Diary of Robert Graves 1935-39 and ancillary material

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Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

People Mentioned

• Laura

  Riding, Laura

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Anita

  Ana, Anita

  Marroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WG

• Margaret

  Russell, Margaret

  House-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WG

• A.G. (A.E.S.G)

  Graves, Amy

  Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG

• Zoltan

  Korda, Zoltan

  Alexander Korda's brother eds.

• Korda

  Korda, Alexander

  Director of the film version of I Claudius.

• David Garnett

  Garnett, David

  (1892-1981) author and bookseller & part of the Bloomsbury group; authored an edition of T.E. Lawrence's Letters in 1938 eds.

• Evans

  Evans, C.S.

  director of Heinemann's KG

• Evans

  Evans, Lieutenant Commander

  of the British destroyer, HMS Grenville; admired RG's work eds.

• Edward Marsh

  Marsh, Edward

  Influential civil servant and friend of R.G.'s and many others from WW I, also Georgian poets and artists. W.G. & C.P.

Organizations Mentioned

• Sangorski & Sutcliffe

  Sangorski & Sutcliffe

  bookbinders (est. 1901); RG had proof copies of his own and LR's work bound by them eds.

• 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

• Arthur Barker Ltd.

  Barker, Arthur

  The English publisher of I, Claudius and Claudius the God. WG

• Westminster Bank

• Editors

  Editors of the Graves Diary Project.

Bibliography

• • Title: Collected Poems [1938]
  • Author: Graves, Robert
  • PubPlace: London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
  • Publisher: Cassell and Co. Ltd
  • Idno: A48
  • Date: 1938
• • Title: Count Belisarius [1938]
  • Author: Graves, Robert
  • PubPlace: London
  • Publisher: Cassell
  • Idno: A47
  • Date: 1937-07-21