Diary of Robert Graves 1935-39 and ancillary material

Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

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

• Laura

  Riding, Laura

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

• Swartz

  Schwarz, Georg

  German Jew. Deyá neighbour. Antique dealer. Lived with Frau Emmy Strenge, his house keeper, in Can Caballo some hundred yards from Canellun. RG and LR translated his "Almost Forgotten Germany." WG

• Liddell Hart

  Liddell Hart, Capt. Basil

  War-fare expert and friend of T.E. Lawrence. Collaborated with RG on a book of T.E.L'.s letters, published in 1938. See RPG p.231. WG & Eds.

• Korda

  Korda, Alexander

  Director of the film version of I Claudius.

• Jenny

  Nicholson, Jenny

  Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.

• 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.

• Catalina

  Catalina

  Cook from Palma employed by RG and LR; worked with Margarita, the chambermaid. W.G., eds.

• Vyvyan

  Richards, Vyvyan

  Old friend of T.E. Lawrence who owned a private press and helped RG and LR set up their own in Hammersmith (RPG pp.62-3) eds.

• Arnie

  Lawrence, A.W. (Arnie)

  T.E. Lawrence's brother and executor. WG

Organizations Mentioned

• A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.

  Watt, A.S.

  RG's literary agent: first mentioned in November, 1935; team includes: Alexander Strahan Watt, and W.P. Watt et al, who may have handled different aspects of Graves' extensive European publishing and distribution. The firm replaced Eric Pinker. K.G. When did Pinker go, and why? KG

Bibliography

• • Title: Anecdotes of Art Dealing
  • Author: Schwarz, Georg
  • Editor: Graves, Robert
  • Date: 1936-03
• • Title: T.E. Lawrence to His Biographer
  • Author: Lawrence, T.E.
  • Editor: Graves, Robert
  • PubPlace: New York
  • Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
  • Idno: A49
  • Date: 1938