BIOGRAPHY Manolis (Emmanuel Aligizakis) is a Greek-Canadian poet and author. He was recently appointed an honorary instructor and fellow of the International Arts Academy, and awarded a Master’s for the Arts in Literature. He is recognized for his ability to convey images and thoughts in a rich and evocative way that tugs at something deep within the reader. Born in the village of Kolibari on the island of Crete in 1947, he moved with his family at a young age to Thessaloniki and then to Athens, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Sciences from the Panteion University of Athens. After graduation, he served in the armed forces for two years and emigrated to Vancouver in 1973, where he worked as an iron worker, train labourer, taxi driver, and stock broker, and studied English Literature at Simon Fraser University. He has written three novels and numerous collections of poetry, which are steadily being released as published works. His articles, poems and short stories in both Greek and English have appeared in various magazines and newspapers in Canada, United States, Sweden, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Australia, and Greece. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Romanian, Swedish, German, Hungarian languages and has been published in book form or in magazines in various countries. He now lives in White Rock, where he spends his time writing, gardening, traveling, and heading Libros Libertad, an unorthodox and independent publishing company which he founded in 2006 with the mission of publishing literary books. His translation book “George Seferis-Collected Poems” was shortlisted for the Greek National Literary Awards the highest literary recognition of Greece. Distinguished Awards Winner of the Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award, Writers International Network Canada, 2014 “George Seferis-Collected Poems” translated by Manolis, shortlisted for the Greek National Literary Awards, translation category. 1st International Poetry Prize for his translation of “George Seferis-Collected Poems”, 2013 Master of the Arts in Literature, International Arts Academy, 2013 1st Prize for poetry, 7th Volos poetry Competition, 2012 Honorary instructor and fellow, International Arts Academy, 2012 2nd Prize for short story, Interartia festival, 2012 2nd Prize for Poetry, Interartia Festival, 2012 2nd Prize for poetry, Interartia Festival, 2011 3rd prize for short stories, Interartia Festival, 2011 Books by Manolis Autumn Leaves, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2014 Übermensch/Υπεράνθρωπος, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2013 Mythography, paintings and poetry, Libros Libertad, 2012 Nostos and Algos, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2012 Vortex, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2011 The Circle, novel, Libros Libertad, 2011 Vernal Equinox, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2011 Opera Bufa, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2010 Vespers, poetry by Manolis paintings by Ken Kirkby, Libros Libertad, 2010 Triptych, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2010 Nuances, poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2009 Rendition, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2009 Impulses, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2009 Troglodytes, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2008 Petros Spathis, novel, Libros Libertad, 2008 El Greco, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2007 Path of Thorns, poetry, Libros Libertad, 2006 Footprints in Sandstone, poetry, Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2006 The Orphans - an Anthology, poetry, Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2005 Translations by Manolis Idolaters, a novel by Joanna Frangia, Libros Libertad, 2014 Tasos Livaditis-Selected Poems, Libros Libertad, 2014 Yannis Ritsos-Selected Poems, Ekstasis Editions, 2013 Cloe and Alexandra-Selected Poems, Libros Libertad, 2013 George Seferis-Collected Poems, Libros Libertad, 2012 Yannis Ritsos-Poems, Libros Libertad, 2010 Constantine P. Cafavy - Poems, Libros Libertad, 2008 Cavafy-Selected Poems, Ekstasis Editions, 2011 Books in other languages Eszmelet, (Hungarian), poetry by Manolis Aligizakis, translated into Hungarian by Karoly Csiby, AB-ART, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2014 Hierodoules, (Greek), poetry, Sexpirikon, Salonica, Greece, 2014 Yperanthropos,(Greek), poetry, ENEKEN Publications, Salonica, Greece, 2014 Übermensch (German), poetry by Manolis Aligizakis, translated into German by Eniko Thiele Csekei, WINDROSE, Austria, 2014 Nostos si Algos, (Romanian) poetry by Manolis Aligizakis, translated into Romanian by Lucia Gorea, DELLART, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2013 Tolmires Anatasis, (Greek) poetry, GAVRIILIDIS EDITIONS, Athens, Greece, 2013 Filloroes, (Greek ) poetry, ENEKEN PUBLICATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2013 Earini Isimeria, (Greek) poetry, ENEKEN PUBLICATIONS, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011 Stratis o Roukounas, (Greek) novel, MAVRIDIS EDITIONS, Athens, Greece, 1981 Magazines Canadian Fiction Magazine—Victoria, BC Pacific Rim Review of Books—Victoria, BC Canadian Poetry Review—Victoria, BC Monday Poem, Leaf Press-Lantzville, BC The Broadkill Review, Milton, Delaware Ekeken, Thessaloniki, Greece Envolimon, Beotia, Greece Annual Literary Review, Athens, Greece Stigmes, Crete, Greece Apodimi Krites, Crete, Greece Patris, Crete, Greece Nyxta-Mera, Chania, Greece Wallflowers, Thessaloniki, Greece Diasporic Literature Spot, Melbourne, Australia Black Sheep Dances, California, USA Diasporic Literature Magazine, Melbourne, Australia Spotlight on the Arts, Surrey, BC Barnwood, International Poetry Magazine, Seattle, USA Unrorean, University of Maine, Farmington, Maine, USA Vakhikon, Athens, Greece Paremvasi, Kozani, Greece Szoros Ko, Bratislava, Slovakia Mediterranean Poetry, Sweden Apostaktirio, Athens, Greece Life and Art, Athens, Greece Logos and Images, Athens, Greece Contemporary Writers and Thinkers, Athens, Greece Palinodiae, Athens, Greece Royal City Poet’s Anthology, 2013, New Westminster, BC, Canada To parathyro, Paris, France Ragazine C.C, New Jersey Artenistas, Athens Greece Deucalion the Thessalos, Greece. Literary Lectern, Athens, Greece Homo Universalis, Athens Greece