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- 30/5/1932 (Creation)
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25 x 16.5 cm
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Handwritten copy of a letter by Cavafy on one side of a sheet. Blank verso. The recipient's name is Ioannis. The poet conveys his satisfaction for a lecture by Karl Dieterich on his poetry and informs of the despatch of two poetry collections of his. The recipient appears to be the poet's cousin, Ioannis Koulmasis (Jean Coulmas – see his letter to Cavafy, dated 12/5/1932).
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Greek
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Copy of a letter by Cavafy”. Letter (copy), 30.05.1932. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F19-0034 (962), 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-SS02-F19-0034.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Dieterich, Karl (Subject)
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Cavafy refers to the German Modern Greek scholar and byzantinist Karl Dieterich, who had expressed himself positively about the poet and had translated poems of his into German.