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Constantine P. Cavafy

AKA Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis

Born: 29-Apr-1863
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 29-Apr-1933
Location of death: Alexandria, Egypt
Cause of death: Cancer - Throat
Remains: Buried, Greek Orthodox Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt

Gender: Male
Religion: Greek Orthodox
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay [1]
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: Greece
Executive summary: Greek poet in Alexandria

[1] Gregory Woods, A History of Gay Literature (1999), page 187: "Constantine Cavafy chose to write as a homosexual, with homosexual desires, within a homosexual tradition. This meant he had to circulate his poems privately. It was a limitation he accepted, if unwillingly, rather than compromise the poetry itself."

Father: (import/export merchant, d. 1870)



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