Elli Alexiou

Elli Alexiou (sometimes Ellē; c. 1894– 1986) was a Greek author, playwright and journalist.[1][2]

The daughter of a printer and publisher, Alexiou was born in Heraklion, Crete.[1] She taught French in a high school,[2] and was politically active, joining the Communist Party in 1928 and working with the National Liberation Front resistance during World War II.[1] After the war, she received a scholarship from the French government and studied in Paris.[1] She was stripped of Greek citizenship in 1950, living as an exile until it was restored in 1965.[1]

Alexiou wrote short stories and novels about her experience as a school teacher and her life as a political exile in Hungary and Romania.[1] Her sister Galatea was the first wife of novelist Nikos Kazantzakis.[1][2]

Works
  • Third Christian Girls School (1934)
  • Lumpen (1940)
  • Tributaries (1956)
  • Bent on Greatness (1966)
  • The Dominant (1972)
  • Demolished Mansions (1977)
  • Royal Oak (1983)

References
  1. Freri (2004). "Alexiou, Elli". In Merry, Bruce (ed.). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 10. ISBN 9780313308130. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. 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.



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