![]() ![]() Country Sentiment, New York, Alfred A. ![]() He was also a prominent translator of Classical Latin and Ancient Greek texts his versions of The Twelve Caesars and The Golden Ass remain popular today for their clarity and entertaining style. He earned his living from writing, particularly popular historical novels such as I, Claudius, The Golden Fleece and Count Belisarius. His poems, together with his innovative interpretation of the Greek Myths, his memoir of the First World war, Good-bye to All That, and his historical study of poetic inspiration, The White Goddess, have never been out of print. Graves considered himself a poet first and foremost. He was the brother of the author Charles Patrick Graves. The historian Leopold von Ranke was his mother's uncle. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. Robert von Ranke Graves ( 24 July, 1895 – 7 December, 1985) was an English poet, scholar, and novelist. ![]()
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