C. (Constantine) P. Cavafy (1863-1933) was born Konstantínos Pétrou Kaváfis in Alexandria, Egypt. In 1926 he was awarded the Order of the Phoenix from the Greek dictator Pangalos. PÍÍMATA appeared posthumously in 1935. His poetry, translated by A.E. Stallings, appears in Smartish Pace, Issue 13. [bio updated 2006]
