List of Greek women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Greece or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• 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

• Olga Broumas (born 1949), English-language poet, living in the United States

D

• 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

• Justine Frangouli-Argyris (born 1959), journalist, non-fiction writer, living in Canada

G

• 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

• Arianna Huffington (born 1950), Greek-born author, columnist, founder of The Huffington Post

K

• 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

• Maria Laina (born 1947), widely translated poet, critic, translator
• Angeliki Laiou (1941–2008), Byzantist historian

M

• 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

N

• Lilika Nakos (1904–1989), journalist, novelist

P

• Katina Papa (1903–1959), poet, novelist
• Maria Papayanni (born 1964), children's writer
• Maria Polydouri (1902–1930), poet

S

• 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

• 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

• Helen Vlachos (1911–1995), acclaimed journalist, newspaper publisher, autobiographer

Y

• Yovanna (born 1938), poet, novelist, songwriter, singer

Z

• Alki Zei (1925–2020), novelist, children's writer
• Zyranna Zateli (born 1951), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Greek writers

References

1. Uglow, Jennifer S., ed. (1985). The International Dictionary of Women's Biography. New York: Continuum. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-8264-0192-9.
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.
3. "Dido Sotiriou". The Times. 29 September 2004. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-03-01.