Elli Alexiou (Greek:Έλλη Αλεξίου; 22 May 1894^[1] – 28 September 1988) was a Greek author, playwright and journalist.^[2][3]

The daughter of a printer and publisher, Alexiou was born inHeraklion,Ottoman Crete.^[2] She taught French in a high school,^[3] and was politically active, joining theCommunist Party in 1928 and working with theNational Liberation Front resistance duringWorld War II.^[2] After the war, she received a scholarship from the French government and studied inParis.^[2] She was stripped of Greek citizenship in 1950, living as an exile until it was restored in 1965.^[2]

Alexiou wrote short stories and novels about her experience as a school teacher and her life as a political exile inHungary andRomania.^[2] Her sisterGalatea was the first wife of novelistNikos Kazantzakis.^[2][3]

She died in Athens.

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

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