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- 30/5/32 (Creation)
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25 x 16.5 cm
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Cavafy’s single-sheet handwritten letter with notes on recto. The receiver’s name is "Ioannis". It contains the poet’s expressed satisfaction for one of Karl Dieterich’s lectures regarding his poetry. He informs the receiver that he sends two of his poetry collections. The receiver appears to be the poet’s cousin, Jean Coulmas (see his letter to Cavafy dated 12/5/1932).
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Greek
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations and small tears on folding points.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy’s letter to Jean Coulmas”. Letter, 30.05.1932. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F38-0003 (2215), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds (Post-2012 Acquisitions). From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF03-F38-0003.
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Coulmas, Jean (Subject)
- Dieterich, Karl (Subject)
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Cavafy refers to the German neohellenist and byzantinologist Karl Dieterich, who has expressed his positive opinion about the poet and has translated his poetry in German. The archive contains a handwritten copy of this letter (GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F19-0034).