The archive of poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933), acquired by the Onassis Foundation in 2012, is now permanently housed in a refurbished 1910 house in the Plaka district of Athens, ANA reports.
Inaugurated at the end of November by the Greek president during the 160th anniversary of the poet’s birth, the archive holds over 2,000 artifacts including manuscripts of poems, hand-compiled printed editions, prose literary works, articles, studies and notes by the poet, and his archive of correspondence, documents, and photographs. CP Cavafy himself collected and archived his work on a systematic basis. It also includes 966 books from his library and personal objects, as well as paintings referring to him.
Its digitization was concluded in 2019 in Greek and English, and the public may access it at the site https://cavafy.onassis.org/.
The exhibition of part of the archive is divided into three rooms: one with Cavafy’s items, one devoted to Cavafy’s relationship with Athens, and a Reading Room. The archive and its library are in a specially design space within the building.
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