Ithaca
1911
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Considerado el poeta griego que más ha influido en la literatura contemporánea, la poesía de Constantino Cavafis parte de la experiencia íntima de su autor, pero hunde sus raíces en la historia de la cultura grecolatina. Con ironía muy tamizada, cuestiona con elegancia la decadencia del poder y evoca con nostalgia las glorias del pasado. El poeta Luis Alberto de Cuenca, que ya se había acercado a Cavafis con su celebrada traducción de «Esperando a los bárbaros», visita de nuevo su obra para trasladar al español otros diecinueve poemas fundamentales del escritor de Alejandría. La selección, completamente arbitraria, tiene el denominador común de que las veinte piezas elegidas son auténticas obras maestras.
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Author
Constantinos P. Cavafy
Author · 20 books
Constantine P. Cavafy (also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes; Greek Κ.Π. Καβάφης) was a major Greek poet who worked as a journalist and civil servant. His consciously individual style earned him a place among the most important figures not only in Greek poetry, but in Western poetry as well. He has been called a skeptic and a neo-pagan. In his poetry he examines critically some aspects of Christianity, patriotism, and homosexuality, though he was not always comfortable with his role as a nonconformist. He published 154 poems; dozens more remained incomplete or in sketch form. His most important poetry was written after his fortieth birthday.
