Author Archives: Aligizakis Manolis

About Aligizakis Manolis

Manolis was born in the small village Kolibari west of Chania on the Greek island of Crete in 1947. At a young age his family moved first to Thessaloniki and then to Athens where he was educated, achieving a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Sciences at the Panteion University of Athens. He served in the armed forces for two years, and emigrated to Vancouver in 1973, where he worked in several different jobs over the years. He attended Simon Fraser University for a year, taking English Literature in a non-degree program. He has written three novels, a large number of collections of poetry, which are slowly appearing as published works, various articles and short stories in Greek as well as in English. After working as an iron worker, train labourer, taxi driver, and stock broker, he now lives in White Rock where he spends his time writing, gardening, and traveling. Towards the end of 2006 he founded Libros Libertad, an unorthodox and independent publishing company in Surrey BC with the goal of publishing literary books.

Books by Manolis

- “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

- Stratis o Roukounas, novel (in Greek)

- Aristidis Mavridis Publishing, Athens, Greece, 1981

Translations by Manolis

- Yannis Ritsos-Poems, edited by Apryl Leaf, Libros Libertad, 2010

- Constantine P. Cafavy - Poems, edited by George Amabile, Libros Libertad, 2008