Ida Affleck Graves

Ida Florence Affleck Graves (March 1902 – 14 November 1999) was a British artist, poet, novelist, and children's writer, and member of the Bloomsbury Group.

Early life

Graves was born in Mysuru, India, the daughter of Colonel Douglas H. McDonnel Graves, Surgeon, and Mabel Alice Petley. Sent to a boarding school in Eastbourne, England, at the age of six, Graves was educated from 13 at the Quaker Croham Hurst School, then in Surrey. From Surrey, she went to the University of London to study English literature, also attending an evening course in sculpture at Chelsea College of Arts. In 1935 they published their second volume: a book of "sardonic verse" Pastoral, or Virtue Requited. teacher Peter Wallis came across some of Graves' work in East Anglian literary magazine Rialto, and searched her out.

Graves, I., & Stanton, B. H. (1934). Epithalamion. A poem ... With associated wood-engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Gemini Press: Higham, Colchester

Graves, I. (1942). Mother and Child. A poem, etc. Fortune Press: London

Graves, I. A. (1994). A kind husband. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Graves, I. A. (1999). The Calfbearer. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Novels (as Affleck Graves)

Graves, A. (1952). Willa, you're wanted. Faber

Graves, A. (1956). Elarna Cane. London: Faber & Faber

Children's books (as Affleck Graves)

Graves, A. (1952). Ostrobogulous pigs. Faber

Graves, A. (1953). Mouse Tash ... With illustrations by Bernard Watson. London: Faber & Faber

Graves, A. (1956). Little Thumbamonk. London: publisher not identified