Mary di Michele (born 6 August 1949) is an Italian-Canadian poet and author.

[1][2] She was a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec where she taught creative writing until 2015.

in English and creative writing at the University of Windsor in 1974. di Michele published her first book of poetry, Tree of August, in 1978.

[7][8] In 2011 di Michele released The Flower of Youth: Pier Paolo Pasolini Poems which returns to the terror of WWII in Italy and the experiences of her family before she was born.

[9][10] In 2007 Guernica Editions published Mary di Michele: Essays on Her Works, edited by Joseph Pivato, which includes studies by ten literary critics and indicates the high regard for her literary production.