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Constantine P. Cavafy

1863 - 1933

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Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης [ka'vafis]; 29 April (OS 17 April), 1863 – 29 April 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. A major figure of modern Greek literature, he is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. His works and consciously individual style earned him a place among the most important contributors not only to Greek poetry, but to Western poetry as a whole. Cavafy's poetic canon consists of 154 poems, while dozens more that remained incomplete or in sketch form weren't published until much later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Constantine P. Cavafy is the 384th most popular writer (up from 423rd in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Constantine P. Cavafy is most famous for his poem, "Ithaka."

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Among writers, Constantine P. Cavafy ranks 384 out of 7,302. Before him are Salman Rushdie, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Margaret Mitchell, Appian, Karl May, and Sayyid Qutb. After him are Alphonse de Lamartine, Ali-Shir Nava'i, Julio Cortázar, Auguste Escoffier, Cornelius Nepos, and Elena Ferrante.

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Among people born in 1863, Constantine P. Cavafy ranks 11. Before him are Henry Ford, Arthur Henderson, Konstantin Stanislavski, Paul Signac, Pietro Mascagni, and Gabriele D'Annunzio. After him are David Lloyd George, Henry van de Velde, Carlos I of Portugal, Franz Stuck, George Herbert Mead, and Joaquín Sorolla. Among people deceased in 1933, Constantine P. Cavafy ranks 5. Before him are Clara Zetkin, Faisal I of Iraq, Calvin Coolidge, and Li Ching-Yuen. After him are Adolf Loos, John Galsworthy, 13th Dalai Lama, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Paul Ehrenfest, Jimmie Rodgers, and Sándor Ferenczi.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Constantine P. Cavafy ranks 77 out of 642. Before him are Mary of Egypt (344), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182), Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246), Appian (95), Sayyid Qutb (1906), and Saint Apollonia (110). After him are Cleopatra IV of Egypt (-138), Fuad I of Egypt (1868), Berenice III of Egypt (-120), Mohamed ElBaradei (1942), Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985), and Ptolemy Keraunos (-318).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Constantine P. Cavafy ranks 5. Before him are Naguib Mahfouz (1911), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), Appian (95), and Sayyid Qutb (1906). After him are Athenaeus (200), Lactantius (250), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), Dionysius Thrax (-170), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190).

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