Aspioti was born into a wealthy family who lived in the
Villa Rosa mansion in a suburb of the old town of Corfu. She was the daughter of Konstantinos Aspiotis, a man who became wealthy by mass-producing, in his
printing shop, a kind of exclusive
playing cards illustrated by his grandfather Nikolaos Aspiotis who was a painter. Eventually his company moved to Athens and became
Aspioti-ELKA, a well-known printing and publishing company and one of the largest of its kind in Greece. In 1930 Marie Aspioti published the book
Corfu in French in co-operation with French writer René Puaux. Lawrence Durrell in the introduction of his publication ''Lear's Corfu'' in 1965 mentions: During World War II she became a volunteer nurse at the Corfu General Hospital. In January 1950 she published the magazine
Prosperos, editions of Art and Literature of the British Council, inspired by Lawrence Durrell's work ''Prospero's Cell''. In Corfu she was the director of the Corfu Branch of the
British Council from 1946 to 1955, and was a family friend of
Prince Philip. In 1955 she resigned her position as the director of the British Council in protest against the British policies in Cyprus against
enosis in trying to suppress Cypriot self-determination. At the same time she returned to the
Queen the MBE she had received. She also accused Durrell of betraying his
philhellenism for a few coins. She also wrote poems and theatrical plays. In 1956 her first theatrical play
O Κουρσεμένος Γάμος (
The Pirated Wedding) was performed in Corfu. Her other literary works were published in
Prosperos magazine and other publications in Corfu. Later in life, Marie Aspiotis could no longer afford to maintain her
Villa Rosa mansion and although the building became dilapidated she continued living there with her mother. ==Works==