page_title: Lili Zografou
hierarchical_section_title: Lili Zografou
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a portrait of Greek journalist and writer Lili Zografou in her youth (2) Ελληνικά: Πορτραίτο της Ελληνίδας δημοσιογράφου και συγγραφέως Λιλή Ζωγράφου σε νεαρή ηλικία (2)
context_page_description: Lili Zografou was a Greek journalist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and political activist, best known for Nikos Kazantzakis: enas traghikos, her "destructive critique" of the work of Nikos Kazantzakis, published in 1959, three years after his death.
  Zografou was an ardent supporter of women's rights; in her books, she particularly examined the status of women in Greek society of the second half of the 20th century. Her work's main themes include personal freedom, freedom of speech, sexual violence and sexual liberation.
  During Greece's Axis occupation, Zografou joined the Greek Resistance against the Nazis; she was imprisoned while pregnant and gave birth inside the jail. Zografou openly criticised the Greek military junta of 1967-1973; her book Epangelma Porni was a scathing testimony exposing the oppressiveness of the Colonels' Regime.
  Commenting on her literary autobiography I Syvaritissa, Demosthenis Kourtovik, a Greek literary critic and writer, characterised Zografou as "the gloomy Goddess Hecate of Greek literature".
context_section_description: Lili Zografou (/zɒˈɣrɑːfʊ/; Greek: Λιλή Ζωγράφου; June 17, 1922 – October 2, 1998) was a Greek journalist, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and political activist, best known for Nikos Kazantzakis: enas traghikos, her "destructive critique" of the work of Nikos Kazantzakis, published in 1959, three years after his death.    
  Zografou was an ardent supporter of women's rights; in her books, she particularly examined the status of women in Greek society of the second half of the 20th century. Her work's main themes include personal freedom, freedom of speech, sexual violence and sexual liberation.    
  During Greece's Axis occupation, Zografou joined the Greek Resistance against the Nazis; she was imprisoned while pregnant and gave birth inside the jail. Zografou openly criticised the Greek military junta of 1967-1973; her book Epangelma Porni (Occupation Whore) was a scathing testimony exposing the oppressiveness of the Colonels' Regime.   
  Commenting on her literary autobiography I Syvaritissa (The Sybarite), Demosthenis Kourtovik, a Greek literary critic and writer, characterised Zografou as "the gloomy Goddess Hecate of Greek literature".
caption: Lili Zografou
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