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- 15/3/1936 (Creation)
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28 x 21.5 cm
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Céleste Polychroniadou-Karavia (1904-1985) was born in Athens (Greece). She studied music at the Athens Conservatory and in 1930 she went to Paris (France), at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, where she studied, inter alia, painting and sketching. She was a member of the “Art” group and organised many personal exhibitions in Greece and abroad, participating also in many group exhibitions. She was the wife of the author Panos Karavias.
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Handwritten letter by Céleste Polychroniadou to Rica Singopoulo on the recto of three sheets. Blank verso. She congratulates Singopoulo on the publication of Cavafy's poems. She also asks her permission to publish a poem by Cavafy in a luxury edition she is planning herself. (Athens) Accompanied by a small sheet with handwritten titles of poems by Cavafy and the name of Polychroniadou on one side. About half the titles have been crossed out. Blank verso. The handwriting is most probably Rica Singopoulo's.
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Greek
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Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: small pin holes.
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"The God Abandons Antony" >Α116
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Polychroniadou, Céleste. “Letter by C. Polychroniadou to R. Singopoulo”. Letter, 15.03.1936. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0023 (1804), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F02-SF002-0023.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Polychroniadou, Céleste (Authority)
- Vaïanos, Marios (Subject)
- Singopoulo, Alekos D. (Subject)
- Singopoulo (Agallianou), Rica (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
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Polychroniadou asks Rica Singopoulo's permission to use the poem "The God Abandons Antony" in a publication she is preparing. At the same time, she is asking for an update on the literary events of Alexandria and mentions a discussion she had with Marios Vaianos.