Jesmond Grech
Jesmond Grech | |
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 Author of Contemporary Maltese Literature | |
| Born | Jesmond Grech 14 September 1963 Paola, Malta |
| Occupation | Novelist, historian, writer, teacher |
| Notable works | Bongi Wongi u l-Avventuri Tiegħu Ġenerazzjoni Paceville British Heritage in Malta Nar Go Qalbna |
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Jesmond Grech (born 14 September 1963) is a Maltese novelist, historian, writer, and teacher.[1] He was born at the Royal Navy Hospital Mtarfa in Malta, and spent his childhood and youth in Paola, Malta. He is married to Mary née Pace, with whom he has two children, Julian and Maria Cristina. He was educated at Paola Primary School, Mount Carmel College (Santa Venera, Malta), St. Paul's Missionary College (Malta) and the University of Malta (B.Ed., M.Ed.), and is History Head of Department at a Maltese state secondary school.
Grech is honorary member of St Andrew’s Band Club, Luqa, Malta and is Honorary President of Siġġiewi Rowing Club. He lives in Siġġiewi with his family.
Career[edit]
Over the past thirty years, Grech has published fifteen books across a variety of genres, from children’s stories and novels to historiography. In 2008, his children’s book Bongi Wongi u l-Avventuri Tiegħu (Bongi Wongi and his Adventures) was Malta’s entry at the exhibition Tour d’Europe en 27 Livres d’Images that was held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The exhibition was inaugurated by Christine Albanel, the French Minister for Culture and Communication and Bruno Racine, the Chairman of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The book, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin was illustrated by Marisa Attard, one of Malta’s most prominent illustrators.[2]
Grech’s novel Ġenerazzjoni Paceville (Paceville Generation), first published by Klabb Kotba Maltin in 1999, started a trend for adolescent literature in the Maltese language, in which trend he was soon eagerly followed by other authors. Grech has also made contributions to television drama. Two of his novels Gideb u Mħabba and Mħabba mill-Ġdid have been adapted and produced by Hermann Bonaci Productions for Maltese television. In the 1980s he wrote and directed a satirical play based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea, in Maltese Sardinella u l-Piżella for the ATEATRU fringe theatre company.[3] He also wrote two radio plays, Bejn l-Ilma u In-Nar and Qatla f’Pentekoste, that were broadcast on Radio 101 (Malta). His British Heritage in Malta, with foreword by Vincent Fean then British High Commissioner to Malta [4], is described as a 'cross between a history and a guidebook'.[5] Perhaps his most widely read work is the biography of Eugenio Borg, a Maltese catechist, who was the first superior general of the Society of Christian Doctrine, now in the process of canonisation to Catholic sainthood. This book, Nar Go Qalbna (published by Librerija Preca), has been translated and published in Spanish (Fuego En Nuestros Corazones).
References[edit]
- ↑ "Writing romances and novels in Maltese". Times of Malta. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ↑ "Bongi Wongi At the Bibliotheque Nationale de France". The Malta Independent. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ "Sardinella w il Pizella". Weekend Chronicle. 4 October 1986. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ Jesmond Grech, [1] British Heritage in Malta, Miller (2003), p. 3.
- ↑ Juliet Rix, [2] Malta and Gozo, Bradt Travel Guides (2010), p.302.
Category:1963 births
Category:Maltese male writers
Category:Alumni of the University of Malta
Category:People from Paola
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