Eye

Marianne (Kapetanios) Micros’ most recent publication, the story collection “Eye” (Guernica, 2018), in which she demonstrates her fascination with mythology, folklore and her Greek background, was one of five finalists for the 2019 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, a prestigious award that annually celebrates the best in Canadian literature. “Eye” was also shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award in 2019, an award from the Writers Union of Canada for the best first collection of short stories published in Canada in 2018. Micros graduated with an M.A. in English in 1974.

Her previous publications include a book of poetry about her Greek family (“Upstairs Over the Ice Cream,” Ergo, 1979); a poetry collection that focuses primarily on her search for ancestors and family members in Greece (“Seventeen Trees,” Guernica, 2007); and poems and short fiction in anthologies and journals. She has also published scholarly articles, review articles, and a bibliographical monograph on Al Purdy. In addition, she has completed a book of poems titled “The Key of Dee” about the Renaissance magus John Dee.

Micros’ suite of poems “Demeter’s Daughters” was shortlisted for the Gwendolyn MacEwen poetry competition in 2015 and published in Exile: The Literary Quarterly.

She has a Ph.D. from The University of Western Ontario and has retired from her career as an English professor at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, where she taught Renaissance literature, Scottish literature, folktales, and creative writing. Micros has completed a new collection of poetry titled “The Aphrodite Suite” and is working on a second collection of stories.