Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex ( el, Τατιάνα Γκρίτση-Μιλλιέξ; 1920 – 14 February 2005) was a Greek novelist and journalist.

Biography

Gritsi-Milliex was born in

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and studied at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

, but quit her studies after a short time. She went on to study French and phonetics at the French institute where she met her husband Roger Milliex (4 July 1913 – 7 July 2006), and with whom she had two children. During the Axis occupation of Greece she became a volunteer for the

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. The Milliex couple left for

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in 1945 and returned to the

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in 1947, when Roger Milliex became director of studies in the French Institute. They remained in Athens until 1959, where Tatiana worked in the center of

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studies, while participating in various painting exhibitions throughout Greece, while intensifying her writing work. From 1959 until 1971 the couple lived in

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, since Mr. Milliex was transferred to the Cypriot French institute. Later they left for

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, Italy. During the

Greek military junta of 1967–1974 The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...

, Tatiana lost her Greek citizenship, and thus she joined the anti-junta campaign. They returned to Greece during the

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. Tatiana worked for EIR (1974–1975), 1983–1984) and ERT2 (

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) (1984–1985). As a journalist and critic she worked with many newspapers and magazines. She was a member of the Rakina Academy in

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, a founding member of the Company of Writers, member of the Company of Greek Novelists, of Pen Club, of the Greek Literature and Historical Archive and many more. She was honoured with the Greek state prize, the Prize of the 12, the state prize of novel writing and the prize of the

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. She died in Athens,

Sources

* ''Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό'' vol. 6, Ekdotiki Athinon.

External links

"Κείμενα Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας Γ΄ Γενικού Λυκείου - Μια ιστορία αντίστασης - Τατιάνα Γκρίτση Μιλλιέξ"
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