Robert Liddell's acclaimed life of the great modern Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933), reissued here with an introduction and updated bibliography by Peter Mackridge, remains the only biography available in English. Written with unprecedented access to the Cavafy archive, the book gives a detailed account of Cavafy's work and the effect of his difficult life on his development as a poet.
Cavafy's reputation was championed by some of the greatest writers in English, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and W. H. Auden - and his work was introduced by a new audience by Lawrence Durrell in The Alexandria Quartet.