Penelope Delta: “Secrets of the Swamp”

Extract:

Penelope, D. (2011) Secrets of the Swamp. Athens: Hestia Publishers, page 40.

Penelope Delta (1874-1941)

She was born in 1874 in Alexandria and was the third child of Emmanuel Benakis and Virginia Choremi. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Alexandria and in 1910 she moved to Greece. She married Stefanos Delta in 1895 and they had three daughters together. The first decade of the 20th century was a milestone for the intellectual creation of Penelope Delta, who left a rich literary work behind her.