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- 12/5/1932 (Creation)
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29.1 x 22.7 cm
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Ioannis Coulmasis (or Jean Coulmas) was C. P. Cavafy’s first cousin. He was the son of Petros and Evrydiki (née Fotiadi), the sister of Charikleia Cavafy and the family’s first child.
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Handwritten letter by Jean Coulmas to Cavafy on both sides of a sheet. The author, Cavafy's cousin, expresses his admiration and interest in the poet's work, which he knows through German translations and asks to be sent his poems in Greek. Reference to the newspaper Eleftheron Vima. The imprint of a rubber stamp "Ioannis Koulmasis, Dresden" on both sides of the sheet. (Dresden)
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Letterhead: Jean Coulmas, Dresden. Black ink. Illegible watermark.
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Coulmas, Jean. “Letter by Ioannis Koulmasis to Cavafy”. Letter, 12.05.1932. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0035 (1236), 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-SS02-F20-SF003-0035.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Coulmas, Jean (Authority)
- Welty (Coulmas, Fotiadi), Evrydiki (Subject)
- Dieterich, Karl (Subject)
- Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia (Subject)
- Ouranis, Kostas (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
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Reference to an article by Ouranis in the newspaper Eleftheron Vima.