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 Francis
Ebejer the first out of a family of seven children,
was born in Dingli on the 28th August, 1925. His
parents were teachers and from early age he was
surrounded with the educational environment. His
father was a Head Master and will be remembered for
the good he did whilst being a member of L-Ghaqda
tal-Maltin.
Francis followed his father's foot steps, and as a
teacher he specialized in English. He was a teacher
at Siggiewi and Zurrieq Government School. In both
localities he was renowned for his discipline and
dedication for his work.
His writings were in English as much as they were in
Maltese and he started his carrier by means of
radio, television plays and short stories booklets
some of which were published in New York between the
year 1980 - 1992, others were broadcast on B.B.C.
whilst others were translated to Italian, Dutch and
to Japanese. Having reached to this popularity,
Francis Ebejer started writing plays for stage
productions, novels a lot of which were published in
London and New York.
Francis Ebejer was a member of P.E.N., L-Ghaqda
Internazzjonali ta' Awturi, he was a honorary
President of Moviment Letterarju Malti and
member of the Council of L-Akkademja Tal-Malti.
Ebejer won The Malta Literary Award four
times, Ic-Cheyney Award for the best Producer
in 1984, The Phoenicia Trophy for Culture
between the years of 1982 and 1985 and the prize of
Citta di Valletta in 1989. In 1986, he
received the medal Medaille d'Honneur de la Ville
d'Avignon of France for one of his plays which
he translated in French.
Ebejer died all of a sudden in his residence at
Swieqi on the 6th June, 1993 and buried in the small
picturesque of Dingli. The Village of Dingli was
always in his heart and mind which influenced him in
his writing. |
