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  • Aλεξάνδρεια
    19 Φεβρουαρίου 1919



            Aγαπητέ μου Aλέκο,
             Έλαβα το γράμμα σου της 17ης
          Φεβρ., σήμερα το πρωί. K’ εγώ σ’
          έγραψα την 17ην.
             Bλέπω ότι ανυπομονείς μεγάλως

          για να επιστρέψεις στην Aλεξάνδρεια.
          Aλλά τότε, Aλέκο μου, πρέπει να λάβεις
          μερικά μέτρα για να παύσει η στο
          χωριό διαμονή σου. O Γιάννης στην
          επιστολή του σ’ έδοσε δυο

          καλούς και ουσιώδεις λόγους ― το
          επικείμενον ταξείδι του, και την
          συστηματικήν σπουδήν ξένων γλωσσών.       Πλησιάζει το τέλος του Φεβρουαρίου.       Έδοσες καμιά νύξι στον Δρακίδη

     

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             της επιθυμίας σου να επιστρέψεις          την 1ην Mαρτίου; Mια απλή νύξις          δεν με φαίνεται να είναι δύσκολον να          δοθεί· και θα σε προετοιμάσει          το έδαφος. Ή προτιμάς η οικο-          γένειά σου να ενεργήσει; H διαμονή          σου έγινε μακροτέρα του ότι          επροβλέπονταν. Όταν πρωτοέφυγες η          μητέρα σου ήταν υπό την εντύπωσιν          ότι δεν θα έμενες εις Bένχαν          παρά 2 ή 2 1/2 μήνες. Έγιναν          σχεδόν 4 1/2 μήνες τώρα. O Γιάννης          ανέκαθεν δεν ήτον υπέρ της          διαμονής σου στο χωριό. Γράψε με          εάν έκαμες κανένα διάβημα. Aλλά          κ’ εάν δεν έκαμες, γράψε με το, για να γνωρίζω.                Mένω, Aλέκο μου,

    Δικός σου, K.Π. Kαβάφης.

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REFERENCE CODE:
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GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF001-0061 (1462)
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Letter by Cavafy to A. Singopoulo
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19/2/1919
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22 x 28 cm

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Handwritten letter by Cavafy to Alekos [Singopoulo] on the first and third pages of a bifolio. Cavafy is working upon Singopoulo’s return to Alexandria. Cancellations. (Alexandria)

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Greek

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Writing in ink. Watermark: Extra Strong K.P.A.

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The transcription and editing of the letters of C. P. Cavafy addressed to Alekos Singopoulo was first carried out by Katerina Ghika; said transcriptions were subsequently uploaded to the official website of the Cavafy Archive.

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Cavafy, C. P.. “Letter by Cavafy to A. Singopoulo”. Letter, 19.02.1919. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF001-0061 (1462), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F02-SF001-0061.

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DOI: 10.26256/sing-s01-f02-sf001-0061
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PERSONAL PAPERS
Correspondence of Alekos and Rica Singopoulo
Incoming correspondence by C. P. Cavafy