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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Kavvadías, Nikos 1910-1975
- Title:
- Nikos Kavvadias Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/4q77fr40p
- Dates:
- 1949-1972
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
- Language:
- Greek, Modern
Abstract
Consists of papers of Nikos Kavvadias, a Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of selected papers of Kavvadias. Present are seventeen letters, notes, and a postcard (1949-1969) by Kavvadias to his editor, Athanasios Karavias. Some of the letters are postmarked from Ceylon, Aden, and Australia. Also included are seven autograph manuscripts of poems (three with titles in English), and copies of two other poems.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Kavvadías, Nikos 1910-1975
Nikos Kavvadias was a noted Greek poet who spent most of his life traveling the world as a wireless operator on ocean freighters.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic fund.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Nikos Kavvadias Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/4q77fr40p
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
