Item 0055 (1864) - Postcard

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GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0055 (1864)

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Postcard

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  • 17/12/192- (Creation)

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8.5 x 13.5 cm

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Name of creator

Forster, E. M.

Biographical history

Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) was an English novelist, a short story writer and an essayist. He was born in London (England), studied at Cambridge and travelled to around the world. His most famous works include A Room with a View, Howards End, A Passage to India etc. He was a Literature Nobel Prize Nominee, sixteen times. Forster became acquainted with Cavafy in Alexandria (Egypt) during World War I and had a long-term correspondence with him. He introduced Cavafy’s work to the English public and persistently tried to convince the Alexandrian poet to publish his entire work in English.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten note by E. M. Forster to Rica Singopoulo on the verso of a postcard with the image of his house in Dorking on the recto. He thanks for the despatch of issues of the Alexandrini Techni and expresses his satisfaction regarding the mention of his name by Greek scholars. He informs about the despatch of his letter to Cavafy. The date is illegible, but is in the 1920's (1929?).

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      English

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      Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.

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      Forster, E. M.. “Postcard”. Postcard, 17.12.192-. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0055 (1864), 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-SF002-0055.

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      Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης

      Αρχείο Σεγκόπουλου_Β28

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          Forster thanks Rica Singopoulo for the despatch of issues of the journal Alexandrini Techni and of the newspaper Tachydromos.

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