The building where the acclaimed Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy lived in Alexandria, Egypt, has been lovingly restored and opened to the public. The house in Alexandria, Egypt that was once home to ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook In the festival “Archive of Desire,” artists and musicians thoughtfully engage with the writing of Constantine P. Cavafy, a ...

The poet Constantine Cavafy was a cosmopolitan by both birth and inclination. His parents were Constantinople Greeks of what was then known as “good family”; by the time their youngest son was born in ...

The 20th-century Greek-Alexandrian poet wrote of a faded grandeur that stood for all humanity. By Anthony Sattin In 1915, during the First World War, EM Forster arrived in Egypt. A conscientious ...

C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is the most renowned and far-reaching poet of modern Greece. Inspired by Greece's long and cosmopolitan history, especially in connection with his native city of Alexandria, ...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (RNS) — He was born and died in Alexandria, Egypt, then home to a large Greek community that began immigrating to Egypt in the 19th century. Writing primarily in Greek and little ...

For many writers, a boring existence is a calculated choice, and few have pursued the strategy with the cunning of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933). The word “uneventful” floats through ...

A documentary from the Onassis Foundation that surveys the influence of poet C. P. Cavafy. To mark the 160th anniversary of C. P. Cavafy’s birth, the Onassis Foundation hosted a week-long festival in ...

As if being a scholar in ancient Greek wasn’t hard enough fundamentally, the primary texts they rely on are frequently damaged beyond repair, being as they are thousands of years old. Historians may ...

Already a celebrated critic, memoirist and classicist, Mendelsohn drew together his interests in ancient history, literature, gay life and culture, and beautiful language to produce the finest, most ...