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- 6/3/1934 (Creation)
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20 x 32 cm
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Angelos Sikelianos was born on the island of Leucas (Lefkada, Greece) in 1884. He settled in Athens in 1900 and started publishing his poems two years later. In 1907 he married Eva Palmer, with whose support and full-hearted participation he organised the Delphic Festivals (1927, 1930). Sikelianos was also a prose writer and a composer of tragedies. He died in Athens in 1951.
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Handwritten letter by Angelos Sikelianos to the Singopoulos on the first and third pages of a bifolio. The remaining pages are blank. The sender recalls his meeting with the Singopoulos (obviously during a visit they made to Greece) and informs them about a trip he intends to make to Palestine (Jerusalem and Tel Aviv) in the summer. He asks to be sent the Alexandrini Techni issue, in which his poem "Ymnos tou megalou nostou" had been published. (Salamina)
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Sikelianos, Angelos. “Letter by A. Sikelianos to the Singopoulos”. Letter, 06.03.1934. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0017 (1879), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F02-SF002-0017.
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- Sikelianos, Angelos (Authority)
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Sikelianos's poem "Ymnos tou Megalou Nostou" was published in Alexandrini Techni, issue 10-11 (October-November 1929), p. 305-308.