Oliver Friggieri

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Oliver Friggieri (* 1947 in Malta ) is a Maltese writer and university professor . He writes in Malti , English and Italian.

Life

Friggieri studied philosophy and literature . After completing his master's degree , he did his doctorate in the field of Maltese literature.

He is a member of the Association Internationale des Critiques Littéraires in Paris and a founding member of the Academia Internațională Mihai Eminescu in Craiova, Romania . Much of his work from over thirty of his own publications has been translated into several European languages. Friggieri has won various international competition prizes, including the Premio Mediterraneo Internazionale from Palermo (1988) and the Malta Government Literary Award (1988, 1996, 1997).

Oliver Friggieri is Professor and Director of the Maltese Seminar at the University of Malta.

He lives and works in Birkirkara , Malta.

Works (selection)

Novels
  • The Lie . Barbulescu, Munich 2008
  • Fil-Parlament ma Jikbrux Fjuri (1986)
  • L-Istramb (1980, translated into English, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian)
  • Il-Gidba (1977, translated into Serbo-Croatian, Romanian, English)
Short stories
  • The ship brings the children: tale from Malta . Kinzelbach Verlag , Mainz 2005
  • The fireworks . Short stories from Malta. 160 p. Kinzelbach Verlag, Mainz 2004 ISBN 3-927069-73-6
  • Fil-Gżira Taparsi Jikbru l-Fjuri (1991)
  • Stejjer Għal Qabel Jidlam (1986, I and II, translated into English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian)
Volumes of poetry
  • Paul of Malta & other Poems / Paul de Malta si old poeme . Barbulescu, Munich 2009
  • A poet's creed: selected poems . Barbulescu, Munich 2006
  • Żiffa (Acalmie = Becalmed = calm). Barbulescu, Munich 2005
  • Mal-Fanal Hemm Harstek Tixghel (1988)
  • Poeziji ta Mha bba (1981, co-author)
  • Cross Winds - An Anthology of Post- War Maltese Poetry (1980, co-author)
  • Malta - The New Poetry (1971, co-author)
  • Dwal fil-Persjani (1971, co-author)
Editing
  • Malta: Culture and Identity , Malta 1994 (with Henry Frendo)

Awards (selection)

  • Malta Government Literary Award (1988, 1996, 1997)
  • Premio Mediterraneo Internazionale, Palermo 1988

literature

  • Charles Briffa: The Voice of a Nation's Conscience: Oliver Friggieri's Fiction in Recent Maltese Literature In: World Literature Today (The University of Oklahoma), 71, n.3, Summer 1997, pp. 495-504.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver Friggieri at transcript-review.org
  2. ↑ Report from Malta (Die Zeit 18/2005 p. 73)
personal data
SURNAME Friggieri, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maltese writer and professor of literature
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Malta