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Antōnēs Dekavalles Papers
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Antōnēs Dekavalles was the son of parents from the island of Siphnos (Greece). He was born in 1920 in Alexnadria (Egypt), where he grew up and went school. He received a law degree from the University of Athens, served with the Allied Forces in the Middle East during World War II, subsequently practiced law in Athens, and in 1960 received a Ph.D. in literature from Northwestern University. In 1992 Dekavalles retired as a distinguished professor emeritus at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey after several years of teaching comparative literature there.
Antōnēs Dekavalles was awarded the Poetry Prize of the Academy of Athens in 1977 for his Greek poetry, much of its translated into English, French, and Italian. His work as a literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and poetry-translator (including his rendering in Greek with extensive analysis of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets published in 1953) has been considerable. From 1961 to 1983 Dekavalles was executive co-editor of The Charioteer: A Review of Modern Greek Culture, and in 1967 he was one of the five founding members of the Modern Greek Studies Association.
The collection consists of papers of Antōnēs Dekavalles. Includes correspondence with his friend and fellow poet, translator, and editor, Kimon Friar (1911-1993). There are signed autograph and typed letters by Friar with many drafts and carbon copies of replies by Dekavalles, and miscellaneous manuscripts of articles and reviews by and about Friar. Some of their letters to each other contain poetry.
Also present are: a general file of correspondence (1950-1989), mostly in Greek; autograph manuscripts and typescripts; drafts; notes; and reviews of Dekavalles's books -- An mas plēgōsei ho hēlios (1992), Joints, Ships, Ransoms (1976), Ōkeanides (1970), and Ransoms to Time (1984); miscellaneous verse translated into English by Dekavalles, Kimon Friar, and others; files related to his involvement with Books Abroad, The Charioteer, and the Modern Greek Studies Association; and subject files of manuscripts, correspondence, and related material of a number of Greek writers, such as Odysseas Elytēs, Kimon Friar, Nikos Kazantzakis, Spyros Plaskovitēs, Pantelēs Prevalakēs, Antōnēs Samarakēs, George Seferis, and Angelos Sikelianos. Included also is a draft of Daughters of Sappho (1993) containing works of contemporary Greek women poets, edited and translated into English by Rae Dalven.
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Gift of Antōnēs and Poppy Dekavalles to the Program in Hellenic Studies for Princeton University Library.
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This collection was processed by Cristela García-Spitz in March 2007.. New material added and the collection was reprocessed and completed by Kalliopi Balatsouka. Finding aid written by Kalliopi Balatsouka in December, 2013.
Nothing was removed from the collection.
People
- Dalmatê, Margarita.
- Dalven, Rae.
- Elytēs, Odysseas (1911-1996)
- Friar, Kimon.
- Prevelakēs, Pantelēs (1909-1986)
- Samarakēs, Antōnēs
- Seferis, George (1900-1971)
Organization
Subject
- American literature -- 20th century
- Editors -- Greece -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Editors -- United States -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Greek Americans -- 20th century
- Greek poetry, Modern
- Poets, Greek (Modern) -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Translators -- Greek -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Kalliopi Balatsouka
- Finding Aid Date
- 2012
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Collection Inventory
This series includes personal and professional correspondence with Dekavalles's friends, colleagues, relatives, and acquaintances.
This series has been arranged in an alphabetical order by correspondent with unidentified or miscellaneous letters at the end of the series. Correspondents with two or fewer letters or lesser known are grouped together in general folders. For each author's folder or author name within a general folder, the letters are organized chronologically, with undated letters at the end.
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Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, as well as autograph and typescript drafts regarding Dalven's Sappho's Daughters.
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Includes autograph drafts of letters to Anestēs and Dina Euangelou prepared by Dekavalles.
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Includes incoming correspondence and one issue of the magazine Aigaiopelagitika Themata, 41 (November-December 1994).
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Includes incoming-outgoing correspondence and copies of poems by Mastorakē translated from Greek into English by Helen Kolias-Dendrinou.
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Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Lampēs Myrivēlēs, son of Stratēs, and a typescript of an article entitled "Art and Loneliness" by Stratēs translated from Greek into English by Dekavalles.
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Includes incoming-outgoing correspondence and autograph manuscript drafts of Dekavalles's book review of Katadikē.
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Includes correspondence and a printed copy of Patilēs's book Ho mikros kai to thērio, 1970.
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Includes incoming - outgoing correspondence, and photocopies of autograph manuscripts of Philes's poems entitled To limani.
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Includes incoming-outgoing correspondence and an offprint of Raizis's article entitled: "Ho Geēts kai to symvolo tou Vyzantiou," published in Nea Hestia, 1182 (1976).
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Includes incoming-outgoing correspondence and a copy of a review of Siōkou's book Sphyrēlato metaxi by Geōrgios Alexandros Mankakēs.
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Includes incoming correspondence from many listeners of Dekavalles's radio show on the Voice of America regarding the American poetry.
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This series consists of autograph manuscripts and typescripts, as well as drafts of assorted writings by Dekavalles. There are also works by other Greek poets or writers.
This series has been arranged by type of material.
Physical Description15 boxes
This subseries consists mainly of autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Dekavallēs's works published in books, as well as miscellaneous verse, translations of English and American poetry, book reviews, articles, essays, talks, notes, an interview, and talk-radio shows.
This subseries has been organized by genre.
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Includes copies of Dekavalles's book Akis; three ink transparencies; and a book review by Giōrgēs Kotsiras, published in skaravaios 1 (April 1950).
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Includes typescripts with handwritten annotations; autograph manuscript drafts; and copies of typescripts after the editions made by Pantelēs Prevelakēs in 1984-1985.
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Includes correspondence with Dekavalles's friends and colleagues expressing their comments on the book An mas plēgōsei ho hēlios. Correspodents included are: Carson, Jeffrey; Chouliaras, Giōrgos; Dalven, Rae; Euangelou, Anestēs; Calas, Nicolas; Kaphantzēs, Giōrgos; Kasdaglēs, Nikos; Kazazēs, Kōstas; Korphēs, Tasos; Mankanarēs, Giannēs; Manousakēs, Giōrgēs; Mastorakē, Tzenē; Pratikakēs, Manōlēs; Raizis, M. Byron; Savvas, Minas; Vakalo, Helenē; Veēs, Giōrgos; Vitti, Mario; Vitsos, Dionysēs; and Vozikēs, Nikos. There are also photocopies of published reviews of the book and a private agreement with Diatton Editions.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes correspondence with Dekavalles's friends, acquaintances, and colleagues regarding the book. Correspondents included are: Prevelakēs, Pantelēs; Melissanthē; Gennadius Library; Delphēs, Phoivos; Tsatsou, Iōanna; Vitti, Mario; Manousakēs, Giōrgēs; Vakalo, Helenē; Louros, N.K.; Trypanis, C.A.; Kasdaglēs, Nikos; Alexiou, Stylianos; Drandakēs, Nikolaos V.; Prousēs, Kōstas M.; Kanellopoulos, Panagiōtēs; the Library of Congress; Ēsaia, Nana; Loukatos, Dēmētrēs S.; Mētsakēs, Kariophilēs; Stavrou, Theofanis George; and Psomiades, Harry J.
Physical Description2 folders
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts with heavy handwritten annotations, as well as photocopies of the published book (incomplete copy).
Physical Description3 folders
Includes photocopies of reviews of Dekavalles's book; his autograph manuscript and typescript excerpts from letters that he received regarding his poetry book. There is also correspondence with Michalēs Meraklēs, Antōnēs Tsakirēs, and Nikos Rozakos.
Physical Description2 folders
Includes reviews of Dekavalles's book Odysseus Elytis: From the Golden to the Silver Poem, as well as printed named lists of the recipients of his book; a list of the Modern Greek Studies Programs in American and other universities. There is also incoming-outgoing correspondence with Leandros Papathanasiou, Pella Publishing Company; Rachel Hadas; and a thank you letter from Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America.
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Includes typescript drafts with autograph annotations of the book Ōkeanides and some drafts of the book Harmoi, karavia, lytra.
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Includes an autograph manuscript draft of a poetry reading and a talk given by Dekavalles at Helicon Society in Boylston Hall Library, Cambridge (Feb. 24, 1974); printed photocopies of book reviews; typescripts of critical comments on Ōkeanides; and English translations of book reviews.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes thank you letters from Dekavalles's friends, colleagues, and close relatives who received his book Ōkeanides. Correspondents included are: Giannēs Andronikos; John Peter Anton; Alexandros Baras; Samuel Baud-Bovy; Margaret Carroll; Nikos Chatzēnikolaou; Ḏinos Christianopoulos; Kypros Chrysanthēs; Rae Dalven; Stauros Delēgiōrgēs; Kyriakos Delopoulos; Mēnas Dēmakēs; Arēs Diktaios; George Economou; Nikos Engonopoulos; Anestēs Euangelou; Giōrgos Geralēs; Petros Glezos; Iakovos Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America; Ivar Ivask; Zōe Karellē; Nikos Karouzos; Emmanouēl Kasdaglēs; Earle Labor; Timos Malanos; Giōrgēs Manousakēs; Giannēs Nikolopoulos; Iōannēs Michaēl Panagiōtopoulos; Makēs Panōrios; D.P. Papaditsas; T.K. Papatsōnēs; Nikos Gavriēl Pentzikēs; Triantaphyllos Pittas; Kosmas Politēs; Linos Politēs; Moody Prior; Renos; Ēlias Simopoulos; Theodore Ph. Stephanides; Angelos Terzakēs; Geōrgios Themelēs; C.A. Trypanis; Stratēs Tsirkas; N. Staphylopatēs; Ēlias Venezēs; Mario Vitti; and Stephanos Xydēs. There are also typescripts and photocopies of excerpts from letters received by Antōnēs Dekavalles relating to his collection of poetry, dated 1994.
Physical Description3 folders
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Includes autograph manuscripts and typescripts with handwritten annotations showing the different stages of the edition of the book; the original copy as it was submitted to Fairleigh Dickinson University Press in 1978, which was revised in 1981 by Kimon Friar; the English translations by Friar; and the final typescript copies with corrections by Kimon Friar, dated July 1981.
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Includes a notebook containing Friar's introduction to the Ransoms to Time in Greek translation by Dekavalles, dated December 25, 1987. There is also a typescript of Friar's first draft of the English introduction and a printed photocopy of the book.
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Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding his book Harmoi, karavia, lytra. Correspondents included are: Martin Green (Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy Press), Manōlēs Polentas; Rae Dalven; Kōstas Prousēs; John Anton; George Economou; Peter Bien; Angela Elliott; Moody Prior; Ivar Ivask ( World Literature Today); John Iatrides (Modern Greek Studies Association); John Koumoulides; Mario Vitti; Nikos Rozakos; John Rexine; Rachel Hadas; and Kimon Friar. There are also autograph drafts in Greek of a lecture given by Dekavalles at the annual conference of the Krikos magazine at Fordham University on October 13, 1984; an autograph manuscript draft in English of a lecture given on September 22, 1984; and an article entitled "The Poetry of Andonis Decavalles" by George Daniel.
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Includes photocopies of published book reviews by Vangelis Calotychos, Roderick Beaton, and M. Vyron Raizis published in Greek and American literary magazines, such as Greek Letters 3 (1984-1985) and Journal of Modern Greek Studies 3 (October 1985).
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Includes clippings of several Greek and American newspapers and magazines containing reviews of Dekavalles's book. There are also issues of the following: the Bulletin of the Modern Greek Studies Association, 16, 2 (Fall 1984); the Newsletter of the magazine Krikos, 4 (Dec. 1984); Fairleigh Dickinson University Press catalog of publications; and two issues of the Magazine of Fairleigh Dickinson University (July 1978 and Winter 1985).
Physical Description2 folders
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts, as well as printed material regarding Dekavalles's book.
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts with handwritten annotations, as well as photocopies of the printed book in Greek (incomplete copy).
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Includes correspondence with T.S. Eliot; Robert Liddell (photocopies of his letters); the publisher Thanasēs Kastaniōtēs; Cecil Maurice Bowra; and Giannēs Kontos.
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Includes Dekavalles's notebook entitled: "Poiēmata mou, 1935-1944. Palaiotata" [My Poems, 1935-1944. The Oldest].
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Includes typescripts and a few printed copies with autograph manuscript annotations of Dekavalles's poems translated into English by himself, Kimon Friar, Stauros Delēgiōrgēs, and George Economou.
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts with handwritten annotations.
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Includes autograph manuscripts and typescripts with handwritten annotations.
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Includes typescripts of Friar's essays translated into Greek by Dekavalles. There is also an offprint of the essay "Ta petrina matia tēs medousas" published in Nea Hestia, 83 (1968).
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Includes two notebooks of Dekavalles's Greek translations of Kunitz's work: The Wellfleet Whale and the poem "For the Word is Flesh"; autograph manuscript and typescript drafts with handwritten annotations of Kunitz's biography in Greek; and newspaper clippings.
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Includes three notebooks and loose pages of a fourth one; autograph and typescript drafts of Merrill's poems in Greek translation by Dekavalles; and printed material.
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Consists of typescripts of Giannēs Ritsos's poems as translated from the Greek by Dekavalles. Included also is incoming and outgoing correspondence with Kimon Friar, Kostas Myrsiades, W.A. Blais, and Walter Cummins ( The Literary Review).
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts of Roethke's poems transalted into Greek by Dekavalles.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of Dekavalles's introduction and translations of Williams's poems. There is also a draft of Dekavalles's letter to Terzakēs.
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Includes autograph manuscripts and typescripts with handwritten annotations and some printed material. There is also correspondence with Kimon Friar and Emmanouēl Kasdaglēs.
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts with heavy handwritten annotations of Dekavalles's Greek translations of American and English poetry. Poets included are: Crane, Hart; Wilbur, Richard; Stevens, Wallace; Jeffers, Robinson; Larsen, Carl; Eberhart, Richard; Kinnell, Galway; Mac Leish, Archibald; Muir, Edwin; Hatfield, Lee; Frost, Robert; Binyon, Laurence; Eliot, T.S.; Joyce, James; Donne, John; Maeterlinck, Maurice; Moore, Marianne; Rilke, Rainer Maria; Keats, John; Dickinson, Emily; Hughes, Ted; Auden, W.H.; H. D. (Hilda Doolittle); Tate, Allen; and Jarrell, Randall.
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Dekavalles's book reviews of works of several modern Greek poets and writers, both in English and in Greek.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts and typescripts in English and a printed copy of the book review published in Balkan Studies (1975).
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Includes a typescript of a review of Daniel's poetry by Dekavalles. There is also outgoing correspondence to Petros (Peter Bien?) and one letter from William H. McNeill, editor of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies.
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Incudes typescript drafts with handwritten emendations and a printed copy of the book review published in Balkan Studies (1973). See also correspondence with John Iatrides: Box 3, folder 14.
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts of an essay by Dekavalles, and a draft of a letter to Ned O'Gorman.
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Includes typescript drafts.
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Includes typescript drafts and incoming-outgoing correspondence with Melvin J, Friedman and George Panichas.
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts and a letter from Petsalēs to Dekavalles.
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Includes autograph manuscripts and typescripts of a biographical article of Prevelakēs; Dekavalles's reviews of Prevelakēs books, which were published in literary magazines, such as the Athenian and Balkan Studies. There are also two letters to [Kariophilēs] Mētsakēs.
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescripts drafts; a printed copy of a book review published in Balkan Studies; and correspondence with Peter Bien and John Iatrides (Modern Greek Studies Association).
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of comments and resumes on Sinopoulos's several works; there is also a printed copy of an interview given by Sinopoulos in 1983.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of Dekavalles's summary of Themelēs's book in Greek.
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Included are autograph manuscript drafts and typescripts both in Greek and in English.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of book reviews written by Dekavalles for the following works: Chōrizontas tēn anamnēsē se pēgaimo kai gyrisma ... hypostasēs by Nikos Mēlas; Ta euagria by V.N. Bonos; Athanō by Giōta D. Spyropoulou; Empeiries by Makēs Tzilianos; The Elusive Three-Master and Other Dreams by Constantine P. Calivas; Asphodeloi by Xanthos Lysiōtēs. There are also clippings of book reviews published in literary magazines, such as World Literature Today formerly Books Abroad and Works; and a handwritten list of several book reviews.
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Includes two notebooks and loose pages of Dekavalles's notes about Elytēs's book Anoichta chartia; manuscript drafts and xeroxes of typescripts of the article "The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis", which was published in the World Literature Today (included); the article "Odysseus Elytis" published in Critical Survey of Poetry (July 1984); as well as correspondence with Ivar Ivask, executive director of the magazine. There are also index cards with autograph notes regarding the vocabulary of Elytēs's book Prosanatolismoi.
Physical Description2 folders
Includes autograph manuscript drafts and typescripts both in Greek and in English; incoming and outgoing correspondence with Thanasēs Niarchos; photocopies of a printed list of Library of Congress Catalog-Books; and an article by Alfred Kazin published in the magazine Esquire (October 1980).
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Consists of autograph manuscript drafts of two talks given by Dekavalles at the Farleigh Dickinson University (October 1974) and at the Friendship Library of the Farleigh Dickinson University (March 4, 1974).
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of Dekavalles's paper on Lorentzatos, which was delivered at the Modern Greek Studies Association Symposium (November 1978); a typescript (original and photocopy) of the article as it was sent to Peter Bien in January 1979. Included also is his talk "on Modern Greek poetry" and an article entitled "Modernity: the third stage, the younger poets," which Dekavalles kept them together in the same folder with his paper for the symposium; finally, there is some corrsepondence with Anne Farmakides.
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Includes an article by Dekavalles about the painter Giōrgos Gounaropoulos, as well as an English translation of I.M Panagiōtopoulos entitled: "The Painting of Gounaropoulos."
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of Dekavalles's talk on the "Greek Forties"; a memorial speech for Kōstēs Sperantzas; and typed note cards on immigration.
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Includes index cards containing bibliographical notes on Greek theater.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of a talk that Dekavalles delivered at the Greek Cultural Center in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of Dekavalles's essay on Theotokas.
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Includes a typescript note by Dekavalles written for the Charioteer. There is also outgoing correspondence.
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts both in Greek and in English; printed copies of the article published in Nea Hestia 117 (January 1985) and JMH 2 (Oct. 1985), pp. 43-63; and incoming-outgoing correspondence with Prevelakēs and Harry J. Psomiades. There is also a typescript draft of a talk entitled "Kazantzakis and Prevelakēs: Master and Apprentice" delivered by Dekavalles on December 2, 1983 at the Graduate Center State Univeristy of New York
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Includes a copy of Dekavalles's interview published in The Literary Review (Summer 1978).
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts of Dekavalles's essay on "The lost center" and other essays in Greek poetry" (pp. 73).
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Includes index typed cards.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts and a typescript of a short talk given by Dekavalles at Parnassos (New York) in the 1960s. There is also a black-and-white photograph of Stratēs Myrivēlēs.
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Includes two articles by Dekavalles published in the magazine boundary 2. There is also correspondence with William V. Spanos.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of Dekavalles's memorial speech for Nikos Psacharopoulos; a poem; the printed program of the event dedicated to Psacharopoulos; a memorial speech by Tom Brennan; and printed material.
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Includes a typescript draft (13 pp.) of Decavalles's article on Sifnos island (Greece); the program of a cultural event on Sifnos; and an issue of Siphnaika Nea 225 (Jan. 2008).
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts.
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Includes a talk on "To metaphrastiko ergo tou Kimōna Phraier" (Jan. 7, 1981); Dekavalles's introduction of Kimon Friar at Parnassos (a Greek cultural society of New York) during a celebration event of its twenty years of existance.
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Includes photocopies of printed essays published in Charioteer, Works, and Spirit.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts of an unidentified text both in English and in Greek; a note by Stratēs Myrivēlēs in Greek regarding Dekavalles's work "To Koutavi"; lists of Dekavalles's published poems, essays, articles, and talks; a short poem entitled "Skorpia mes'ton anemo" dated 1941; and a clipping of an interview given by Dekavalles to the Eleutherotypia (August 16, 1991); and a short biographical scketch of Dekavalles.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes autograph and typescript drafts of writings and talks by several Greek authors.
This subseries has been arranged in an alphabetical order by the last name of the writer or by organization. Miscellaneous material can be found at the end of the subseries.
Physical Description4 boxes
Includes photocopies of typecripts of Alexiou's articles and a letter to Dekavalles.
Physical Description1 folder
Includes printed reviews of Dekavalles's book: Nimoule gontokoro: poiēmata and Greek newspapers clippings containing book reviews written by Giōrgēs Kotsiras.
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Includes a copy of the talk "For the Development of Greek Outside Greece," which was delivered by Farmakidēs in Australia during the V. National Conference on Modern Greek held in Melbourne on August 31-September 2, 1978.
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Includes typescripts of several Greek poems translated from Greek into English by Friar; a biographical statement; a printed copy of the article: "Introduction to the Greek poets" written by Friar; and a list of courses offered by Friar at the Poetry Center.
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Includes three published articles about Nikos Engonopoulos, George Seferis, and Andreas Empeirikos.
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Includes typescripts of poems by Empeirikos, Andreas; Engonopoulos, Nikos; Sachtourēs, Miltos; and Sarantarēs, Giōrgos. There is also a copy of the work "New Greek Poetry: 1966-1973" translated and edited in English by Eleonora D. and Sanford E. Marovits, published in the Poetry Newsletter 37 (Temple Univeristy-Winter 1975).
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Includes a typescript copy of Myrsiades's application for a grant with the descriptive title of the project: "The Karagiozis Oral Comic Performance". The text bears autograph manuscript recommendations by Dekavalles.
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Includes a bound typescript with a few handwritten corrections. There are also loose pages of "The land that took the arms" and two letters from the Orlinda Childs Pierce College in Athens.
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Includes a memorial speech that Prevelakēs delivered on October 26, 1977 in Ērakleion (Greece) in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Kazantzakis's death.
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Includes photocopies and an offprint of Prior's articles published in American literary magazines.
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Includes a copy of the essay entitled: "Suspended Souls: The Immigrant Experience in Greek-American Literature"; two book reviews; and a letter from Raizis to Dekavalles.
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Includes a bound copy with attached typescript pages bearing handwritten notes or comments by Dekavalles. There is also a DVD tape of a celebration of Siōkou's book.
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Includes a typescript copy of the third part of a trilogy entitled Hoi tyrannosauroi.
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Includes Dekavalles's autograph manuscript list of collected poems and copies of Greek poems translated into English by Kimon Friar, Edmund Keeley, Philip Sherrard, and Thanasis Maskaleris.
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Includes typescripts of reviews on Nadina Dēmētriou's book Anazētēseis by several Greek poets, writers, and academicians, such as Papatsōnēs, T. K.; Karantōnēs, Antreas; Delphēs, Phoivos; Glezos, Petros; Panagiōtopoulos, I.M.; and Arnakis, George Georgiades. There is also a letter from Evro Layton to Dekavalles; a review of the book The Twelve Words of the Gypsy by Kōstas M. Prousēs; a copy of the poem "Elegeio stē sapia limnē" with the English translation "Rotten lake elegy" by Theodosēs Athas along with a letter to Dekavalles (May 31, 1961); a printed copy of a paper about the Orthodox Academy in Crete by Alexandros Papaderos; a list of Dēmosthenēs Voutyras's published books; printed copies of poems by Giōrgos Chronas; a copy of Ho poiētēs Panagiōtēs Kanellopoulos by Loula D. Kōnstantinidou.
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This series consists of autograph manuscripts and typescripts related to Dekavalles's afilliated organizations.
This series has been arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization.
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Includes correspondence, as well as autograph and typescript drafts of Dekavalles's book reviews published in Books Abroad.
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts of Dekavalles's book reviews in English published in Books Abroad.
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Included are copies of typescripts and clippings of American newspapers and literary magazines.
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Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Correspondents included are: Moody, Prior; Bien, Peter; Trypanis, C.A.; Skourlēs, Thodōros; Manousos, Dēmētrēs; Terzakēs, Angelos; Laourdas, Vasileios; Papanoutsos, E. P.; Harfield, Lee; Goldberg, Maxwell; Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America; and Maskaleris, Thanasis.
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Same as above.
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Includes autograph and typed manuscript drafts of poems, essays, excerpts, and short novels translated into English by various people; a copy of an interview given by Michael Cacoyannis to Willard Manus; and some correspondence.
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Includes autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of the history of The Charioteer; correspondence with the Embassy of Cyprus; the Greek Communal Chamber of Cyprus; correspondence from Doxas, Takēs; a copy of a press release from the Prime Minister's Office, Press and Information Department-Foreign Press Division entitled: "Briefing on the Cyprus Question" dated May 1965; an unbound diary with autograph notes by Dekavalles; and a membership list of Parnassos.
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts of Greek poems in English translation by Kimon Friar; the essay "Poets of two decades" by Dekavalles, as well as correspondence between Dekavalles and Friar.
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Includes typescripts of essays of several Greek writers, including: Bastias, Kōstēs; Dēmakēs, Mēnas; Glezos, Petros; Klaras, Bampēs; Marinēs, Kōstas; Meranaios, Kōstēs; Panagiōtopoulos, I.M.; Papatsōnēs, T.K.; Peranthēs, Michalēs; Renos; Sarantē, Galateia; Terzakēs, Angelos; and Theotokas, Giōrgos. There are also essays by unknown authors.
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Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Correspondents included are: Anton, John; Bien, Peter; Keeley, Edmund; Meserole, Harrison T.; Mētsakēs, Kariophilēs; Piper, Amy Wickizer; Christides, Vassilios; Aldridge, Alfred Owen; Scoufopoulos, Niki C.; Burkhardt, Frederick; Nicolopoulos, John; Arnakis, George Georgiades; Macrakis, A. Lily; Staurou, Patroklos; Raizis, M. Byron; and Joseph Tramutola, Attorney at Law for the Modern Greek Studies Association. There are also copies of the program of the Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) symposium in 1971; agendas and minutes of the executive committee of MGSA; and plans for the MGSA symposia: speakers, budget, and responsibilities.
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Includes Dekavalles's autograph manuscript drafts of introductions to lecture events; newsletters of the organization; a letter from Adamantios Laimos; and other relating to the organization materials.
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Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Shelley Mason, Director of the Poetry Center; a list of guests to the Center's event in honor of Dekavalles and Valaōritēs; a copy of Dekavalles's introduction to the event; and printed flyers.
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Includes correspondence, articles, and printed material.
This series has been arranged alphabetically by last name of the poet or writer that the material is pertinent to.
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Includes Dekavalles's autograph manuscript drafts and notecards relating to Cavafy's work; a copy of a printed article by John Anton entitled: "Mythology and Modernity in Cavafy's Poetry"; a typescript with handwritten annotations of Dekavalles's article "More of Cavafy" (Aug. 11, 1971); one issue of the magazine Ararat, 34 (Summer 1968); the essay Constantine Cavafy by Peter Bien published in Columbia Essays on Modern Writers, 5 (1964); and incoming-outgoing correspondence with Lee Hatfield.
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Includes copies of typescripts of Dalven's book Daughters of Sappho with Dekavalles's handwritten annotations and a foreword written by him.
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Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Odysseas Elytēs, Christos D. Alexiou and Ioulita Ēliopoulou, Erē Stauropoulou-Alexiou, Ivar Ivask (Books Abroad), and Tom Lewis regarding the publication of Dekavalles's correspondence with Elytēs. There are also Dekavalles's three notebooks relating to his correspondence with Elytēs.
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Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Kimon Friar regarding Odysseas Elytēs; with Peter Bien; and a draft of a letter from Dekavalles to Dimitri Gondicas.
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Includes typescript drafts of Dekavalles's poetic creed in English; a biographical note; autograph manuscript drafts of parts of Dekavalle's book Harmoi, karavia, lytra in English translation; a list of poems translated by Kimon Friar; autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Dekavalles's article "To metaphrastiko ergo tou Kimōna Friar" ["The translation of Kimon Friar]; Dekavalles's talk introducing Kimon Friar; a copy of a typescript of Friar's work The Stone Eyes of Medusa translated into Greek by Dekavalles, as well as a copy of the printed article published in Greek Heritage in English; and typescripts of Friar's article Mythos kai metaphysikē: eisagōgē stē synchronē poiēsē in Greek translation by Dekavalles. There are also a few book reviews written by Dekavalles and one by Poppy [Kalliopē] Dekavalles.
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Includes typescripts (originals and xeroxes) and autograph manuscript drafts of Friar's English translations of modern Greek poetry.
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts of Friar's poem "The Coronal" translated into Greek by Dekavalles bearing handwritten emendations.
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Includes typescripts of Dekavalles's article regarding Kimon Friar's life and work (Oct. 3, 1993). There are also copies of clippings of Greek and American magazines and newspapers.
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Includes copies of typescripts of Odyssey in English and some clippings of American newspapers.
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts and typescripts of: Dekavalles's review of The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel; an article entitled "Kazantzakis the Epic Poet"; an untitled article; a talk given by Dekavalles at the Scarsdale Teachers Institute (Nov. 19, 1970); notes; and the article "Kazantzakis and the Modern Spirit" by Aldbridge. There is also some incoming correspondence from Kimon Friar.
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Includes Dekavalles's autograph manuscript drafts of a bibliographic project for the Annotated Bibliographic Guide on the Balkan countries with the sections on modern Greek theater and cinema. There is also incoming and outgoing correspondence with Paul L. Horecky (American Council of Learned Societies).
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Includes typescripts of Papatsōnēs's work Ursa Minor translated from Greek into English by Kostas Myrsiades in order to be published in Charioteer; autograph manuscript notes by Dekavalles; and a typescript copy of Myrsiades's article " A Modern Commedia: The Beatrice Figure in Takis Papatsonis Usra Minor" with handwritten emendations. There is also incoming and outgoing correspondence Dekavalles exchanged with Myrsiades, Papatsōnēs, and Peter Bien.
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Includes a copy of a typescript of Plsakovitēs's work The Last Visit translated from Greek into English by Themi Vasils, as well as a short biographical note.
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Includes copies of issues of the periodical The Analyst (March 1953-December 1955) published by the Department of English at Northwestern University containing chapters of "A Guide to Ezra Pound's Cantos" by E.M. Glenn, Donald H. Tritschler, Thelma C. Balagot, and Robert Schneideman. There is also a copy of "Fourteenth Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion. The Literary Symbol" by William Y. Tindall and some issues of the Northwestern Library News (March 1954-August 1956).
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Includes autograph manuscript drafts and typescripts of the articles: "Elysium in Fragments" and "The Pisan Cantos" by Dekavalles; college research papers on Pound by Dekavalles's students. There is also correspondence with S.D. Newberry; and printed material.
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Includes clippings of American newspapers; one issue of the The New York Times Magazine Jan. 9 (1972); and the Saturday Review (March 11, 1967).
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Includes autograph manuscript notes and copies of typescripts of the article "Prevelakis reveals Ritsos" by Dekavalles; a printed copy of "Kazantzakis and Prevelakis: two cretan voices" published in the Journal of Modern Hellenism, 2 (1985). There is also some correspondence with Theofanis Stavrou.
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Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Samarakēs; a typescript of the article "The Cinematic World of Antonis Samarakis" by Edwin Jahiel; biography and bibliography of Samarakēs; and printed material relating to his work.
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Includes autograph and typescript drafts of Dekavalles's articles on Seferis; book reviews; and biographical notes. There is also incoming and outgoing correspondence with Edmund Keeley.
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Includes printed material, such as an offprint of The Texas Quarterly (Spring 1964) containing the article "The Tragedy of Man in the Poetry of George Seferis" by George Georgiades Arnakis; and an issue of the Saturday Review (Nov. 1963).
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Includes the printed program and copies of the presentations to the Sixteenth Symposium on Poetry honoring the work of Angelos Sikelianos, which was held at the University of Patrai (Greece) in July 1996.
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Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with Terzakēs regarding possible collaboration with the journal Epoches; Dekavalles's autograph manuscripts and typescripts about Terzakēs both in English and in Greek; Dekavalles's autograph manuscript drafts of the article "Off Broadway" in Greek; and an offprint of Daedalus, 95, no. 4 (Fall 1966) with the article "The Novels of Angelos Terzakēs" by Kōstas Prousēs.
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Includes typescripts of two college research papers, a Master's thesis and an independent study, as well as printed material relating to Thomas's work.
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This series consists of typescripts of several talk-radio shows broadcast in Athens radio station. Included are plays by T.S. Eliot, Bernard Shaw, Peter Ustinov, and Louis MacNeice. There is also a summary of Modern Greek Literature and two issues of the magazine Radioprogramma.
This series has been organized in an alphabetical order by title of the talk.
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Includes typescripts of the play The love of four colonels performed and adapted by Antōnēs Dekavalles in Greek.
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Includes typescripts of the play The Man of Destiny adapted by Dekavalles in Greek.
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Includes typescripts both in English and in Greek of the play The Dark Tower written and produced by Louis MacNeice and adapted in Greek by Dekavalles. There is also outgoing correspondence from Dekavalles to Louis MacNeice and Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.
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Includes typescripts of the play adapted by Dekavalles in Greek.
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Included are two issues of the magazine Radioprogramma: 164 (July 19-25, 1953) and 174 (September 27-October 3, 1953).
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This series consists of magazines, offprints, newspaper clippings, photogrphs, and printed programs.
This series has been arranged by type of material.
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Includes three black-and-white photographs depicting Dekavalles with Kazantzakis and his wife in Antipolis (France) (Aug. 19, 1945); with Mario Vitti and Deligiorgis [Stavros] in Princeton (October-July 1969); and with George Seferis and Evro Layton (Harvard, November 15, 1968). There is also an image of Dekavalles sailing on Raritan Bay, New Jersey, and a few photocopies of images with his family and other literary figures.
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Includes printed programs of symposia on poetry that took place at the University of Patrai (Greece); Dekavalles's autograph manuscript notes; and typescripts of several Greek poems.
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Includes offprints containing articles by John P. Anton.
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Consists of offprints containing articles written by or about Pantelēs Prevelakēs.
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Included are the following magazines: Ararat 44 (1970); The Athenian 13 (Nov. 1974); Saturday Review (Feb. 11, 1961, Nov. 3, 1962, and July 4, 1964); Nea Domē 2 (July 1976); New Jersey 10 (Jan. 1985), Pearl 8 (1981); and Sēmerina Grammata 7 (1955).
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Includes copies of clippings of Greek and American newspapers and magazines about several literary figures, such as Ezra Pound and W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, Eugene O'Neil, and Kimon Friar.
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Includes clippings of Greek and American newspapers and magazines about Dekavalles; obituaries; and a printed program of the event dedicated to his memory: "A Tribute to Andonis Decavalles," held at the Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Includes newsletters of several organizations and universities; an issue of the Philologikē Phōnē, 2 (March-April 1978); a playbill of the Piraikon Theatron; and a photocopy of Herman Melville, Damned in Paradise.
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Includes receipts of sales of Dekavalles's books Nimoule gontokoro: poiēmata and Akis.
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