Item 0099 (698) - Letter [by A. Apostolopoulos] to Cavafy

27 x 20.5 cm

Handwritten letter on the rectos of three sheets. Blank versos. Page numbers "2" and "3 are noted at top left. The sender, a friend of Cavafy's according to him, announces the publication of a study on modern Greek poetry in La Nouvelle Revue Française, which will include a presentation of the poet's work. He asks Cavafy's permission to include in the study French translations of poems of his ("Waiting for the Barbarians", "Ithaca", "Walls"). The poet is also asked to send a series of poems and accompanying material to the author of the study, E. Eleftheriadis. Extensive reference to the friendly relations between sender and recipient. Signed: "Apostolis" (it most probably is Apostolis Apostolopoulos). (Paris)

Greek

Writing in ink.

"Ithaca" >Α122
"Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
"Walls" >Α50

[Apostolopoulos], Apostolis. “Letter [by A. Apostolopoulos] to Cavafy”. Letter, Juli 1926. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0099 (698), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0099.