spóźniające się świty”
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1975· 1 entry
Had come to the end of his working life
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1968· 1 entry
Graves was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry by Queen Elizabeth II
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1967· 2 entries
Robert Graves published, together with Omar Ali-Shah, a new translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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That the first full-length assessment of Graves' work was published
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1961· 1 entry
Became Professor of Poetry at Oxford, a post he held until 1966
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1955· 1 entry
Published The Greek Myths, which retells a large body of Greek myths, each tale followed by extensive commentary drawn from the system of The White Goddess
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1953· 1 entry
Published The Nazarene Gospel Restored with Joshua Podro
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1952· 1 entry
Graves attacked Judith's new fiancé, getting the police called on him in the process
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1950· 1 entry
After much dispute with Nicholson (whom he had not divorced yet), he married Beryl
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1947· 1 entry
As The Use and Abuse of the English Language but subsequently republished several times under its original title)
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1945· 1 entry
(but first published as The Golden Fleece in 1944)
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1936· 1 entry
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and in 1939, they moved to the United States, taking lodging in New Hope, Pennsylvania
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1935· 1 entry
Awarded Hawthornden Prize (1935).
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1934· 2 entries
Awarded James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1934).
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Published his most commercially successful work, I, Claudius
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1927· 1 entry
Graves published Lawrence and the Arabs, a commercially successful biography of T
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1926· 2 entries
Took up a post as a professor of English Literature at Cairo University, accompanied by his wife, their children and the poet Laura Riding, with whom he was having an affair
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Met Laura Riding, with whom he ran away in 1929 while still married to Nicholson
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1925· 1 entry
A Bachelor of Letters by dissertation instead, allowing him to pursue a teaching career
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1917· 2 entries
Sassoon rebelled against the conduct of the war by making a public anti-war statement
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Graves met Marjorie Machin, an auxiliary nurse from Kent
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1916· 1 entry
To the most recent collection, using Graves' critical writings as commentary
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1909· 1 entry
Graves was enrolled at Charterhouse School as Robert von Ranke Graves
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1895· 2 entries
Born 1895-07-24.
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Under the name of Robert Ranke Graves
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