The forthcoming release of Alexis Tsipras's book, "Ithaca," is being closely watched as it coincides with a pivotal shift in ...

The building where the acclaimed Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy lived in Alexandria, Egypt, has been lovingly restored and opened to the public. The house in Alexandria, Egypt that was once home to ...

The later Greek poet, George Seferis, famously claimed: “Outside his poetry, Cavafy does not exist.” And it’s hard to think of another poet whose entire life was so devoted to, and even subsumed by, ...

C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is the most renowned and far-reaching poet of modern Greece. Inspired by Greece's long and cosmopolitan history, especially in connection with his native city of Alexandria, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook In the festival “Archive of Desire,” artists and musicians thoughtfully engage with the writing of Constantine P. Cavafy, a ...

The poet Constantine Cavafy was a cosmopolitan by both birth and inclination. His parents were Constantinople Greeks of what was then known as “good family”; by the time their youngest son was born in ...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (RNS) — He was born and died in Alexandria, Egypt, then home to a large Greek community that began immigrating to Egypt in the 19th century. Writing primarily in Greek and little ...

The 20th-century Greek-Alexandrian poet wrote of a faded grandeur that stood for all humanity. By Anthony Sattin In 1915, during the First World War, EM Forster arrived in Egypt. A conscientious ...