Background
Eliza Soutsou was born in Athens in 1837. She was the daughter of the Phanariot general Skarlatos Soutsos and Elpida ("Nadina") A. Kantakouzinou.
Eliza Soutsou was born in Athens in 1837. She was the daughter of the Phanariot general Skarlatos Soutsos and Elpida ("Nadina") A. Kantakouzinou.
She dealt mainly with translations. She received significant education and was distinguished for her broad knowledge of languages. She dealt mainly with translations of which some of them were published in separate books and others in newspapers and magazines of the period.
Among others, Soutsou translated "The Magdalene" by Jules Sandeau (1879), “Louisiana charité privée à Paris” by Maxime du Camp (1884), “The Palermo Capuchins Monastery” by Alexandre Dumas, “Les Martyrs de la science” by Tissandier et cetera
At the same time she collaborated with various publications such as Estia, Poikili Stoa, Evdomas, Revue du Monde, et cetera Her funeral was held in the presence of the Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephanos Dragoumis while her relative and professor Ioannis Soutsos gave the funeral oration.