Stayros Michas

Stavros Michas was born in Lamia in 1953. He lived in Athens for 25 years before returning to his hometown in 1989. He works as an administrative employee at the Hellenic Post (ELTA). He has been a close collaborator of the magazine "Mandragoras" since its inception. He has written texts for radio and poetry collections, including: "Exodus," Smyrniotakis, 1985; "Crucified Dog," a collaborative edition with Dimitris Koltsidas on works by artists of the Art Due Gallery, Lamiakos Typos, 1991; "The Tree," Mandragoras, 1996; "Turtle at the Bottom of the World," Fthiotiki Publications, 1997; "The Infinity of Silence," Mandragoras, 1998; "Hunter Beyond Limits," Mandragoras, 2000; "The Garden to the West," Mandragoras, 2004. His poetry has been published in magazines such as "Neo Epipedo," "Avlos," "Emvolimo," "Prosopio," "Elitrochos," "Paremvasi," among others, and has been included in the anthologies "Contemporary Greek Poetry/Poetic Notebooks of Autumn," Mandragoras, 2000, and "Poets for Poets - A Handshake Over the Abyss," Kastaniotis, 2002.