Clare Azzopardi

Clare Azzopardi is an award-winning writer who writes for both children and adults. For several years, she served as the head of the Maltese department at the University of Malta Junior College. Additionally, she has been actively involved with Inizjamed, an NGO dedicated to promoting literature in Malta and beyond. Azzopardi’s works have been translated into several languages and featured in prominent publications such as Transcript, Words without Borders, Asymptote and Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art 61. Particularly celebrated are her short stories in Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh (The names they left behind), which have been translated into Croatian, Hungarian, Arabic and Slovenian. Castillo, her debut novel, was published in Arabic and Italian, as well as in English with the title, The Lives and Deaths of K. Penza.

 

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