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'''Aemilia Laraçuen''' (Emilia MacKinley) (1925 – 2007) was an American artist and [[muse]] of poet [[Robert Graves]]. She was also known variously as Cindy Lee and Emile Laraçuen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabinet 16: Literature for Children, Forging a Magical Landscape, University of Otago, New Zealand |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/library/exhibitions/magical-landscape/cabinet16-1.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=www.otago.ac.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Burrow |first=Colin |date=2018-10-11 |title=Adjusting the Mechanism |language=en |volume=40 |work=London Review of Books |issue=19 |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n19/colin-burrow/adjusting-the-mechanism |access-date=2022-10-19 |issn=0260-9592}}</ref> |
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'''Aemilia Laracuen''' (Emilia MacKinley) (1925–2007) was an [[USA|American]] artist and [[muse]] of poet [[Robert Graves]] |
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Aemilia Laracuen inspired many of Graves’s [[love poems]] and was also the illustrator of one of his best-known poetry collections, ''Love Respelt''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Richard |date=January 1, 2006 |title='Goddess' reveals bizarre affair with Robert Graves |pages=7 |work=The Sunday Times (London, England)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/berg/brggrave.xml |title=archives.nypl.org |publisher=Nypl.org |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2015-03-10}}</ref> |
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Aemilia Laracuen inspired many of Graves’s [[love poems]] |
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and was also the illustrator of one of his best-known |
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poetry anthologies, ''Love Respelt''.[http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/poet/100527.shtml][http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/berg/brggrave.xml] |
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Graves was Oxford’s professor of poetry between 1961 and 1966, He met and became involved with the American Mexican when she was thirty and he was in his mid-sixties. After meeting in New York, Graves persuaded her to come to live near him in [[Deià]] on [[Majorca]]. His wife seemingly tolerated this affair. |
Graves was Oxford’s professor of poetry between 1961 and 1966, He met and became involved with the American Mexican when she was thirty and he was in his mid-sixties. After meeting in New York, Graves persuaded her to come to live near him in [[Deià]] on [[Majorca]]. His wife seemingly tolerated this affair. The 37-year age gap between Aemilia and Graves did not bother her, she said. "Robert was great-looking and in good shape. He had a brilliant mind, was very funny and charming."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article775009.ece |title=Life |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |date=2015-01-16 |accessdate=2015-03-10}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{subscription required|date=March 2015}}</ref> |
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Graves became so besotted with Aemilia that he bought her a house in [[Puerto Vallarta]], Mexico. And yet she took a lover, the beat poet [[Howard Hart (poet)|Howard Hart]], to live there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article783994.ece |title=Life |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |date=2015-01-16 |accessdate=2015-03-10}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{subscription required|date=March 2015}}</ref> Their letters are documented and stored at the [[University of Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2017352 |title=WebVoyáge Holdings Information |publisher=Voyager.library.uvic.ca |date= |accessdate=2015-03-10}}</ref> |
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The 37-year age gap between Aemilia and Graves did not bother her, she said. "Robert was great-looking and in good shape. He had a brilliant mind, was very funny and charming." [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article775009.ece] |
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Graves became so besotted with Aemilia that he bought her a house in [[Puerto Vallarta]], [[Mexico]]. And yet she took a lover, the beat poet [[Howard Hart]], to live there.[*(the HOWARD HART link here is a CIA agent and not the Beat Poet |
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HOWARD MATHEW HART, JR. who was Laracuen's lover and who as yet has no Wiki |
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article published about him.)][http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article783994.ece] |
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Their letters are documented and stored at the [[University of Victoria]].[http://library.uvic.ca/site/spcoll/guides/sc050.html] |
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Under an agreement with the Graves family, they were not to be read until his widow Beryl had died. Beryl died in late 2003. |
Under an agreement with the Graves family, they were not to be read until his widow Beryl had died. Beryl died in late 2003. |
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Aemelia married for the third time and for the last years of her life, after her third divorce, retained her married name Emilia MacKinley. She lived her later years travelling between Puerto Vallarta and New York City. |
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The correspondence between Robert Graves and Aemilia Laracuen is now being edited by |
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Dr. James Donald Gifford. James is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Victoria.[http://english.uvic.ca/faculty/james_donald_gifford.html] |
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==References== |
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Aemelia married for the third time and for the last years of her life, after her |
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third divorce, retained her married name Emilia MacKinley. She lived her later years |
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travelling between Puerto Vallarta and New York City. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2017352 Robert Graves fonds] at University of Victoria, Special Collections |
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 26 September 2024
Aemilia Laraçuen (Emilia MacKinley) (1925 – 2007) was an American artist and muse of poet Robert Graves. She was also known variously as Cindy Lee and Emile Laraçuen.[1][2]
Aemilia Laracuen inspired many of Graves’s love poems and was also the illustrator of one of his best-known poetry collections, Love Respelt.[3][4]
Graves was Oxford’s professor of poetry between 1961 and 1966, He met and became involved with the American Mexican when she was thirty and he was in his mid-sixties. After meeting in New York, Graves persuaded her to come to live near him in Deià on Majorca. His wife seemingly tolerated this affair. The 37-year age gap between Aemilia and Graves did not bother her, she said. "Robert was great-looking and in good shape. He had a brilliant mind, was very funny and charming."[5]
Graves became so besotted with Aemilia that he bought her a house in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. And yet she took a lover, the beat poet Howard Hart, to live there.[6] Their letters are documented and stored at the University of Victoria.[7] Under an agreement with the Graves family, they were not to be read until his widow Beryl had died. Beryl died in late 2003.
Aemelia married for the third time and for the last years of her life, after her third divorce, retained her married name Emilia MacKinley. She lived her later years travelling between Puerto Vallarta and New York City.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cabinet 16: Literature for Children, Forging a Magical Landscape, University of Otago, New Zealand". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ Burrow, Colin (2018-10-11). "Adjusting the Mechanism". London Review of Books. Vol. 40, no. 19. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ Brooks, Richard (January 1, 2006). "'Goddess' reveals bizarre affair with Robert Graves". The Sunday Times (London, England). p. 7.
- ^ "archives.nypl.org". Nypl.org. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
- ^ "Life". Timesonline.co.uk. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2015-03-10.[dead link] (subscription required)
- ^ "Life". Timesonline.co.uk. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2015-03-10.[dead link] (subscription required)
- ^ "WebVoyáge Holdings Information". Voyager.library.uvic.ca. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
External links
[edit]- Robert Graves fonds at University of Victoria, Special Collections