Robert Graves

Born

July 24, 1895

Died

December 7, 1985 (aged 90)

Known as

poet, novelist, translator, playwright, screenwriter, university teacher

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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