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- 25/9/1926 (Creation)
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25.5 x 20.5 cm
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Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy on three ruled sheets. Pages 3-6 are numbered. Cancellations and emendations. The letter is addressed to Constantin Photiadès. Positive comments and short quotes from Photiadès' books on Maria Kalergis and Pierre de Ronsard. Update on the despatch of his poems and their translations into French. Reference to a 1921 edition. Signed: "CPC". Interpolated phrases in French.
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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"Longings" >A85
"King Demetrius" >A90
"Herodes Atticus" >A125
"In Stock" >A133
"Dangerous" >A123
"In the Street" >Α160
"Days of 1901" >Α581
"That They Come-" >Α179
"Ithaca" >Α122
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Draft letter by Cavafy to C. Fotiadis”. Letter (draft), 25.09.1926. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF003-0027 (964), 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-SS01-F17-SF003-0027.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Literary and other characters » Desdemona ^(L)
- Works by other authors » Marie Kalergis [Photiadès, Constantin]
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "King Demetrius"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "That They Come–"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In the Street"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Longings"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Herodes Atticus"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Days of 1901"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "In Stock"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Dangerous"
- Works by C. P. Cavafy » "Ithaca"
- Works by other authors » La Grèce actuelle dans ses poètes [Pernot, Hubert]
- Letter (draft)
- Journals » Annales politiques et littéraires, Les
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- de Noailles, Anna (countess) (Subject)
- Kalergis (Nesselrode), Maria (Subject)
- Gautier, Théophile (Subject)
- De Ronsard, Pierre (Subject)
- Pernot, Hubert (Subject)
- Kyriacopoulo, Aison (Subject)
- Singopoulo (Agallianou), Rica (Subject)
- Michel, Jean (Subject)
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Positive and analytical critique by Cavafy on Fotiadis' book Marie Kalergis (Paris 1924). Cavafy refers to French translations of his poems, like the ones in the book La Grèce actuelle dans ses poètes (1921), edited by Hubert Pernot or in the journal Les Annales politiques et littéraires (05/09/1926).