CAVAFY, C.P. (CONSTANTINE P) — Collected Poems

London, Hogarth Press. 1984, Revised Edition. (ISBN: 0701205512) Soft cover. Ill.: Trans. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Book, Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Edited by George Savidis. Cavafy was an ethnic Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant. He wrote 154 poems; dozens more remained incomplete or in sketch form. Cavafy was instrumental in the revival and recognition of Greek poetry both at home and abroad. His poems are, typically, concise but intimate evocations of real or literary figures and milieu that have played roles in Greek culture.This edition with revisions to some of the translation sand new short bibliography 205p. bibliography. index Name of previous owner, else fine. Fine.