C. P. Cavafy,
Archive published 2019 via Onassis Foundation Cavafy Archive
Manuscript of a poem and attached handwritten note. The poem Death of a General as well as notes on the margin, cancellations and emendations on the recto of a ruled sheet. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poem. On the verso, part of the poem Waiting for the Barbarians», a note with the title and a reference regarding its publication (Lagoudakis publishing, Alexandria 1904). The text on the verso has been crossed out. The handwritten note Not for publication. But may remain here on a separate piece of paper attached to the sheet.