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Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek-Egyptian poet, journalist, and civil servant who lived in Alexandria, Egypt.

Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant.

Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant.

A renowned Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant.

A major figure of modern Greek literature, he is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century.

Constantine P. Cavafy (born April 29, , Alexandria, Egypt—died April 29, , Alexandria) was a Greek poet who developed his own consciously individual.

Biography.

He was born on April 29, 1863, and died on the same day in 1933. Cavafy's work is characterized by its blend of history and sensuality, as one translator put it, "holding the historical and the erotic in a single embrace."

Cavafy's friend and literary critic, E.M.

Forster, introduced his poems to the English-speaking world in 1923, describing him as "a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe." Cavafy's unique style made him one of the most important figures not only in Greek poetry but also in Western poetry as a whole.

Despite being a prolific writer, Cavafy refused to publish his work officially during his lifetime.

Instead, he preferred to share it through local newspapers, magazines, and even by printing it himself and giving it away to anyone interested. He wrote 155 poems, with dozens