Robert (von) Ranke Graves was a British writer and poet, who wrote several books about his experiences as a soldier in World War I. He later studied literature at Oxford. Graves lived mainly in Mallorca, where he owned a farm near Deyá. He was close friends with Agatha Christie and the American actress Ava Gardner. At times, he devoted himself to historical and mythological themes, in particular of Greek and Roman history. His most successful work was the novel I, Claudius, a fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor. By the Time magazine, it was ranked as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Graves especially had a great influence on modern paganism, mainly Wicca. In total, Graves wrote over 140 works. In 1971, he starred in the documentary Impromptu Balear by Francisco Rovira Beleta with many internationally known actors. The poem At The Games first appeared in the journal “English Life” and in 1925 in the anthology Welchman’s pants.
Great Britain