Konstantin Kavafis

by Constantinos P. Cavafy

C. P. Cavafy (Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis) is one of the most important and influential Greek poets since antiquity. Based on a thirty-year scholarly and literary interaction with Cavafy’s poetry and its Greek and Western European intertexts, John Chioles has produced a most authoritative and exceptionally nuanced translation of the complex linguistic registers of Cavafy’s Canon into English.

This paperback volume contains only the English rendition of the Canon, which previously appeared alongside a new edition of the Greek text in Volume 1 of the Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library.

Genres: Poetry

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

Constantine P. Cavafy (also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes; Greek Κ.Π. Καβάφης) was a major Greek poet who worked as a journalist and civil servant. His consciously individual style earned him a place among the most important figures not only in Greek poetry, but in Western poetry as well. He has been called a skeptic and a neo-pagan. In his poetry he examines critically some aspects of Christianity, patriotism, and homosexuality, though he was not always comfortable with his role as a nonconformist. He published 154 poems; dozens more remained incomplete or in sketch form. His most important poetry was written after his fortieth birthday.

Reviews

[Electra Azalea · Rating 5 out of 5]

An immortal Greek poet.

[Machi Pantazi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poetry to go back to... again and again...

[Esra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Se ti metti in viaggio per Itaca
augurati che sia lunga la via,
piena di conoscenze e d'avventure.

[Marianna Mida · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il viaggio, Itaca, gli amori, incontri sospesi, ricordi di occhi e labbra, sguardi trovati e poi persi per sempre, in un sussurro malinconico. La poesia di Kavafis tocca sempre corde nascoste della mia anima.

[Silvia91_ac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Direi che la definizione di Nelo Risi "immaginazione sensuale" è perfetta. Non mi aspettavo tutta questa bellezza!