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- 9/4/1915 (Creation)
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27.7 x 21.1 cm
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Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy from Alexandria to a friendly person referred to as Grigoris, on a ruled sheet It is a reply letter of thanks, with comments on the intellectual life of Alexandria. References to the philological association Nea Zoi and the journal it publishes, as well as to the poetry collection by Georgios Drosinis "Fotera skotadia". Cancellations and emendations; the text continues on the verso.
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Greek
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Black ink and pencil. Notepaper.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Draft letter by C. P. Cavafy”. Letter (draft), 09.04.1915. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF003-0015 (496), 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-SF003-0015.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Panagiotopoulos, Nanis (Subject)
- Drosinis, Georgios (Subject)
- [Signoré?], (?) (Subject)
- Charitakis, Georgios (Subject)
- "Nea Zoi" Literary Society (Subject)