Typewritten text on one side of a sheet, with handwritten additions of verses by Cavafy. The verses are from the French translation of the poem "Ithaca". Cancellations and emendations. Number "55" at the top of the verso. Comments on the French translation of the poem.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten letter by Jean N. Michel to Cavafy on two pages of a bifolio. He asks the poet his date of birth, in order to include him in an anthology of modern Greek poetry he is about to publish, and expresses his admiration for his work. (Paris)
Michel, JeanHandwritten draft letter by Cavafy on three ruled sheets. Pages 3-6 are numbered. Cancellations and emendations. The letter is addressed to Constantin Photiadès. Positive comments and short quotes from Photiadès' books on Maria Kalergis and Pierre de Ronsard. Update on the despatch of his poems and their translations into French. Reference to a 1921 edition. Signed: "CPC". Interpolated phrases in French.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten notes with comments by Cavafy on the French translations of his poems, recorded by another person (most probably Rica Singopoulo), since he is mentioned in the text as "C.". The text is written on two separate sheets –recto and verso–, one of which is a letterhead of the journal Alexandrini Techni and bears a printed date indication 193[..]. Extensive commentary on the poems "Ithaca" (Ithaque), "The City" (La ville) and "Ides of March" (Les ides de Mars). Cancellations and emendations.
[Singopoulo, Rica]