ΚΑΒΑΦΗΣ: ΑΠΑΝΤΑ / CAVAFY: COMPLETE POEMS
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Autor:
Constantine Cavafy
Country:
Greece (GR)
Book Theme:
European writers “without borders”
Publisher:
PARSEC
Publishing Year:
2010
Constantine 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. According to the poet’s instructions, his poems are classified into three categories: historical, philosophical, and hedonistic or sensual. Cavafy was instrumental in the revival and recognition of Greek poetry both at home and abroad. His poems are, typically, concise but intimate evocations of real or literary figures and milieux that have played roles in Greek culture.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
Cavafy’s complete literary corpus includes the 154 poems that constitute his poetic canon; his 75 unpublished or “hidden” poems, that were found completed in his archive or in the hands of friends, and weren’t published until 1968; his 37 rejected poems, which he published but later renounced; his 30 incomplete poems that were found unfinished in his archive; as well as numerous other prose poems, essays, and letters. This book presents the 154 poems published by Cavafy himself, the 75 anecdotal poems found in his archive or in the hands of his friends, 27 poems that, while published by Cavafy, he repudiated, and 30 incomplete poems kept in the archive Cavafy of the Onassis Foundation.
