Selected Poems - Softcover

Cavafy, C. P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190123326X ISBN 13: 9781901233261

Publisher: Dedalus Press, 1999

Synopsis

The Dedalus Press series of budget pamphlets presents key works by major voices in world poetry. Constantine Peter Cavafy was born in Alexandria in Egypt in 1963 and died there in 1933, though he lived in English for a number of his early year, an experience which left him with a distinctly English accent and an infatuation with English sartorial style. During his lifetime, Cavafy's poems appeared mostly in small private editions circulated among friends, and generally his importance as a poet went unnoticed until well after his death. Today, however, he is recognised as a major figure in modern European poetry. Originally issued in 1998, the present volume was the first translation of his poetry to be made by an Irish poet. The translator, Desmond O'Grady, while travelling widely, taught for two years at Alexandria University. He has published more than a dozen collections of his own poems, most recently On My Way (Dedalus Press, 2006), while a survey of his work is available in The Road Taken 1956-1996 (1996) and of his volume of poetry in translation, Trawling Tradition 1954-1994 (1994), both from the University of Salzburg Press.

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Review

aOne of the greatest poets of our time.a
aE. M. Forster
a Ever since I was first introduced to his poetry . . . Cavafy has remained an influence on my writing.a
aW. H. Auden

One of the greatest poets of our time.
E. M. Forster
Ever since I was first introduced to his poetry . . . Cavafy has remained an influence on my writing.
W. H. Auden

?One of the greatest poets of our time.?
?E. M. Forster

? Ever since I was first introduced to his poetry . . . Cavafy has remained an influence on my writing.?
?W. H. Auden

About the Author

Constantine P. Cavafy was born on 29 April 1863 in Alexandria, Egypt, to Greek parents. He lived in Liverpool and Constantinople as well as Alexandria. He worked as a journalist and as a civil servant, publishing his early poetry in broadsheet form to show to his close friends. His style was very different to most contemporary Greek poetry and his poems were largely unappreciated until the 1920s and his reputation really grew posthumously. He died on 29 April 1933, his 70th birthday. Avi Sharon is a professor of Classics and the Humanities and has taught in New York, Boston, and Athens, Greece. He is active as a translator of ancient and modern Greek, Italian, and Hebrew verse and has published his work in magazines such as Arion, Partisan Review, Dialogos and International Quarterly.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dedalus Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 190123326X
• ISBN 13: 9781901233261
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 52