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Emmanuel Aligizakis (Manolis)
Emmanuel Aligizakis (Manolis) is a Greek-Canadian poet and author. He was recently appointed an honorary instructor and fellow of the International Arts Academy, and awarded an honorary Bachelor of 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, Australia, Sweden and Greece. 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.


 * Poetry: The Orphans, Footprints in Sandstone, Path of Thorns, El Greco, Troglodytes, Impulses, Rendition, Nuances, Triptych, Vespers, Opera Bufa, Yannis Ritsos – Poems, Vernal Equinox, Vortex.
 * Novels: Stratis o Roukounas, Petros Spathis, The Circle.
 * Translations: Constantine P. Cavafy – Poems.
 * Short Stories: Runaway Engine.
 * Translations: Constantine P. Cavafy – Poems.
 * Short Stories: Runaway Engine.
 * Short Stories: Runaway Engine.