Għaxra fost l-aqwa awturi kontemporanji Maltin imiddu jdejhom għall-interpretazzjoni fittizja ta' għaxar karattri storiċi, imnebbħa mir-riċerka u l-kitbiet tal-Imħallef Giovanni Bonello. Mill-fundatriċi tal-ewwel sptar tan-nisa f'Malta, għal nobbli fil-punt li jitlef ġidu kollu, għall-maħbuba ta' Gran Mastru fis-satra tal-lejl, niskopru ftit aktar dwar dak li seta' - forsi - seħħ wara l-kwinti tal-istorja ta' Malta.
Stejjer miktuba minn Clare Azzopardi, John A. Bonello, Kristina Chetcuti, Maria Grech Ganado, Emma Mattei, Immanuel Mifsud, Walid Nabhan, Teodor Reljic, Alfred Sant u Mark Vella
Illustrazzjonijiet ta' Marisa Attard
B'kollaborazzjoni mal-Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti
Edizzjoni qoxra ratba
Clare Azzopardi lives in a 400-year old house. She spends a lot of time reading and writing stories for children and adults, unless she’s teaching, that is. She is the Head of Department of Maltese at Junior College. Her books have won several awards and her work has been translated into other languages.
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Maria Grech Ganado has published eight collections of Maltese and English poetry; three of which were National Book Prize winners. Her poetry has been translated into 12 languages. Maria was awarded the Qadi tar-Repubblika in 2000, and the National Book Council’s Lifetime Achievement in 2015.
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Immanuel Mifsud is an author and poet, various of whose books have been translated and published abroad. He won numerous literary awards, including the European Union Prize for Literature. Mifsud has a doctorate from the University of Malta, where he lectures on literature.
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Walid Nabhan is a Maltese author of Palestinian origin. He wrote two collections of short stories in Maltese Lura d-Dar u ġrajjiet oħra li ma ġrawx (2009), and Leħen tal-Fuħħar (2011). His novel L-Eżodu taċ-Ċikonji (2013) won the National Book Prize.
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Teodor Reljić was born in Belgrade but raised in Malta. He is a writer of fiction, a freelance feature writer, and culture editor and film critic at MaltaToday. His debut novel, Two, was published by Merlin in 2014. He is currently working on a comic book series: Mibdul.
Alfred Sant works in Malta, Belgium and other countries. His fields include diplomacy, public administration, Maltese and European politics, educational and cultural consultancies and journalism. He has written plays, among them Fid-Dell tal-Katidral, Mazzini: Iż-Żjara; novels among them Silġ fuq Kemmuna and Bħal f’Dizzjunarju; and he has published four anthologies, the last one being Western.
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Mark Vella wrote the book X'Seta' Ġralu lil Kevin Cacciattolo? so that he could call himself an author. But the fact that he has not written anything else after that, is making him doubt he can still hang on to the title. In his defence, he has written some sporadic pieces – among them two short stories published in Leħen il-Malti and a commissioned short story (obviously, handed in on the eve of the deadline) for Awguri, Giovanni Bonello. He has (also sporadic) academic aspirations and he has edited the Ġrajja Maltija anthology – a collection of short stories by Juann Mamo.
Kristina Chetcuti studied and trained as a journalist in London. She now works as an editor and creative at Merlin Publishers and has been a columnist for the Sunday Times of Malta since 2008. She co-authored Jacob My Titanium Man and contributed a short historical fiction story in Awguri Giovanni Bonello. She always wanted to have bookworm glasses and freckles, so, thank you Snapchat for making her dream come true.
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John A. Bonello was born on a moon-lit night in the same year that George Lucas started filming the first Star Wars. His books include the trilogy Il-Logħba tal-Allat, the duology for grown-ups Unus Mundus, and the children’s series Irvin Vella: Virtual Investigator. He has won the National Book Prize Award three times, has a terrapin called Yoda and when he grows up he’ll be getting a dachshund and call him Dog. He lives to write and writes to live.
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Emma Mattei is a writer and short film programmer. She is a founding member of Kinemastik NGO, founder of Uncommon guide books and has produced a number of short films. She currently resides in London, where she programmes for Future Shorts.
