Item 0012 (1795) - Letter by E. M. Forster to Α. Singopoulo

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GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0012 (1795)

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Letter by E. M. Forster to Α. Singopoulo

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  • 18/6/1933 (Creation)

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18 x 11.5 cm

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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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Handwritten letter by E. M. Forster to Alekos Singopoulo on both sides of a letterhead with his address in Dorking, England. The writer refers to the English publication of Cavafy's poems and expresses his sympathy to the Singopoulos. (Dorking)

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      English

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      Writing in ink.

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      Forster, E. M.. “Letter by E. M. Forster to Α. Singopoulo”. Letter, 18.06.1933. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0012 (1795), 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-SF002-0012.

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      Αρχείο Σεγκόπουλου_Β28

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