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Cavafy in Cambridge

Cavafy in Cambridge: A celebration of the poetry of C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933)

Wednesday 20 November 2013

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Cavafy's birth, the Modern Greek Section of the Cambridge Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and the Society for Modern Greek Studies jointly organised an evening of poetry and music at the Divinity School, St John's College, on Wednesday November 20th. The evening was a huge success, with an audience of close to 150 people.

The programme was introduced by Professor David Holton. Distinguished contributors were David Ricks, Patrick Boyde, Anastasia Christophilopoulou, Victoria Hislop, Christos Tsirogiannis, Louis de Bernières, Gavin Jarvis and Simon Brown, and the presentations were followed by a Reception in the central hall.

Please click on the link to download the Programme

"Celebrating C.P. Cavafy: 1863-1933" is a worldwide series of events sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport