Elli Alexiou
Elli Alexiou (Greek: Έλλη Αλεξίου; 22 May 1894[1] – 28 September 1988) was a Greek author, playwright and journalist.[2][3]
Biography
The daughter of a printer and publisher, Alexiou was born in Heraklion, Ottoman Crete.[2] She taught French in a high school,[3] and was politically active, joining the Communist Party in 1928 and working with the National Liberation Front resistance during World War II.[2] After the war, she received a scholarship from the French government and studied in Paris.[2] She was stripped of Greek citizenship in 1950, living as an exile until it was restored in 1965.[2]
Alexiou wrote short stories and novels about her experience as a school teacher and her life as a political exile in Hungary and Romania.[2] Her sister Galatea was the first wife of novelist Nikos Kazantzakis.[2][3]
She died in Athens.
Works
- Third Christian Girls School (1934)
- Lumpen (1940)
- Tributaries (1956)
- Bent on Greatness (1966)
- The Dominant (1972)
- Demolished Mansions (1977)
- Royal Oak (1983)
References
- ^ "Elli Alexiou." Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, F. A. Brockhaus. Accessed 16 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g Freri (2004). "Alexiou, Elli". In Merry, Bruce (ed.). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 10. ISBN 9780313308130. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Kolias, Helen Dendrinou (1991). "Ellē Alexiou". In Wilson, Katharina M. (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 26. ISBN 9780824085476. Retrieved 9 November 2014.