Item 0005 (2229) - C. P. Cavafy’s letter to N. I. Saravas

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GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0005 (2229)

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C. P. Cavafy’s letter to N. I. Saravas

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  • 25/2/26 (Creation)

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24.5 x 16 cm

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Cavafy, C. P.

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Onassis Foundation

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Cavafy’s handwritten letter to Nikos Saravas on a single page, with notes on recto and verso. The poet is sending Saravas copies of his poem “Cleitus’s Illness” and asks him to hand over one of the copies to Marios Vaianos. The poet mentions other poems of his, as well as published review articles about his work. He also asks to learn A. Vlachopoulos’s news and mentions the Kotopouli Theater. A clipping of the shipping envelope with the receiver’s information has been saved.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink.

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      “Cleitus’s Illness” >Α282
      “In the Boring Village” >Α309
      “Apollonius from Tyana in Rhodes” >Α281

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy’s letter to N. I. Saravas”. Letter, 25.02.2026. GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0005 (2229), 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-F42-0005.

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          Reference to Aristos Kampanis’s article titled “Cavafy”, published in Proia on January 10, 1926. Cavafy expresses his positive impression of the article. A. Vlachopoulos who is mentioned in the letter is probably the actor Aris Vlachopoulos who was an actor of the Kotopouli Theater.

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