Diary of Robert Graves 1935-39 and ancillary material

Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

• • Annotation: ink correction
  • Character: regular
  • Ink: black

Places Mentioned

• Ca sa Salerosa

  Deyá, Majorca, Sp

  Literally the house of the happy one. House on the Palma side of the Deyá valley which RG & LR rented when they first arrived in Deyá in 1929 and in which they installed the Albion Press. This house was one that was often available to rent. WG During 1935 it was evidently rented by the McCormacks (See March 17, 1935) CP

People Mentioned

• McCormacks

  McCormack, Walter & Violet

  Tenants of Ca'n Torrent. Had two daughters: Jennifer, a dancer, & Betty. Continued their friendship with Robert and Laura in England. eds.

• Madora

  Marroig Más, Madora

  Gelat's wife. W.G. R.G. often spells her first name "Medora," and precedes it with "the." eds.

• Magdalena Marroig

  Marroig Más, Magdalena

  Gelat's daughter. Later married Marcos Colom. WG

• Franciscito

  Vives, Franciscito

  Gelat's grandson W.G. Son of Anita, Gelat's daughter in Rennes. KG

• Karl/Carl

  Goldschmidt, Karl

  Karl Goldschmidt, later Kenneth Gay: Graphic artist, friend and secretary of Robert Graves and Laura Riding since 1934. R. G. spells both as Carl and Karl.

• David

  Graves, David

  R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds.

• Catherine

  Nicholson, Catherine

  Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds.

• Sam

  Graves, Samuel

  R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& WG

• Laura

  Riding, Laura

  (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).