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| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) Bormla, Malta |
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| Period | 2009-present |
Nadia Mifsud (born 1976) is a Maltese poet, novelist and trilingual literary translator living in France. She is Malta's third poet laureate.
Nadia Mifsud | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) Bormla, Malta |
| Occupation |
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| Period | 2009-present |
Nadia Mifsud (born 1976) is a Maltese poet, novelist and trilingual literary translator living in France. She is Malta's third poet laureate.
Mifsud has written in both Maltese and French. [1] She has cited French poets Apollinaire, Baudelaire, and Rimbaud as influences. [2] She has written on the classic themes of "love and death," as well as women's experiences, "such as mother-daughter relationships and the changes a woman’s body goes through". [2] She has also explored the experience of living abroad, "such as the notion of distance and the feeling of estrangement and homesickness". [2]
She published her first book of poetry, żugraga, in late 2009. [3] The poems in her first book were "short, direct texts" which "[experimented] with typography". [2] By 2016, her poetry had, in her own words, "grown longer and, structurally speaking, more complex," and been translated into English, French, Spanish, Slovenian and Turkish. [2]
In 2017, she published her first and, to date, only novel, Ir-rota daret dawra (kważi) sħiħa. [1] The novel is influenced by conversations she had with a friend, who was dying of cancer while Mifsud was writing the book. [1]
In 2011, she began volunteering with Inizjamed, an association she retained until at least 2023. [4]
In 2022, Mifsud was named Poet laureate of Malta. [3]
Mifsud was born in Bormla. [5] As a child, Mifsud's mother encouraged her reading, often rewarding her good behavior with books. She began writing as a child, and wrote poetry in elementary school. [1]
Mifsud left Malta in 1998, when she was 22, and moved to France. [5] [6]
Mifsud married in 2002, but separated from her husband less than a year later. [6]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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| 2014 | Merlin Publishers' #abbozz Competition | Won | [18] | ||
| 2016 | National Book Prize | Poetry | kantuniera 'l bogħod | Won | [19] |
| 2017 | Amante Buontempo National Poetry Contest | 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes | [20] | ||
| 2018 | Amante Buontempo National Poetry Contest | Won | [21] | ||
| National Book Prize | Prose | Ir-rota daret dawra (kważi) sħiħa | Finalist | [22] | |
| 2019 | Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest | Won | [23] | ||
| 2022 | National Book Prize | Prose | varjazzjonijiet tas-skiet) | Won | [24] |
| żifna fuq xifer irdum | Finalist | [25] |
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