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- 1893-1933 (Creation)
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57 items
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Personal notes by Cavafy on various subjects. They include notes recording his engagement in gambling; lists of personal and household items and garments; notes on household chores; notes of confessional nature, related to the poet's personal and love life; the notes through which the poet communicated during the last period of his life, when he was unable to speak due to his illness; notes containing the poet's thoughts on his life and his art as well as others, related to friends and relatives. Finally, two handwritten lists with titles of printed media (which he, most προβαβλυ, had in his possession). Twenty-three of the items are dated.
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English and Greek mainly; very few documents in French.
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Cavafy Archive. “Personal notes”. Sub-file, 1893-1933. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004, 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-509.