Alexandra Avierino
Alexandra Avierino (November 1872 – 1937) was an English-Lebanese writer.[1]
Biography
She was born Alexandra Constantine Khuri in Beirut into a Greek Christian Orthodox family.[1] She was educated at convent schools in Lebanon and then Alexandria. While still in her teens, she married Miltiades di Avierino, who was of Italian and Spanish descent. The couple had two daughters and a son. Avierino became a British subject through her marriage.[2][3]
In 1898, she founded
Avierino also wrote poetry and a play. She held a literary salon where intellectuals, both women and men, could gather. She contributed to newspapers such as al-Muqaṭṭam (pro-British) and Al-Mu'ayyad (anti-British).[2]
During the early 1920s, she was forced to travel to England to resolve issues related to her status as a
References
- ^ a b c Alexandra Avierino, retrieved 17 February 2023
- ^ ISBN 0300072716.
- ISBN 978-1617975547.
- ISBN 978-0-6747-3309-1.