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Stejjer li ma kellhomx jinkitbu
- GenresShort StoriesFiction
166 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Immanuel Mifsud
44 books57 followersImmanuel Mifsud was born in Malta in 1967, the youngest in a working class family of eight children.
He started writing poetry at age 16, when he co-founded the literary group Versarti. At that same age he began to work in experimental theatre groups, directing his own plays and later he directed plays by Chekhov, Dario Fo, Max Frisch, Federico Garcia Lorca, David Mamet, Harold Pinter and Alfred Buttigieg.
Immanuel Mifsud writes poetry and prose, and some of his works have been translated into various languages and published in various European countries and USA.
His 2002 short story collection L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut (Sara Sue Sammut's Strange Stories) won the Malta National Literary Award. The same book was later nominated for the Premio Strega Europa. Mifsud's next collection of stories, Kimika (Chemistry) stirred a controversy for what was deemed as "pornographic literature". The Left leaning press lambasted the book for its "filth", while the leading Right leaning English newspaper never published reviews on this book. In 2008 Klabb Kotba Maltin published his most recent prose work, another short story collection, Stejjer li ma Kellhomx Jinkitbu (Stories Which Shouldn't Have Been Written).
Immanuel Mifsud writes also for children; his latest publication Orqod, Qalbi, Orqod (Sleep My Love, Sleep) being a collection of lullabies.
He has participated in a number of prestigious literature festivals, such as the Festival de Poesia de la Mediterrania (Palma de Mallorca), Dnevi Poezija in Vina (Medana, Slovenia), Terceti Trnovski (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Dni Poezie a Vina (Valtice, Czech Republic), and others. Some of his poems were published in eminent publications such as New European Poets (Graywolf Press), The Echoing Years (Waterford Institute of Technology), and In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself (MWE), among others.
In 2011 Edizzjonijiet Emmadelezio published Bateau Noir, a collection of poems in a bilingual edition, with translations from Maltese into French by Nadia Mifsud and Catherine Camilleri.
On 12 October 2011 it was announced that Immanuel Mifsud won the European Prize for Literature, 2011, with his book Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben).
He started writing poetry at age 16, when he co-founded the literary group Versarti. At that same age he began to work in experimental theatre groups, directing his own plays and later he directed plays by Chekhov, Dario Fo, Max Frisch, Federico Garcia Lorca, David Mamet, Harold Pinter and Alfred Buttigieg.
Immanuel Mifsud writes poetry and prose, and some of his works have been translated into various languages and published in various European countries and USA.
His 2002 short story collection L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut (Sara Sue Sammut's Strange Stories) won the Malta National Literary Award. The same book was later nominated for the Premio Strega Europa. Mifsud's next collection of stories, Kimika (Chemistry) stirred a controversy for what was deemed as "pornographic literature". The Left leaning press lambasted the book for its "filth", while the leading Right leaning English newspaper never published reviews on this book. In 2008 Klabb Kotba Maltin published his most recent prose work, another short story collection, Stejjer li ma Kellhomx Jinkitbu (Stories Which Shouldn't Have Been Written).
Immanuel Mifsud writes also for children; his latest publication Orqod, Qalbi, Orqod (Sleep My Love, Sleep) being a collection of lullabies.
He has participated in a number of prestigious literature festivals, such as the Festival de Poesia de la Mediterrania (Palma de Mallorca), Dnevi Poezija in Vina (Medana, Slovenia), Terceti Trnovski (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Dni Poezie a Vina (Valtice, Czech Republic), and others. Some of his poems were published in eminent publications such as New European Poets (Graywolf Press), The Echoing Years (Waterford Institute of Technology), and In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself (MWE), among others.
In 2011 Edizzjonijiet Emmadelezio published Bateau Noir, a collection of poems in a bilingual edition, with translations from Maltese into French by Nadia Mifsud and Catherine Camilleri.
On 12 October 2011 it was announced that Immanuel Mifsud won the European Prize for Literature, 2011, with his book Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben).
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May 2, 2020
Ġabra ta' stejjer interessanti għat-temi tabù li jittrattaw u miktubin bl-istil uniku ta' Immanuel Mifsud li kapaċi jnaqqax il-karattru Malti b'mod eċċellenti. Madankollu kien hemm stejjer li laqtuni aktar minn oħrajn u nammetti li kien hemm xi tnejn li jaf ma fhimthomx sew lanqas..filwaqt li oħrajn skomodawni....iżda wara kollox dan kien bla dubju it-tir preċiż ta'din il-ġabra!
February 6, 2019
Ktieb dwar stejjer umani li setgħu ġraw tassew u li normalment ma niktbux dwarhom għax jitrattaw suġġetti tabù bħal peż relazzjonijiet intimi jew suwiċidju. L-istil dijeġetiku tal-kittieb iwassal il-kumplessità tan-nisġa tal-istorja ħafna drabi bbażata fuq kunflitti interni u dissonanza konjittiva tal-protagonisti - stil li jagħtik x'taħseb u x'tixtarr dwar aspetti moħbija u mwarrba ta' mġibet il-bniedem.
October 9, 2022
Ġabra ta' stejjer pjuttost tqal u mdejqin għajr għall-istorja Demm. Minkejja li mhux il-ġabra favorita tiegħi ta' Immanuel, l-istejjer iqanqlu sentimenti ta' niket kbir b'mod interessanti. Interessanti l-kapaċita' tal-awtur li jikteb dwar ir-relazzjonijiet umani f'mumenti diffiċli mingħajr ma jġiegħlek tiddispra.
January 1, 2024
Xoghol Mifsud dejjem nihu pjacir naqrah. 4/5 ghax qanqali hafna hsibijiet personali. Wara kull storja nahseb ghamilt nofs siegha imgezwer fis-skiet nikontempla.
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July 25, 2011"Il-Ħadd... Ir-riħ mexa u telaq 'l hemm.... It-telefown jaqta'."
Il-paġni bil-kliem li jasal sal-għadma u 'l ġewwa.
Il-paġni bil-kliem li jasal sal-għadma u 'l ġewwa.
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