George Seferis Photographs of Cyprus, 1953-1971 (mostly 1953-1955)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Seferis, George (1900-1971)

Title:

George Seferis Photographs of Cyprus

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8k71nh13z

Dates:

1953-1971 (mostly 1953-1955)

Size:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of 138 photographs of Cyprus taken by Greek poet and Nobel Prize winner George Seferis.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 138 photographs of Cyprus taken by Seferis. There are 122 (5" x 7") photographs, 1953-1955, of Byzantine and medieval monuments and artworks, and various other buildings, scenes, and people of Cyprus. This group of photographs is entitled, "Cyprus, Memory and Love, Through the Lens of Seferis." A selection of these photographs were published in Kypros: Mneme kai Agape, me to Phako tou Giorgou Sephere (1990). Also present are 19 (9" x 12") prints, 1954-1971, of various scenes in Cyprus, portraits of Seferis, and of the Nobel Prize award ceremony.

Collection Creator Biography:

Seferis

George Seferis was a Greek poet and the 1963 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of Hellenic Studies Program. AM1995-62.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

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