Clare Azzopardi

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Clare Azzopardi (5 July 1977) is a Maltese author who writes for both adults and younger readers.

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Life

Born in St. Julian's, Malta, she eventually went on to study at the University of Malta and then received a master's degree in literacy from the University of Sheffield. She is the head of Department of Maltese at G. F. Abela Junior College. [1] [2]

Works

Azzopardi’s poetry and short stories, written in Maltese, have appeared in various anthologies. Her work has appeared in translation in various literary periodicals, including In Focus, Transcript, Words without Borders, West 47, Lettre International (Hungary) and Kulturas Forms.

In 2005, Azzopardi published Others, Across, two short stories translated into English, and, in 2006, a collection of short stories in Maltese, Il-Linja l-Ħadra ("The Green Line"). She has also written plays, including In-Nisa Jafu Kif, Pretty Lisa and L-Interdett Taħt is-Sodda which was published in French (Éditions Théatrales) and in Arabic (I-ACT) . [3] She has participated in various literary festivals including the Jaipur Literature Festival [4] and the vRIsak festival in Rijeka. [5]

List of publications

Children

Poetry and prose for adults

Translations

Theatre

Awards

In 2011 and 2012 she was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2011 and 2012. [6] [7] In 2015 and 2016 her children's books Lupu Lupettu Kull Kulur [8] and Mingu received the Terramaxka Book Prize. [9]

She is also the recipient of 10 National Book Prize for Literature awards: Il-Linja l-Ħadra (2006), [10] L-Interdett taħt is-Sodda (2012), [11] Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh (2015), [12] Il-Każ Kważi Kollu tal-Aħwa De Molizz (2010), [13] Ir-Re Pankrazju jagħlaq mitt sena (2010), Jake Cassar (2015), Meta l-Milied ma Ġiex (2010), [14] Kidane (2012), [15] Il-Qtates ta' max-Xatt (2016) and Teresa (2017). [16]

In 2021, Azzoppardi won a Terramaxka Prize for best translated work, for the book Ors fl-Ispazju. [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Clare Azzopardi". Festival of the European Short Story.
  3. ↑ "Of women and their plights". Times of Malta. April 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Maltese author Clare Azzopardi participates in the prestigious Jaipur Literature Festival". Government of Malta. February 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Aleksandar Hemon and Claudio Magris Guests of the 10th Literature Festival "vRIsak" in Rijeka". total croatia news. May 19, 2017.
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  7. ↑ "Nominations 2012". Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  8. ↑ "Terramaxka Prize 2015 Contenders". Kunsill Nazzjonali tal Ktieb. 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  9. ↑ "'Premju Terramaxka 2016' winners announced". Television Malta. November 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ "National Book Prize Awards - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
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  12. ↑ "Winners of the National Book Prize 2015". Kunsill Nazzjonali tal Ktieb. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  13. ↑ "National Book Prize: Alex Vella Gera Boycotts awards; wins second prize - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  14. ↑ "The Publishing wizard - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  15. ↑ "National Book Prize: Books 2012". Kunsill Nazzjonali tal Ktieb. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  16. ↑ "Release of Shortlist of National Book Prize 2017 - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  17. ↑ "The Malta Book Festival Officially Launched – 2021 Terramaxka Prize Winners Announced | Kunsill Nazzjonali Tal-Ktieb". 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
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