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- 11/12/1925 (Creation)
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32 x 24.5 cm
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Handwritten copy of a letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster on three pages of a bifolio. The poet expresses his admiration for the work of Harold Monro and Siegfried Sassoon. He mentions that he is revising the translations of his poems in the prospect of publishing them with the Hogarth Press. Cancellations. (Alexandria)
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English
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Writing in ink.
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"Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)" >Α171
"In a City of Osrhoene" >Α152
"Finished" >Α112
"Of Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)" >Α167
"The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian" >Α135
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Copy of a letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster”. Letter (copy), 11.12.1925. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF002-0013 (347), 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-F17-SF002-0013.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Works by other authors » "To an old lady dead" [Sassoon, Siegfried]
- Journals » Chapbook, The
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The tomb of Lysias the grammarian"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "The End"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » «Demetrius Soter (B.C. 162-150)»
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "Young men of Sidon (A.D. 400)"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy in translation » "In a city of Osrhoene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Of Demetrius Soter (165-150 B.C.)"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In a City of Osrhoene"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "The Tomb of Lysias the Grammarian"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Young Men of Sidon (400 A.D.)"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Finished"
- Letter (copy)
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Monro, Harold (Subject)
- Sassoon, Siegfried (Subject)
- Woolf, Leonard S. (Subject)
- Valassopoulo, George A. (Subject)
- Forster, E. M. (Subject)