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- 1849-1932 (Creation)
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14 items
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The sub-file includes official state documents both of Cavafy and of members of his family. Included among them are the passports of his mother, his father and his own; permits of stay for visits to Greece; Cavafy's christening certificate; his contract of recruitment with the Ministry of Public Works of Egypt; the poet's Order of the Phoenix medal award certificate (1926). All items in the sub-file are dated.
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Mainly Greek and secondarily English and French
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Note
Cavafy Archive. “Legal documents”. Sub-file, 1849-1932. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF001, 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://cavafy.onassis.org/object/u-508.