C. P. Cavafy is one of the most singular and poignant voices of twentieth-century European poetry, conjuring a magical interior world through lyrical evocations of remembered passions, imagined monologues and dramatic retellings of his native Alexandria�s ancient past. Figures from antiquity speak with telling interruptions from the author in such poems as �Anna Comnena� and �You did not understand�, while precise moments of history are seen with a sense of foreboding, as in �Ides of March�, �The God Abandoning Antony� and �Nero�s Deadline�. And in poems that draw on his own life and surroundings, Cavafy recalls illicit trysts or glimpses of beautiful young men in �One Night�, �I have gazed so much� and �The Café Entrance�, and creates exquisite miniatures of everyday life in �An Old Man� and �Of the Shop�.
About the Author
C. P. CAVAFY (1863-1933) was a Greek poet who lived in Alexandria,
Egypt, and worked as a journalist and civil servant. He published 154 poems; dozens
more remained incomplete. His fame grew substantially after his death. ABOUT THE
TRANSLATOR/EDITOR: Daniel Mendelsohn s reviews and essays appear regularly
in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. His
award-winning books include The Elusive Embrace and The Lost: A Search for Six of
Six Million, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Prix Médicis. He
teaches at Bard College.
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