Item 0047 (1827) - Letter by R. Dalven to A. Singopoulo

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GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0047 (1827)

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Letter by R. Dalven to A. Singopoulo

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  • 19/3/1949 (Creation)

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28 x 21.5 cm

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Bearing Jewish ancestry, Rae Dalven was born in Preveza (Epirus, Greece) in 1904 and moved with her family to the United States in 1909. She taught Modern Greek literature at the New York University. She translated the work of Greek poets, including that of Cavafy, into English. Her research also included the study of the history of Jews in Greece. She died in New York in 1992.

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Handwritten letter by Rae Dalven to Alekos Singopoulo on the recto of two sheets. Blank versos. The second page is numbered. Dalven asks Singopoulo's permission to publish poems by Cavafy in an anthology of modern Greek poetry she is preparing in English. The financial terms are clarified and the titles of twelve poems are mentioned. (New York)

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      English

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      Writing in ink. Watermark: Air Mail 693.

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      Dalven, Rae. “Letter by R. Dalven to A. Singopoulo”. Letter, 19.03.1949. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0047 (1827), 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-SF002-0047.

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      Αρχείο Σεγκόπουλου_Β25

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