During Greece's Axis occupation, Zografou joined the Greek Resistance against the Nazis; she was imprisoned while pregnant and gave birth inside the jail.

Zografou openly criticised the Greek military junta of 1967-1973; her book Epangelma: Porni (Occupation: Whore) was a scathing testimony exposing the oppressiveness of the Colonels' Regime.

[5] Lili Zografou was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1922, the daughter of Andreas Zografos, the publisher of the daily newspaper Anorthosis (Recovery);[2] her passion for journalism and writing was ignited by her father's own love for this job.

[9][10][11][4][7] During Greece's Axis occupation, Zografou —aged 21 and pregnant— was imprisoned for participation in the Greek Resistance movement;[12] her only child, poet Rena Hadjidakis, was born at that time.

[4][2] Upon meeting with Zografou's father in Crete, politician Georgios Papandreou congratulated Andreas Zografos for his daughter's accurate description of Kazantzakis, whom he knew personally.

In this collection of shocking autobiographical stories, Zografou describes harsh personal experiences she had during the 7 year junta —mugging, suicide attempt and rape—, aiming to expose the patriarchal abusiveness of her time, as well as the Regime's oppressiveness.

I agapi argise mia mera was adapted for a Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation series, starring Tania Tripi and Kariofilia Karampeti.

In 1998, Zografou published her last work, Apo ti Mideia sti Stachtopouta, i istoria tou fallou (From Medea to Cinderella; the story of the phallus), a large scale essay on the origins of patriarchy in Greek society, examining the Hellenic World from prehistoric times to the Great Tragedians.

[23][13][3] Zografou once stated: "I'm a keen anti-feminist for the simple reason that I am happy to be born a woman; what would become of me, where would I find all these plenty pleasures, if it wasn't for men?"