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- 21/3/25 (Creation)
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24.7 x 16 cm
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Cavafy’s handwritten letter to Mitsos Papanikolaou. The poet responds to Papanikolaou’s letter and informs him about sending copies of his collections via Stefanos Pargas. He expresses his sincere thanks and deep gratitude for what Papanikolaou wrote in Nea Techni regarding his poetry, but also for Marios Vaianos’s initiative to compile Cavafy’s reviews in his journal. Finally, he asks Papanikolaou if he would like to have a copy of the sketch that Maleas had created for him, as the poet had no recent photograph taken.
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidation.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Cavafy’s letter to Mitsos Papanikolaou”. Letter, 21.03.2025. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F36-0001 (2208), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds (Post-2012 Acquisitions). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF03-F36-0001.
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- Papanikolaou, Mitsos (Subject)
- Vaïanos, Marios (Subject)
- Pargas, Stefanos (Subject)
- Maleas, Konstantinos (Subject)
- Stamatiou (?) (Subject)
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Mr. Stamatiou, mentioned by Cavafy, might be Charis Stamatiou, head of the Bouketo journal, with whom Mitsos Papanikolaou was collaborating. There is a reference to the special feature of the Nea Techni journal about Cavafy and his work, as well as to the article by Mitsos Papanikolaou about Cavafy titled “Rough sketch”, published in this special feature. See “To the poet C.P. Cavafy, with great admiration and respect”, Nea Techni 1/7-10 (Jul.-Oct. 1924) & Mitsos Papanikolaou, “Rough sketch”, Nea Techni 1/7-10 (Jul.-Oct. 1924). Also see item GR-OF CA SING-S01-F05-0007 (2040), Konstantinos Maleas’s sketch, which is mentioned in the letter, published in the special feature of Nea Techni.