Constantine P. Cavafy
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis ( ; April 29 (April 17, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. A major figure of modern Greek literature, he is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. His works and consciously individual style earned him a place among the most important contributors not only to Greek poetry, but to Western poetry as a whole.Cavafy's poetic canon consists of 154 poems, while dozens more that remained incomplete or in sketch form weren't published until much later. He consistently refused to publish his work in books, preferring to share it through local newspapers and magazines, or even print it himself and give it away to anyone who might be interested. His most important poems were written after his fortieth birthday, and were published two years after his death.
Cavafy's work has been translated numerous times in many languages. His friend E. M. Forster, the novelist and literary critic, first introduced his poems to the English-speaking world in 1923; he referred to him as "The Poet", famously describing him as "a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe." His work, as one translator put it, "holds the historical and the erotic in a single embrace." Provided by Wikipedia
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Paris : Gallimard, 1999
Paris : Gallimard, 1999
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by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
London : Hogarth Press, 1951
London : Hogarth Press, 1951
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Athēna : Ekdoseis P. Phykirē, 1982
Athēna : Ekdoseis P. Phykirē, 1982
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Athēna : Nephelē, 2013
Athēna : Nephelē, 2013
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Athēna : Hellēniko Logotechniko kai Historiko Archeio, 2003
2ē ekd.
Athēna : Hellēniko Logotechniko kai Historiko Archeio, 2003
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by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
Athēna : Hellēniko Logotechniko kai Historiko Archeio, 2004
Athēna : Hellēniko Logotechniko kai Historiko Archeio, 2004
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by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
London ; New York : Penguin, 2008
London ; New York : Penguin, 2008
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by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
Giannena : Dokimasia, 1974
Giannena : Dokimasia, 1974
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by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
Athēna : Metaichmio, 2003
Athēna : Metaichmio, 2003
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by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
New Rochelle, N.Y. : A.D. Caratzas, 1989
New Rochelle, N.Y. : A.D. Caratzas, 1989
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Athēna : Ekdoseis Gavriēlidēs, 2013
Athēna : Ekdoseis Gavriēlidēs, 2013
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by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
Athēna : Hermēs, 1995
Athēna : Hermēs, 1995
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96
by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2003
Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2003
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97
by Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933
Athēna : Ta Nea Hellēnika, 2002
Athēna : Ta Nea Hellēnika, 2002
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Athēna : Ikaros Ekdotikē Hetairia, 2003
Athēna : Ikaros Ekdotikē Hetairia, 2003
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library Harvard University, Department of the Classics : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2011
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library Harvard University, Department of the Classics : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2011
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Athēna : Ekdoseis G.Ch. Kanellopoulou, 1984
Athēna : Ekdoseis G.Ch. Kanellopoulou, 1984
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