Graves, Beryl (1915–2003)

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Graves, Beryl (1915–2003)

English editor and literary inspiration. Born Beryl Antoinette Pritchard, Feb 22, 1915, in Hampstead, London, England; died Oct 27, 2003, on the island of Majorca, Spain; dau. of Sir Harry Pritchard (president of the Law Society); attended Queen's College and Oxford; m. Alan Hodge (writer), 1938 (div.); became 2nd wife of Robert Graves (poet), 1950 (died 1985); children: William, Lucia, Juan and Tomás.

The literary inspiration for many of Robert Graves' love poems, lived with him (and had 3 children with him) before marrying; collaborated with husband on 2 of his translations, The Cross and the Sword and The Infant with the Globe; with Dustan Ward, edited a scholarly edition of husband's poems in 3 volumes (1995–99).

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