(10/20/2008) Selected Poems by C. P. Cavafy. New York. 2008. Penguin Books. Translated From The Greek & With An Introduction and Notes By Avi Sharon. keywords: Literature Poetry Greece Translated. 220 pages. Cover - 'Man's Head' by Fred Holland Day. 9781041185613.
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The spellbinding verse of one of the most distinctive poetic voices of the twentieth century. Although the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy died in obscurity, today he is regarded as one of the most original of twentieth-century poets. Whether conjuring moments from Alexandria's ancient past, lyrically evoking homosexual trysts, or painting exquisite miniatures of everyday life, his poems exude a striking inventiveness and staggering beauty, qualities that are preserved here in Avi Sharon's sensitive translations. Constantine Cavafy was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to Greek parents. He worked as a journalist and civil servant and only late in life began to find a receptive readership for his poems. A volume of his collected poetry was not published until after his death.
Avi Sharon has taught classics and the humanities in New York, Boston, and Athens and has published translations in such journals as Partisan Review, Arion, and Dialogos.
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