Cavafy

American  

[kah-vah-fee] / kɑˈvɑ fi /

noun

1. Constantine Konstantinos Kavafis, 1863–1933, Greek poet in Egypt.

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Cavafy British  

/ kəˈvɑːfɪ /

noun

1. Constantine. Greek name Kavafis. 1863–1933, Greek poet of Alexandria in Egypt

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Cavafy

Cavafy and Wallace Stevens and stories by the Brothers Grimm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Cavafy was a hero to us — and continues to be a hero across the Greek-speaking world.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

They named their collaboration “Constantinopoliad,” after the journal that Cavafy began when he was 18, when his family moved briefly to his parents’ native city, Constantinople, to escape the British bombardment of Alexandria.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

Lopez’s play strikes an upper-middlebrow tone, with knowing remarks about “Jules et Jim” and Constantine Cavafy, the Greek poet, who was a friend of Forster’s.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019

The late Dr Cavafy of St George’s Hospital urged me to learn something of Histology, and sent me to Dr Klein, whose pupil I had the good fortune to become at the Brown Institute. 

From Springtime and Other Essays by Sir Francis Darwin