Item 0018 (356) - Draft letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF002-0018 (356)

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Draft letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster

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  • 13/6/1929 (Creation)

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25 x 16.5 cm

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Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster on both sides of a sheet. The poet expresses his satisfaction regarding an article by Forster on Cavafy and the publication of two of his poems in the The Criterion. Reference to Bonamy Dobree and T. S. Eliot. Cancellations and emendations. Reference to an issue of La Semaine Égyptienne dedicated to Cavafy (April 1929).

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      English

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      Writing in ink.

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Draft letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster”. Letter (draft), 13.06.1929. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF002-0018 (356), 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-SF002-0018.

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      F44_Φ1-10, F44_Φ13-30, F45_Φ1-12, F45_Φ13-16, F45_Φ19-32, F46_Φ1-28, F47_Φ1-17, F48_ Φ1-10

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