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 Born on 16th December 1947 at Zejtun
(Malta) of Walter and Josephine nee Caruana. His
mother died in 1969 and his father remarried to
Beatrice nee Chetcuti in 1974. Trevor is the third
of four children.
In 1971, Zahra married Stella nee Agius and they had
two children, Ruben and Marija. Stella died in 1989
at the age of 38 years and he wrote the
autobiographical essay: Stella, Jien u Hu (Stella,
Me and Him), in her honour.
His post secondary education included the study of
Art at an advanced level. He worked for a while as a
script-writer, producer and director of children's
programmes for television. Then in 1967 he enrolled
for a two year teachers course at the Teachers
Training College (Malta). He started his teaching
career in 1969, teaching Maltese language and Art in
the state secondary schools.
His first children's adventure, Il-Pulena tad-Deheb
(The Golden Figurehead) was published in 1971. From
that time onwards he never stopped writing novels,
poems, workbooks and short stories. His adult novel
Taht il-Weraq tal-Palm (Under the Palm Tree), won
first prize in the Klabb Kotba Maltin (1974) novel
competition. He was awarded the 1995 Literary Prize
for his fantasy novel Is-Seba' Trongiet Mewwija (The
Seven Enchanted Grapefruits). His pleasant style of
writing, full of humour and imaginative thinking,
and his clear illustrative drawings that complement
his writing makes Zahra the most popular writer of
children's books in Malta.
He has more than 70 publications. |
