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- 4/8/1922 (Creation)
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25 x 16 cm
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Handwritten copy of a letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster on both sides of a sheet. Cavafy consents to the re-publication of an article by Forster regarding the poet (originally published in The Athenaeum) in a book prepared by Forster. Remarks on the English translation of the poem "In the Month of Hathor". Accompanied by envelope as well as by a draft of the same letter on both sides of a ruled sheet, with cancellations and emendations. (Alexandria)
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English
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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"Alexandrian Kings" >Α129
"In the Month of Hathor" >Α147
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Copy of a letter by Cavafy to E. M. Forster”. Letter (copy), 04.08.1922. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF002-0003 (323), 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-SF002-0003.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- de Menasce, Jean (Subject)
- de Menasce, Félix (Subject)
- Forster, E. M. (Subject)
- Valassopoulo, George A. (Subject)
- Furness, Robert (Robin) Allason (Subject)
- Delta, Konstantinos G. (Subject)
- Antonius, George (Subject)