Robert Graves (1895-1985)
Poet, Novelist & Professor of English Literature, of London & Mallorca
He was a pre-eminent English poet, novelist, critic, translator, and scholar of classical mythology. He served in World War I (his experience of which he famously published in his autobiography, Good-Bye to All That) and later became the first Professor of English Literature at the University of Cairo. He is best remembered for his acclaimed historical novels about the Roman emperor Claudius, I, Claudius and Claudius the God. His other books include Count Belisarius, Lawrence and the Arabs, They Hanged My Saintly Billy, Homer's Daughter, The Golden Fleece, The Siege and Fall of Troy, Ann at Highwood Hall, The White Goddess, The Hebrew Myths, and Collected Poems. He is also the co-author of The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose.
