Item 0016 (461) - Draft letter to Aristeidis Cavafy

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F19-0016 (461)

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Draft letter to Aristeidis Cavafy

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  • [1889] (Creation)

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32.9 x 20.3 cm

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Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Handwritten draft letter by C. P. Cavafy to his brother, Aristeidis, from the 1889 correspondence series, on both sides of a sheet. Cancellations, emendations and abbreviations. Use of English and French words and phrases. Reference to Aristeidis's decision to return to his wife, Maria Vourou, and her family.

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      Mainly Greek

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      Plain paper. Black ink. Physical item wear: oxidations; small holes and other wears in various parts of one of the sheets; part of it has been cut off at the folding point.

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “Draft letter to Aristeidis Cavafy”. Letter (draft), [1889]. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F19-0016 (461), 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-F19-0016.

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      F55_Φ1-25

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          Archivist's note

          Similarities to the draft letter to Aristeidis of 23 September 1889. It is probably another draft of the same letter.

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