Letter by C. C. Tarelli to A. Singopoulo

GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0018 (1800)

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IDENTITY AREA

REFERENCE CODE:

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GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF002-0018 (1800)

TITLE:

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Letter by C. C. Tarelli to A. Singopoulo

DATE(S):

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19/4/1934

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Item

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33 x 21.5 cm

FORMER REFERENCE CODE:

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Αρχείο Σεγκόπουλου_Β19

CONTEXT AREA

NAME OF CREATOR(S):

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Tarelli, C. C.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

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Handwritten letter by C. C. Tarelli to Alekos Singopoulo on one side of a sheet. The typewritten sender’s address at top right, typewritten. Handwritten note by Singopoulo at top left. The sender is asking Singopoulo’s permission to publish English translations of Cavafy’s poems, as part of an article he is writing for an English journal. He also refers to the English publication of the poems. The letter is accompanied by the typewritten translations of ten poems on one side of five sheets. (Geneva)

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CC BY-SA 4.0 Cavafy Archive Onassis Foundation

LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:

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Greek, English

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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations and tears.

ALLIED MATERIALS AREA

RELATED WORKS BY C. P. CAVAFY:

Reference to the works of C. P. Cavafy that are directly related to the described digital object, followed by their number of entry in the C. P. Cavafy Bibliography (ed. by D. Daskalopoulos).

“Safe Haven” >Α159
“Prayer” >Α55
“Waiting for the Barbarians” >Α84
“The God Abandons Antony” >Α116
“Interruption” >Α70
“Song of Ionia” >Α46
“Walls” >Α50
“The Windows” >Α75
“Candles” >A61
“Ithaca” >Α122

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Tarelli writes to Singopoulo regarding the publication of an article of his in an English journal. The article is about Cavafy’s work and will contain English translations of his poems. To this scope, Tarelli asks, on the one hand, Singopoulo’s consent and, on the other, information about the forthcoming translation of Cavafy’s poems by an English publishing house. He also points out his communication with printed media in which Cavafy’s poems that he intends to utilise have already been published. He encloses his own translations of poems by Cavafy. The following titles are mentioned: “In Port”, “Prayer”, “Awaiting the Barbarians”, “The God Abandons Antony”, “Interruption”, “Ionic”, “Walls”, “The Windows”, “Candles”, “Ithaca”.