Elli Alexiou (sometimes Ellē; c. 1894– 1988) was a Greek author, playwright and journalist.
The daughter of a printer and publisher, Alexiou was born in Heraklion, Crete. She taught French in a high school, and was politically active, joining the Communist Party in 1928 and working with the National Liberation Front resistance during World War II. After the war, she received a scholarship from the French government and studied in Paris. She was stripped of Greek citizenship in 1950, living as an exile until it was restored in 1965.
Alexiou wrote short stories and novels about her experience as a school teacher and her life as a political exile in Hungary and Romania. Her sister Galatea was the first wife of novelist Nikos Kazantzakis.
Works
- Third Christian Girls School (1934)
- Lumpen (1940)
- Tributaries (1956)
- Bent on Greatness (1966)
- The Dominant (1972)
- Demolished Mansions (1977)
- Royal Oak (1983)
References
- ^ Freri (2004). "Alexiou, Elli". In Merry, Bruce (ed.). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 10. ISBN 9780313308130. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ 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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