Vibran - Kavafis K. (9789660379855)

Konstantinos Cavafy (1863 - 1933) - an outstanding Greek poet of the 20th century. , whose work opened modern Greek literature to the world. The heyday of his work came precisely in the twentieth century. , although he wrote mainly about the Hellenistic era or Byzantium. This can probably be explained by the fact that Cavafy was born and lived most of his life in Alexandria, which is considered a unique symbol of Hellenism, playing a special role in the development of culture, science and art of this period. Perhaps this is why the poet managed to organically combine in his work elements of the ancient Greek tradition with the authentic modern Greek cultural tradition and thus outline the main vectors of development of Greek poetry of the twentieth century.