Item 0047 (1047) - "If he did die"

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF002-0047 (1047)

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"If he did die"

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  • n.d. (Creation)

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27 x 21 cm

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Handwritten English translation of the poem "If Indeed He Died" by G. Valassopoulo on both sides of a sheet. Handwritten cancellations and emendations by Cavafy in pencil. Two printed broadsheets with the poem in Greek on one of their sides ("a" and "b") and year of publication (1921). Handwritten notes by Cavafy on the translation of the poem, most of them crossed out, on either side of a sheet.

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      English

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      Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations caused by metal paperclips.

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      "If Indeed He Died" >Α171

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      Valassopoulo, George A.. “If he did die”. Poem (translation), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF002-0047 (1047), 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-SF01-S04-F12-SF002-0047.

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      F102_Φ4-7

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