This is a list of women writers who were born in Greece or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A edit
- Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892), poet[1]
- Elli Alexiou (1894–1988), novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist[2]
- Loula Anagnostaki (1930–2017), playwright
- Marie Aspioti (1909–2000), Corfiote writer, playwright, poet, publisher, writing in English and Greek
B edit
- Olga Broumas (born 1949), English-language poet, living in the United States
D edit
- Emilia Dafni (1881–1941), poet, novelist
- Penelope Delta (1874–1941), novelist, children's writer
- Kiki Dimoula (1931–2020), poet
- Maro Douka (born 1947), novelist, short story writer, playwright, memoirist
F edit
- Justine Frangouli-Argyris (born 1959), journalist, non-fiction writer, living in Canada
G edit
- Rhea Galanaki (born 1947), novelist
- Evi Gkotzaridis, historian, author of Trials of Irish History (2007)
- Katerina Gogou (1940–1993), poet, actress
- Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex (1920–2005), novelist, journalist
H edit
- Arianna Huffington (born 1950), Greek-born author, columnist, founder of The Huffington Post
K edit
- Margarita Karapanou (1946–2008), novelist
- Ioanna Karystiani (born 1952), novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter
- Anna Komnene (1083–1153), Greek princess, author of the biographical Alexiad
L edit
- Maria Laina (born 1947), widely translated poet, critic, translator
- Angeliki Laiou (1941–2008), Byzantist historian
M edit
- Jenny Mastoraki (born 1949), poet, translator
- Melinno (2nd–1st century BCE), lyric poet
- Antigone Metaxa-Krontera (1905–1972), children's writer
- Rena Molho (born 1946), historian, works on Greek Jewish history
- Doula Mouriki (1934–1991), art historian
- Elizabeth Moutzan-Martinegou (1801–1832), poet, playwright and translator
P edit
- Katina Papa (1903–1959), poet, novelist
- Maria Papayanni (born 1964), children's writer
- Maria Polydouri (1902–1930), poet
S edit
- Georges Sari (1925–2012), novelist, children's writer, actress
- Matilde Serao (1856–1927), Greek-born Italian journalist, novelist
- Dido Sotiriou (1909–2004), novelist, journalist, playwright[3]
- Eliza Soutsou (1837–1887), writer
- Elisavet Spathari, archaeologist, author
T edit
- Vicky Theodoropoulou (born 1958), journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer
- Alkis Thrylos, pen name of Eleni Ourani (1896–1971), literary critic, non-fiction writer
- Soti Triantafyllou (born 1957), short story writer, novelist, essayist, translator
- Vasia Tzanakari (born 1980), novelist, translator
V edit
- Helen Vlachos (1911–1995), acclaimed journalist, newspaper publisher, autobiographer
Y edit
- Yovanna (born 1938), poet, novelist, songwriter, singer
Z edit
- Alki Zei (1925–2020), novelist, children's writer
- Zyranna Zateli (born 1951), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Uglow, Jennifer S., ed. (1985). The International Dictionary of Women's Biography. New York: Continuum. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-8264-0192-9.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dido Sotiriou". The Times. 29 September 2004. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-03-01.