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- 16/5/1924 (Creation)
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21.6 x 15.2 cm
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Marios Vaïanos (1905?-1975) spent his childhood on the island of Chios (Greece) but graduated from secondary school in Piraeus. He was an intellectual and a journalist and, during his youth, he composed poems which he published in various journals. He was also the publisher of journals, including Nea Techni, the first ever journal to publish a special issue dedicated to Cavafy and his work. After the war he founded the “Intellectual Collaboration Agency”, a sui generis literary salon which attracted authors, scholars and artists. The Agency organised an exhibition of Cavafy’s memorabilia in 1964.
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Handwritten letter by Marios Vaianos to Cavafy on both sides of a sheet. The author reminds Cavafy to send poems as well as his photograph for the next issue of the journal Nea Techni. He also informs him about two initiatives aimed at promoting his work: a study that is about to be published in the newspaper Eleftheros Typos and a literary event with recitations of his poems. There is also mention of the journal Nea Zoi and the newspaper Eleftheros Logos. Rubber stamp of Nea Techni at the top of the recto as a logo. (Athens)
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Greek
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Plain paper. Black ink.
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Vaïanos, Marios. “Letter by M. Vaianos to Cavafy”. Letter, 16.05.1924. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0083 (1224), 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-F18-SF003-0083.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Vaïanos, Marios (Authority)
- Myrtiotissa (Subject)
- Lapathiotis, Napoleon (Subject)
- Panagiotopoulos, Spyros (Subject)
- Agras, Tellos (Subject)
- Paraschos, Kleon (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Pargas, Stefanos (Subject)
- Mainaliotis, Ioannis (Subject)