Lily Zografou

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Lily Zografou ( Greek Λιλή Ζωγράφου ; * 1922 in Milatos , Crete ; † October 2, 1998 in Heraklion ) was a Greek journalist and writer .

Life

Even as a young woman, the daughter of journalist Andreas Zografos rebelled against the prevailing moral concepts and prohibitions of the extremely patriarchal society of Crete . As a philology student, she joined the anti-fascist liberation movement during World War II . In 1943 she was arrested by the German occupiers and gave birth to her daughter, the later poet, Rena Chatzidaki .

After finishing her studies, Lily Zografou first wrote for literary magazines. In 1949 her first book Agápi (Love), a collection of short stories, was published. She then traveled to Central and Eastern Europe for many years and worked as a journalist. Her breakthrough came with a treatise on the writer Níkos Kazantzákis : énas traghikós (Nikos Kazantzakis: a tragic figure). She became one of the most successful and controversial writers in Greece.

She published 24 novels, plays and essays and became a bestselling author in Greece . So far three of her books have been published in Germany:

  • I agápi árgise mia méra (German: The women of the Ftenoudos family , 2004),
  • Epággelma: Pórni ( Eng .: profession: whore , short stories, 2006) and
  • I gynaíka sou i alítissa ( Eng .: your wife, the bitch , 2007).

I agápi árgise mia méra was filmed in 1998, four years after its publication for Greek television. Epággelma: Pórni has now reached the 40th edition in Greece. An important, recurring theme of her work is the struggle of women for self-determination, freedom and independence.

Works

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personal data
SURNAME Zografou, Lily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Λιλή Ζωγράφου
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Milatos (Crete)
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1998
Place of death Heraklion