The Night Fernando Pessoa Met Constantine Cavafy
21 October 1929. During a voyage from Trieste to the United States of America aboard the ocean liner Saturnia, two great poets crossed paths: Fernando Pessoa and C.P. Cavafy. 21 October 1929. Bound fo…
The Night Fernando Pessoa Met Constantine Cavafy
21 October 1929. During a voyage from Trieste to the United States of America aboard the ocean liner Saturnia, two great poets crossed paths: Fernando Pessoa and C.P. Cavafy. 21 October 1929. Bound for the United States of America, the ocean liner Saturnia sailed from Trieste, picking up immigrants from the ports of the Mediterranean. A young Greek passenger who boarded the ship at Patras, Greece, is about to witness an unexpected and equally surreal encounter. One night, aboard a ship filled with the passengers' hopes and dreams of creating a brighter future in the New World, two great poets crossed paths: Fernando Pessoa and C.P. Cavafy. —Nick Riganas
The Night Fernando Pessoa Met Constantine Cavafy
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21 October 1929. During a voyage from Trieste to the United States of America aboard the ocean liner Saturnia, two great poets crossed paths: Fernando Pessoa and C.P. Cavafy.
21 October 1929. Bound for the United States of America, the ocean liner Saturnia sailed from Trieste, picking up immigrants from the ports of the Mediterranean. A young Greek passenger who boarded the ship at Patras, Greece, is about to witness an unexpected and equally surreal encounter.
One night, aboard a ship filled with the passengers' hopes and dreams of creating a brighter future in the New World, two great poets crossed paths: Fernando Pessoa and C.P. Cavafy. —Nick Riganas.