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

The Athens-based Onassis Foundation is making the case that Cavafy is a man for our moment with “Archive of Desire,” a nine-day New York City-wide celebration of the poet, ending Saturday.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

Back when I was in school my father talked me into reading a much less explosive Cavafy poem, “Ithaka,” one of his most famous.

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