Antoinette Borg
Antoinette Borg (imwielda fl-1973) iggradwat bħala accountant u għal għoxrin sena kienet taħdem bħala business advisor waqt li toħlom li xi darba ssir kittieba. Fl-2015 ħalliet ix-xogħol biex tipprova twettaq il-ħolma tagħha, u fl-2016 ippubblikat l-ewwel rumanz tagħha, Fittixni , li eventwalment rebaħ il-Premju Terramaxka fil-kategorija Xogħlijiet Oriġinali: Kotba għall-Adolexxenti. Fl-2018 ippubblikat it-tieni rumanz tagħha, (Ri)ġenerazzjoni, li bħala manuskritt kien rebbieħ tal-Konkors ta' Kitba Letteratura għaż-Żgħażagħ 2016. Iktar tard fl-2018 Antoinette ngħatat il-premju għall-Aħjar Awtur Emerġenti mill-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb u ppubblikat it-tielet rumanz tagħha, Amina. Antoinette toqgħod il-Mellieħa ma’ żewġha Brian u ż-żew
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Simon is a writer and translator. His books for children have all won national awards. Perhaps the most popular is Sqaq l-Infern and the rest of the Fiddien trilogy which he co-wrote with Loranne Vella. He started his theatre career with his own group Aleateia. For many years they devised and built performances under his direction. His plays have been performed at many major theatres in Malta and Gozo and also in other countries like the UK, Egypt, Greece, and Denmark. He is currently working on a new series of stories for children about traditional creatures from local folklore.
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F'Settembru tal-2021 huwa nħatar bħala l-Kap Eżekuttiv tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb, entità pubblika fi ħdan il-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni li taqdi l-industrija tal-kotba Maltija.
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Originally from Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Camilleri began studies at the Faculty of Literature in 1944, without concluding them, meanwhile publishing poems and short stories. Around this time he joined the Italian Communist Party.
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Deborah Abela
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Monique Roffey
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The Mermaid of Black Conch (Peepal Tree Press/Vintage) won the Costa Book of the Year Award, 2020 and was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, 2020, the Rathbones/Folio Award 2021, and the Republic of Consciousness Award. Her other novels have been shortlisted for The Orange Prize, Costa Novel Award, Encore and Orion Awards. In 2013, Archipelago won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. She is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University. -
Irene Adler
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He started writing poetry at age 16, when he co-founded the literary group Versarti. At that same age he began to work in experimental theatre groups, directing his own plays and later he directed plays by Chekhov, Dario Fo, Max Frisch, Federico Garcia Lorca, David Mamet, Harold Pinter and Alfred Buttigieg.
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Trevor iżżewweg lil Stella nee Agius fl-1971 u kellhom żewgt itfal: Ruben u Marija. Stella mietet fl-1989 u llum Trevor huwa armel. Ta’ eta’ żgħira beda jinteressa ruħu fil-kitba u l-Arti. I -
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F'Settembru tal-2021 huwa nħatar bħala l-Kap Eżekuttiv tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb, entità pubblika fi ħdan il-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni li taqdi l-industrija tal-kotba Maltija.
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