CONSTANTINE CAVAFY ,POET OF APRIL

cavafy's portrait by Z Sharif

cavafy's manuscript,poem of keria=candles

CONSTANTINE CAVAFY
Ne:KONSTANTINOS PETROU KAVAFIS
b.17 April 1863 Alexandria,Egypt,during Ottoman Empire
d.29 April 1933,Alexandria,Egypt
Lived later in britain and became a British subject.

Cavafy ," a poet of old age",is a Greek poet and journalist who owns own style in poetry that was written after the age 40 and only 150-200 of them published ,as he wished.He had a tendency toward Byzanthine language and developped his own,in a lyric tone on the background of historical theme.