Item 0040 (958) - Draft letter by Cavafy

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF003-0040 (958)

Title

Draft letter by Cavafy

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  • n.d. (Creation)

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34 x 21 cm

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Name of creator

Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy to a recipient with an illegible name (possibly "Per.", therefore it may be to Pericles Anastasiadis) on both sides of two ruled sheets. Comments on the language he uses in his work and on the process of composition he follows; references to poems of his. Abbreviations, cancellations and emendations.

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      Language and script notes

      English

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      Writing in ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations. Watermark: Gouvernement Egyptien.

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      "The City" >Α107
      "The Mountain" >Α483
      "Candles" >Α61
      "Artificial Flowers" >Α427
      "The Last Days of Odysseus" >Α533
      "A Night Out in Kalinderi" >Α487

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Draft letter by Cavafy”. Letter (draft), n.d.. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF003-0040 (958), 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-SF003-0040.

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      F91_Φ11-14

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          Archivist's note

          Archivist's note

          The poem "The City" appears here under its original title "Again in the Same City", translated into English.

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