Item 0051 (666) - Letter by P. Stavrinos to Cavafy

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0051 (666)

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Letter by P. Stavrinos to Cavafy

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  • 14/11/1919 (Creation)

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27 x 21 cm

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Stavrinos, Panos

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Panos Stavrinos was a member of the Educational Association of Egypt. He collaborated with the journal Grammata, publishing texts and translations of literature (mainly in French). He also published in other journals and newspapers of Egypt and Greece. He and his brother Stavros were members of the editorial committee of the journal Foinikas of Cairo.

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Handwritten letter by Panos Stavrinos to Cavafy, in which he introduces him a young scholar associate of his. The sender hopes to see Cavafy in Cairo, should the latter decide to travel there, informs him about the plan to re-publish the journal Foinikas and looks forward to Cavafy's collaboration with it.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink. Indiscernible watermark.

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      Stavrinos, Panos. “Letter by P. Stavrinos to Cavafy”. Letter, 14.11.1919. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0051 (666), 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-SF003-0051.

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      F70_Φ20

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          Stavrinos introduces to Cavafy his associate, Elie Goldenberg. More specifically, he refers to the collaborations of Goldenberg with French avant-garde periodicals (La Mêlée,Les Humbles, Notre voix, La voix des femmes) under the pen name E. G. Cahen. At the same time, Stavros Stavrinos comments on the impending activity of the journal Foinikas, which is edited by a committee led by Stavros Stavrinos

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