Gritsi-Milliex, Tatiana (1920–)

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Gritsi-Milliex, Tatiana (1920–)

Greek poet, novelist and short-story writer. Name variations: T. Gritsi or T. Gritsi-Milliex; Tatiana Gkritisor Gkritse-Milliex; Tatiana Gritsi Milliex; Tatjana or Tatiana Milliex. Born 1920 in Athens, Greece; m. Roger Milliex (director of studies at Institut Français in Athens), 1935.

Joined the left-wing resistance movement, EAM (1941); after the war, worked in the Centre for Asia Minor Studies (1952–59); while living with husband in Cyprus (1959–71), was deprived of Greek citizenship; returned to Athens (1974); worked for Greek women's movement and represented Greece at international women's conference; worked for radio and wrote for Greek and Cypriot newspapers; writings include Thision Square (1947), Lacerations (1981), and Retrospectives (1982).