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Carmel Mallia |
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 Born
Qormi on 9th November 1929. After finishing the last
class of the Seminary, in 1949 he entered the Jesuit
Order and after two years novitiate and two years
classical studies he was sent to France to study
philosophy for three years, after which he passed
two years teaching French and History at St Aloysius
College, from where he left the Order in 1958.
Mallia taught French and Maltese at the government
Junior schools and at a private college.
He worked as a Senior Health Inspector in the Health
Dept.
He obtained the Lic.Esperanto from the British
Esperanto Ass., the BA Hons (Lond) in French and
doctorates in naturopathy (ND) and in literature (D
Litt).
Mallia wrote various radio-plays, essays and
translations from French authors which were
transmitted on Rediffusion (the present Public
Broadcasting Services).
Books published:
Poetry books in Maltese: |
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Tbissim l-Imghoddi, Ghekiesi, L-Ghanja
tas-60, Vulcan. He wrote the script for
the musical ‘’Vulcan’’ that was put to
music by his son John and performed at
Notre Dame Theatre, Zabbar in 1995 on
the 20th anniversary of the fall of the
aeroplane Vulvan on Zabbar; Lapislazzuli.
Founder and first editor of the poetry
review Versi which was later edited by
the Society of Maltese Poets; editor of
il-Muza another poetry review which is
now extinct. |
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Poetry books in Esperanto: |
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Antologio de maltaj poetoj (An anthology
of Maltese poetry) which Mallia himself
translated into Esperanto; Kontrastoj;
Cent Kapricaj Raketoj; Marionetoj; La
Malta Epopeo (translation into Esperanto
of Dr VM Pellegrini’s ‘’L-Epopea ta’
Gensna‘’). |
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Poetry in English |
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The following two anthologies appeared in Croatian
through his Esperanto translations: |
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a) Malte
(1981):co-translator and editor:
Aleksandar Spasic;
b)Revija (teachers’magazine)1981,
published in Osijek. |
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Poetry In French |
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Prose:
In Maltese: |
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Four
historical novels not yet published;
varuous plays, some of which were acted
in private secondary schools; Kumewawa,
written in Esperanto by the Croatian
Tibor Sekelj about his adventures in the
Amazonian forest, which appeared in
serial form in the students’review
‘’Saghtar‘’, and which has been
translated into some twenty languages;L-Ewwel
Kors fl-Esperanto (The First Esperanto
Course); Il-Kors ta’ l-Esperanto ta’
Zagreb(The Zagreb Esperanto Course);
Zamenhof, the life of Dr LL Zamenhof,
the author of Esperanto; Lidja Zamenhof,
the former’s daughter, on her centenary
from her birth (1904) who was killek by
the Nazi at Treblinka, Poland in 1942. |
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Lectures in Esperanto: |
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1987:
about Maltese literature, at the
universal Esperanto congress in Warsaw,
Poland;
1998: about the history of Malta, at the
universdal Esperanto congress in
Montpellier, France;
2003: about the Maltese poet Dun Karm
and his poem: ‘’Il-Jien u Lilhinn
Minnu‘’, at the ecumenical congress
between catholic and protestant
esperantists in Rimini.
Mallia is also a constant contributor of
essays in Maltese , English and
Esperanto both in Malta and abroad.
He is president of the Malta Esperanto-Soicieto,
founder-member of Verkisdta Esperantista
Asocio (The international Association of
Esperantist Writers), honorary member of
the Society of Maltese Poets and member
of the Esperanto Academy.
He won various prizes for poetry in
competitions in Malta and abroad. He was
given the Premio Città di Valletta by
the Society of Maltese Writers, and
certificates of praise by the Local
Councils of Qormi and Zabbar for his
literary achievements. |
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