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Cavafy

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Ca·va·fy  (k-väf), Constantine Peter Originally Konstantínos Pétrou Kaváfis. 1863-1933.
Greek poet whose works include "Waiting for the Barbarians."

Cavafy [kəˈvɑːfɪ]
n
(Biographies / Cavafy, Constantine (1863-1933) M, Greeknational of birth: Egyptian, WRITING: poet) Constantine. Greek name Kavafis.1863-1933, Greek poet of Alexandria in Egypt


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Most people agree that Cavafy (1863-1933), an Alexandrian who wrote in modern Greek, is the greatest of the 20th-century poets when it comes to dealing with gay subject matter.
Other influences include Whitman, Rilke, Elizabeth Bishop, Cavafy, Hart Crane, Lynda Hull.
When the mind travels to ancient Greece, it embarks on a quest - an idea CP Cavafy, the great modern Greek poet, put beautifully in his poem Ithaca, which takes the idea of Odysseus' homecoming: When you set out for distant Ithaca, fervently wish your journey may be long, - full of adventures and with much to learn.
 
 
 
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