Call Number:

C0866

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Nikos Kavvadias Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1949-1972 (inclusive)

Creator:

Kavvadías, Nikos 1910-1975

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century and Poems -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of papers of Nikos Kavvadias, a Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.

Nikos Kavvadias was a noted Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.

The collection consists of selected papers of Kavvadias. Present are seventeen letters, notes, and a postcard (1949-1969) by Kavvadias to his editor, Athanasios Karavias. Some of the letters are postmarked from Ceylon, Aden, and Australia. Also included are seven autograph manuscripts of poems (three with titles in English), and copies of two other poems.