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Typewritten copy of a letter by Alekos Singopoulo to K. Th. Dimaras on the recto of two sheets. Blank versos. The sender refers to the publication of the French translations of fourteen of Cavafy's poems by Yourcenar and Dimaras in a French journal; he considers the translations poor and unworthy of the poet. Consequently, he forbids Yourcenar to publish any further translations of Cavafy's works. He informs Dimaras that a French publication of the poems is being prepared; G. Papoutsakis has translated the poems. Singopoulo also refers to the re-publication of Cavafy's poems by an Athenian publishing house this time, and asks for Dimaras' advice on the subject. (Alexandria)

The series of the Personal Papers of Alekos and Rica Singopoulo comprises five files. File 01 contains documents produced by Alekos and Rica Singopoulo which shed light on the personality and poetic work of Cavafy. File 02 (comprising three sub-files) contains the correspondence of the Singopoulos with the poet and with third parties, as well as Alekos Sigopoulo's correspondence with a British publishing house regarding the first collective edition of Cavafy's poems in English. File 03 comprises items relating to other activities of the Singopoulos as well as personal documents. File 04 contains the collection of photographs in possession of Alekos and Rica Singopoulo. File 05 comprises the sketches depicting Cavafy in possession of Alekos Singopoulo.

The fonds includes the archival remnants of Alekos Singopoulo, heir of C. P. Cavafy, and of his wife, Rica Singopoulo, first editor of the Cavafy archive (from 1926 to 1939).
More specifically, the files of the fonds include texts by Alekos and Rica Singopoulo that shed light on Cavafy’s personality and poetic work, the correspondence between the Singopoulos and the poet as well as with others, and Singopoulo’s correspondence with a British publisher (The Hogarth Press) relating to the first collective publication of Cavafy’s work in English. It also includes items related to other activities of the Singopoulos as well as personal documents. The fonds is complemented by a collection of photographs in the possession of Alekos and Rica Singopoulo as well as by a file of sketches (or reproductions of sketches) depicting Cavafy, originally in the possession of Alekos Singopoulo.

Lastly, the Alexandrini Techni archive consists almost exclusively of manuscripts (prose works and poems) that had been sent to the journal for publication, of letters of authors and scholars addressed to the editors of the journal and of handwritten lists with the names of authors and publishers in Athens.