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29 April 1933: Kavafis (or Cavafy), dies from cancer of the throat in a hospital in Alexandria. It is his seventieth birthday. It is recorded that his last motion before dying was to draw a circle on a sheet of blank paper, and then to place a period in the middle of it. His own biographical note is: “I am from Constantinople by descent, but I was born in Alexandria -- at a house on Seriph Street; I left very young, and spent much of my childhood in England. Subsequently I visited this country as an adult, but for a short period of time. I have also lived in France. During my adolescence I lived over two years in Constantinople. It has been many years since I last visited Greece. My last employment was as a clerk at a government office under the Ministry of Public Works of Egypt. I know English, French, and a little Italian.“ From the approximate 150 poems, published by the author mainly for distribution among his friends, here are my personal favorites (many are taken from http://users.hol.gr/~barbanis/ )
Rue de la gare de Ramleh.
Rue Chérif Pascha. Images from Alexandria, in the neighbourhood where Kavafis lived
Konstantinos Kavafis, Konstantinos Kavafis , For more information, his poems and many images visit The Kavafis Website. Kavafis, The Film. mms://www.gfc.gr/128.wmv D. Yeros: Photos based on Kavafis Poems (The images are varied-some celebrate the nude male body, others a chance erotic encounter, still others the interior of a workshop, a sensuous landscape, or a moving view of a country village and its men. (Lauren E. Talalay Acting Director and Associate Curator, Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan) View only if you don't have problems with images of nudes ) Website from The Netherlands and a English version http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=338 (Info about Kavafis )
See also Modern Greek Literature , Timeline of Ancient Greek Literature
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