Konstantinos kavafis biography sampler

          Cavafy was born in in Alexandria, Egypt, to Greek parents, and was baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church.

        1. This self-biographical note of Constantine P. Cavafy or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, published in in the celebratory issue of the magazine "New Art".
        2. He wrote his own short biography: “I am of Constantinople descent, but I was born in Alexandria — in a house on Serif Street.
        3. In honor of Greece's most celebrated modern author, CP Cavafy, we feature an eclectic array of articles from leading Cavafy scholars.
        4. The sample Cavafy inserts in his poem.

          5. He wrote his own short biography: “I am of Constantinople descent, but I was born in Alexandria — in a house on Serif Street....

          Constantine P. Cavafy

          Greek poet and journalist (–)

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          For the film, see Cavafy (film).

          Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης[ka'vafis]; 29 April (17 April, OS), – 29 April ), 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.[2] A major figure of modern Greek literature, he is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century.[3][4] 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.[5]

          Cavafy's poetic canon consists of 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, o