1. Glbtq >> Literature >> Cavafy, C. P. Alexandrian Greek poet CP cavafy has written some of the greatest homoeroticpoems of all time. Buy Ann Bannon s Novels at Cleis Press. http://www.glbtq.com/literature/cavafy_cp.html

Encyclopedia Discussion Forgot Your Password? Not a Member Yet? JOIN TODAY. IT'S FREE! Advertising Opportunities Terms of Service Alpha Index: A-B C-F G-K L-Q ... T-Z Subjects: A-B C-E F-L M-Z Cavafy, C. P. (1863-1933) page: Constantine P. Cavafy, now regarded as one of the greatest poets to have written in modern Greek, although recognized in his home city during his lifetime, has earned most of his fame since his death. Born into a family of rich Greek merchants in Alexandria, he had an outwardly uneventful life. In 1872, two years after his father's death depleted the family fortune, he went to England with part of his family and remained there between the ages of nine and sixteen. They returned to Alexandria, but events leading to the bombardment of the city by the British drove them to Constantinople in 1882, where Cavafy remained until 1885, when he went back to the city of his birth and gained employment in the civil service. He seldom left it for the rest of his life, although there were trips to France and England in 1897 and to Greece in 1901, 1905, and 1932. Sponsor Message.

2. Constantine P. Cavafy Includes a brief biography and an extensive selection of poems translated into English in online text form, with the original Greek versions as well. http://users.hol.gr/~barbanis/cavafy/

Constantine P. Cavafy Cavafy, one of the most prominent Greek poets, was born on April 29, 1863 and died on the same date in 1933 in Alexandria (Egypt). Here's a short biographical note by the poet himself: 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. Here are a few of my favorite poems by Cavafy, translated into English. I have included the Greek original, but you will need Greek fonts to view these properly. If you do not have Greek fonts, or your browser is not set to display them, the Greek titles will look strange, but you will be able to view the English translation with no problems. Walls An old man Supplication Candles ... Che fece .... il gran rifiuto

3. C. P. Cavafy - The Academy Of American Poets C. P. cavafy The Academy of American Poets presents biographies, photographs, selected poems, and links as part of its online poetry exhibits. Some pages also include RealAudio clips of the poet http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=338

4. Thermopylae - C.P. Cavafy 18631933) Thermopylae. Translated by. Edmund Keeley Philip Sherrard. Other poems of cavafy Ithaka. Che fece il gran rifiuto. Thermopylae. Exiles. The City. Honor to those who in the life they lead. define and guard a Thermopylae. the rear of the Greek forces which were protecting the pass of Thermopylae under the Spartan king Leonidas (480 B.C http://ithaca.rice.edu/kz/Misc/Thermopylae.html

C.P. Cavafy Thermopylae Translated by Other poems of Cavafy... Ithaka Che fece ... il gran rifiuto Thermopylae Exiles The City Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent and just in all they do but showing pity also, and compassion; generous when they're rich, and when they're poor, still generous in small ways, still helping as much as they can; always speaking the truth, yet without hating those who lie. And even more honor is due to them when they foresee (as many do foresee) that Ephialtis will turn up in the end, that the Medes will break through after all. NOTES: Written January 1901. Published November 30, 1903.. In 11-syllable unrhymed lines. Ephialtis was the Greek traitor who guided a section of the Medes (i.e the Persian Army) over a mountain path in order to attack the rear of the Greek forces which were protecting the pass of Thermopylae under the Spartan king Leonidas (480 B.C.). Home Publications Research Teaching

5. Ithaka - C.P. Cavafy C.P. cavafy. ( 18631933) Other poems of cavafy Ithaka. Che fece il gran rifiuto http://ithaca.rice.edu/kz/Misc/Ithaka.html

C.P. Cavafy Ithaka Translated by Other poems of Cavafy... Ithaka Che fece ... il gran rifiuto Thermopylae Exiles The City As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them: you'll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope your road is a long one. May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, what joy, you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stations to buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony

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Constantine P. Cavafy Ithaka The City Body Remember He Came to Read ... I've brought to Art Ithaka As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them: you'll never find the things like that on your way as long as you keep thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope your road is a long one. May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, what joy, you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stations to buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony. sensual perfume of every kind- as many sensual perfumes as you can; and may you visit many Egyptian cities to learn and go on learning from their scholars. Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you're destined for. But don't hurry the journey at all.

7. C. P. Cavafy, A Poet In History By Joseph Epstein C. P. cavafy, a poet in history oneself, is, after all, only another phrase for freakish. C. P. cavafy, the Greek poet who lived in the ancient Egyptian http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/12/jan94/epstein.htm

C. P. Cavafy, a poet in history by Joseph Epstein F Sui generis , in a class by oneself, is, after all, only another phrase for freakish. W The most complete biography of Cavafy in English is a slender (by contemporary standards) volume of 222 pages by the English writer Robert Liddell. Notes Go to the top of the document. Cavafy: A Critical Biography , by Robert Liddell; Duckworth (London), 1974. Go back to the text. The National Enquirer homme de lettres but to young Greek men. From the ages assigned to the men in his more erotic poems, one gathers that his ideal was that of Greek men in their twenties. C C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems , revised edition (1992). Translated from the Greek by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard; edited by George Savidis. Princeton University Press, 284 pages, $39.50; $12.95 paper. Go back to the text. Cavafy required such time. The watershed year in his career, all his critics recognize, and as he himself would avow, was 1911, when he was forty-eight years old. (By forty-eight, a poet in America should already have had five books of poems published, an NEA C Because night has fallen and the barbarians have not come. And some who have just returned from the border say there are no barbarians any longer.

8. Cavafy Constantin P. cavafy. The poet Constantin cavafy, who though he lived in Alexandria, Egypt was of Greek background and wrote in modern Greek, is one of the centrally important poets of the first years of the twentieth century. which follows, you will encounter ten of cavafy's finest poems an interesting page about cavafy it provides the second http://www.uvm.edu/~sgutman/Cavafy.htm

Constantin P. CAVAFY The poet Constantin Cavafy, who though he lived in Alexandria, Egypt was of Greek background and wrote in modern Greek, is one of the centrally important poets of the first years of the twentieth century. He is especially important for his extensive use demotic Greek the language of not only the current day, but of the everyday world and his explorations of erotic passions in the most direct forms, eschewing the conventional circumlocutions which too often accompany any description of sexual relations, and especially the homosexual relations which are the subject of many of his poems. In the Real Audio presentation which follows, you will encounter ten of Cavafy's finest poems: To Remain The Tobacco-Shop Window He Asked About the Quality On the Stairs The 25th Year of his Life Days of 1909, 1910, 1911 Since Nine O'Clock Days of 1908 Understanding Their Beginning Passage Click on the photo of Cavafy to hear the presentation: To read translations of Cavafy on-line, in Greek originals and also translated into English, go to: Cavafy's poems and translations OR More poems in translation There is an interesting page about Cavafy: it provides the second set of translations, listed above, and also biographical and critical information about this splendid Greek poet:

9. Ars Gratia Artis From The Writings Of C. P. Cavafy A brief excerpt of prose by cavafy on the condition of being a poet. http://www.crocker.com/~lwm/cavafy.html

Ars Gratia Artis from the writings of C. P. Cavafy A young poet visited me," he wrote. "He was very poor, lived by his literary work, and it seemed to me that he was grieved to see the good house I was living in, my servant who brought him a nicely served tea, my clothes made by a good tailor. He said: what a horrible thing it is to have to struggle for a livelihood, to hunt subscribers your periodical, and purchasers for your book. I didn't want to leave him in his delusion, so I said a few words, more or less as follows. His position is difficult and disagreeable but how much my little luxuries cost me. In order to obtain them I departed from my natural course and became a government servant (how absurd!) and I spend and lose all those precious hours a day to which must be added the hours of weariness and sluggishness that follow what a loss, and what a betrayal! While this poor fellow doesn't waste a single hour; he's always faithful to his duty as a child of Art. How often during my work a fine idea comes to me, a rare image, and sudden ready-formed lines, and I'm obliged to leave them, because work can't be put off. Then when I go home and recover a bit, I try to remember them, but they're gone. And it's quite right. It's as if Art said to me: 'I'm not a servant, for you to turn me out when I come, and to come when you want. I'm the greatest lady in the world. And if you deny me miserable traitor for your wretched "nice house," and your wretched good clothes and your wretched social position, be content with that (but how can you?) and for the moments when I come and it happens that you're ready to receive me, come outside your door to wait for me, as you ought to every day.'

10. Glbtq >> Literature >> Cavafy, C. P. Alexandrian Greek poet CP cavafy has written some of the greatest homoerotic poemsof all time. Entry Title cavafy, CP, General Editor Claude J. Summers, http://www.glbtq.com/literature/cavafy_cp,2.html

Encyclopedia Discussion Forgot Your Password? Not a Member Yet? JOIN TODAY. IT'S FREE! Advertising Opportunities Terms of Service Alpha Index: A-B C-F G-K L-Q ... T-Z Subjects: A-B C-E F-L M-Z Cavafy, C. P. (1863-1933) page: Gay male readers have had a particular interest in Cavafy's erotic poetry, which constitutes a considerable fraction of his canon. In the early poem "Candles" (written 1893), Cavafy expresses his fear that the days to come are now falling behind him like a gloomy line of burnt-out candles. The reader is allowed much latitude in interpretation, but one can see here a fear of losing the opportunity to live life to the fullest, perhaps through sexual repression. In "Walls" (1896), the poet complains that he has allowed walls to be built up around him, cutting him off from the outside world. The scenario for the poem is vague, but it can be read as representing Cavafy's complicity in allowing himself to repress his sensual side. "The Windows" (1897) presents the poet wandering around, hoping to find windows to his closed room, at the same time fearing that light may prove another tyranny. Sponsor Message.

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12. Cavafy, C.P.; Savidis, G., Ed.; Keeley, E. And Sherrard, P., Trans.: C.P. Cavafy (Revised ed.) by cavafy, CP; Savidis, G., ed.; Keeley, E. and Sherrard, P., trans.,published by Princeton University Press. CP cavafy Collected Poems. http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/5107.html

PRINCETON University Press SEARCH: Keywords Author Title More Options Power Search Search Hints E-MAIL NOTICES NEW IN PRINT E-BOOKS ... HOME PAGE C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems. (Revised ed.) C. P. Cavafy Edited by George Savidis Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard 304 pp. Shopping Cart Reviews C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. Here is an extensively revised edition of the acclaimed translations of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, which capture Cavafy's mixture of formal and idiomatic use of language and preserve the immediacy of his frank treatment of homosexual themes, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies. The resetting of the entire edition has permitted the translators to review each poem and to make alterations where appropriate. George Savidis has revised the notes according to his latest edition of the Greek text. About the first edition: "The best [English version] we are likely to see for some time."James Merrill, The New York Review of Books "[Keeley and Sherrard] have managed the miracle of capturing this elusive, inimitable, unforgettable voice. It is the most haunting voice I know in modern poetry."Walter Kaiser

13. Billie Dee's Poetry Anthology: Constantine Cavafy Site includes poems, photo, brief biography, and links. http://www.geocities.com/billiedee2000/anth-cavafy.html

Cavafy charged his elegant classically-themed poetry with common motifs and concentrated emotion. Site includes poems, brief bio, photos, links and access to the Electronic Poetry Anthology. Home Index Guestbook Email Billie Dee's Electronic Poetry Anthology Constatine P. Cavafy The great Alexandrian poet (1863 - 1933) charged his often classically-themed and elegant poetry with the common motifs of love and the taverna . Cavafy wrote openly about his homosexuality, eschewing metaphor. Although his voice is often heavy with nostalgia and longing, it remains unsentimental, uncomplaining, contained yet imbued with concentrated emotion. A poet's poet. Please sign my guestbook Other Links Ithaca When you start on your journey to Ithaca, then pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. Do not fear the Lestrygonians and the Cyclopes and the angry Poseidon. You will never meet such as these on your path, if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine emotion touches your body and your spirit. You will never meet the Lestrygonians, the Cyclopes and the fierce Poseidon

14. ITHAKA - A Tribute To Constantine P. Cavafy Ithaka, CyberTribute to CP.cavafy. A Tribute to one of Greece s mostprominent poets, Konstantinos Kavafis. Includes poems, in english http://cavafis.compupress.gr/

ITHAKA A Tribute to Constantine P. Cavafy "...And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean." Constantine Cavafy (Konstantinos Kavafis) , one of the most distinguished Greek poets, was born on April 29, 1863 and died on the same date in 1933 in Alexandria (Egypt). Through the pages of this WWW tribute, you will find: a collection of most of Cavafy's poems, an extensive biography (in English and in Greek a special tribute to the "Cavafy" movie (English), a gallery with a few photos, paintings, presentations (for use in a classroom) and manuscripts passages from articles, criticisms, memories (Greek) news about symposiums, Cavafy's house, researches etc. (Greek) a short list of some important publications (Greek) of Cavafy's works (and about Cavafy's works) and a list of recordings (Greek) based on Cavafy's poems, personages in Cavafy's work (Greek), a list of references and awards this site has received (English)

15. C. P. Cavafy - The Academy Of American Poets The Academy of American Poets presents a biography and links. http://www.poets.org/poets/cpcav

poetry awards poetry month poetry exhibits poetry map ... about the academy Search Larger Type Find a Poet Find a Poem Listening Booth ... Add to a Notebook C. P. Cavafy Cavafy had an unusually small social circle. He lived with his mother until her death in 1899, and then with his unmarried brothers. For most of his mature years Cavafy lived alone. Influential literary relationships included a twenty-year acquaintance with E. M. Forster. The poet himself identified only two love affairs, both apparently brief. His one intimate, long-standing friendship was with Alexander Singopoulos, whom Cavafy designated as his heir and literary executor when he was sixty years old, ten years before his death. Cavafy remained virtually unrecognized in Greece until late in his career. He never offered a volume of his poems for sale during his lifetime, instead distributing privately printed pamphlets to friends and relatives. Fourteen of Cavafy's poems appeared in a pamphlet in 1904; the edition was enlarged in 1910. Several dozens appeared in subsequent years in a number of privately printed booklets and broadsheets. These editions contained mostly the same poems, first arranged thematically, and then chronologically. Close to one-third of his poems were never printed in any form while he lived. In book form, Cavafy's poems were first published without dates before World War II and reprinted in 1949. (The Poems of Constantine P. Cavafy) appeared posthumously in 1935 in Alexandria. The only evidence of public recognition in Greece during his later years was his receipt, in 1926, of the Order of the Phoenix from the Greek dictator Pangalos.

16. C.P. Cavafy's Biography CP cavafy s Biography. Constantine P. cavafy (Kavafis), born in Alexandria, Egypt,in 1863, was the ninth and last child of Constantinopolitan parents. http://cavafis.compupress.gr/bio2.htm

C.P. Cavafy's Biography Constantine P. Cavafy (Kavafis) The seven years that Cavafy spent in England, between the ages of nine and sixteen, were important in the shaping of his poetic sensibility. Apart from his reading in English literature, he became so much at home in the English language and so familiar with English manners that the influence of both remained with him throughout his life (he is reported to have spoken his native Greek with a slight British accent until the day he died). His first verse was written in English (signed "Constantine Cavafy"), and both his subsequent practice as a poet and his limited prose criticism demonstrate a substantial familiarity with the English poetic tradition, in particular the works of Shakespeare, Browning, and Oscar Wilde. Edmund Keeley Back to [ Main Page

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19. Konstantinus Kafavis Keeley (1976); Alexandria Still Forster, Durrell, and cavafy by JL Pinchin (1977);The Poetics of cavafy by G. Jusdanis (1987); CP cavafy by C. Robinson (1988 http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kafavis.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Konstantinos Kavafis (1863-1933) CONSTANTINE CAVAFY Greek poet, published only about 200 privately printed poems. Cavafy has come in recent years to be regarded as a the greatest Mediterranean poet of modern times. He who longs to strengthen his spirit must go beyond obedience and respect, He will continue to honor some laws but he will mostly violate both law and custom. (from 'Strengthening the Spirit' Constantine P. Cavafy was born Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis (or Kabaphs) in Alexandria, Egypt, into a wealthy merchant family. Originally the family came from Constantinople, Turkey, where Cavafy lived from 1880 to 1885. After his father's death in 1872 he was taken to Liverpool, England, for five years. Apart from the years in Istanbul (1882-85), he spent the rest of his life in Alexandria. "Whatever war-damage it's suffered, / however much smaller it's become, / it's still a wonderful city," Cavafy once wrote of his cosmopolitan home town - perhaps not without ironic attitude. When the family's prosperity declined, Cavafy worked 34 years intermittently as journalist, broker, and in the Irrigation Service, from which he retired in 1922. Enjoying his family's respectable position in the cosmopolitan society of Alexandria, Cavafy led an uneventful life of routine, which was interrupted only by short trips to Athens, France, England, and Italy. His first book was published when he was 41, and reissued five years later with additional seven poems. He published no further works during his lifetime.

20. Cavafy, C.P.; Savidis, G., Ed.; Keeley, E. And Sherrard, P., Trans.: C.P. Cavafy Shopping Cart Reviews. C. P. cavafy (18631933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a and Philip Sherrard, which capture cavafy's mixture of formal and idiomatic use http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/5107.html

PRINCETON University Press SEARCH: Keywords Author Title More Options Power Search Search Hints E-MAIL NOTICES NEW IN PRINT E-BOOKS ... HOME PAGE C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems. (Revised ed.) C. P. Cavafy Edited by George Savidis Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard 304 pp. Shopping Cart Reviews C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. Here is an extensively revised edition of the acclaimed translations of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, which capture Cavafy's mixture of formal and idiomatic use of language and preserve the immediacy of his frank treatment of homosexual themes, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies. The resetting of the entire edition has permitted the translators to review each poem and to make alterations where appropriate. George Savidis has revised the notes according to his latest edition of the Greek text. About the first edition: "The best [English version] we are likely to see for some time."James Merrill, The New York Review of Books "[Keeley and Sherrard] have managed the miracle of capturing this elusive, inimitable, unforgettable voice. It is the most haunting voice I know in modern poetry."Walter Kaiser

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