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- 30/7/1932 (Creation)
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22.3 x 17.7 cm
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Napoleon Lapathiotis (1888-1944) studied Law at the University of Athens. In 1917 he was in Egypt and met Cavafy. It is in the 1920s that he espoused the communist ideology. He wrote poems, novels, critiques, aesthetic texts, theatrical plays and articles, and was also involved in translation. He was one of the founders of the journal Igiso (1907).
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Handwritten letter by Napoleon Lapathiotis to Cavafy in a bifolio with notes on the first and third pages. The author expresses his joy for Cavafy's recovery after an illness.
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Greek
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Plain paper. Black ink.
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Lapathiotis, Napoleon. “Letter by N. Lapathiotis to Cavafy”. Letter, 30.07.1932. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0153 (1237), 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-F18-SF003-0153.
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- Lapathiotis, Napoleon (Authority)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)