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antoine cassar skip to content menu antoine cassar forty days passport other publications map of the mediterranean bejn between merħba a poem of hospitality mużajk multilingual sonnets listen press events antoine cassar antoine cassar merħba to my poetry website slide above to read more lines from published and forthcoming books in english bil malti en español in italiano en français bil gharabiyya click here to download a poetry sampler photo by katel delia i am a london born maltese poet translator and editor with roots in activism for universal freedom of movement and other causes i write in maltese english and twanniż mostly about maps and borders language and music walking and mental health and hyperacusis which has forced me to leave society twice since july 2024 i live on a mountain path in limourata ithaca with rokku my deaf mute dog and don pablo my piano coloured cat we are slowly building bibliothíki frangískos a mediterranean library above homer s school and afáles bay my poetry has featured on lithub rn books arts australia france 3 tv radio nacional de españa sfr2 kultur switzerland and rtv slovenija among others click here for a detailed portfolio booklet erbgħin jum forty days ede 2017 is a book length poem on childhood trauma depression and walking as a process of healing a brutally personal pilgrimage in the cartographies of the past without compass or walking stick awarded the 2018 malta national book prize and shortlisted for the 2020 european poet of freedom award based in poland selected days and nights are published in english on versopolis self translated edited by albert gatt with an introductory essay by dr adrian grima a sample english booklet is available upon request advance information sheet more about forty days passaport 4th ed ede 2024 passaport a long poem printed in the form of an anti passport for all peoples and all landscapes has been published in over a dozen languages adapted for the stage by theatre groups in malta france belgium luxembourg and canada and set to music in france italy and australia proceeds from the sale of the booklet are donated to grassroots associations supporting refugees in the community advance information sheet more about passport other publications include silan ede chapbooks 2022 erotic poems at play with numbers in arabic script nannu at the kitchen table ede 2020 a long poem written during the first pandemic lockdown mappa tal mediterran għqd malti 2013 a long poem describing the shapes of the mediterranean sea its coastlines and some of its major and minor islands in relation to the early and modern histories of the mediterranean peoples set to music by pow ensemble bejn between skarta 2011 a bilingual book of poems merħba a poem of hospitality 2009 a narrative musical homage to the unfailing and unconditional hospitality and warmth that welcome travellers the world over despite the tragedies and hardships lived by families and communities on a daily basis awarded the united planet writing prize mużajk an exploration in multilingual verse skarta 2008 multilingual sonnets read more as a literary translator my latest publication is a maltese version of wisława symborska s collection chwila moment waqt published by faraxa books 2023 i m currently preparing a volume of pablo neruda s verse in maltese with whitman s leaves of grass waiting in the wings a limited edition of translated excerpts from astrid alben s plainspeak prototype was published as kliemskjett kotba calleja in time for the 2018 malta mediterranean literature festival i have also rendered the work of several maltese authors into english among them short story writer pierre j mejlak awarded the 2014 eu prize for literature and into spanish alex vella gera s troyano was published in chile by librosdementira in 2019 since november 2022 i am the curator editor of the ede chapbook series high quality hand bound editions of contemporary poetry short stories drama and essays in maltese and english with a view to promoting fresh new voices available at kixott mosta or il lokal valletta logo designed by steven scicluna in 2015 i founded the social media project spread poetry not fear in reaction to the paris attacks and the subsequent media scaremongering and manipulation sister initiatives were launched in slovenia croatia macedonia spain and the netherlands in 2013 i edited le monde n est pas rond a multilingual artistic newspaper on migration and borders on behalf of no one is illegal luxembourg in the same year in reaction to the maltese government s new deportation policy and the ensuing public wave of racism and xenophobia i launched and edited the digital anthology mhux f isimna not in our name since 2010 i have given creative writing workshops at universities in malta and india and to students of a migrant background and refugee women in france belgium luxembourg palestine and switzerland in 2017 i completed a phd in medieval literature from the univ de alcalá spain with a thesis on the origins of the sonnet in italy early iberian adaptations from petrarca s canzoniere and the sonnet s development in pre renaissance spanish and catalan antoine cassar forty days passport other publications map of the mediterranean bejn between merħba a poem of hospitality mużajk multilingual sonnets listen press events blog lviv time the shapes of lesvos erbgħin jum it tnedija 30 12 17 studio solipsis passporting in june the shape of lampedusa reprise lejl 30 stħajjel follow instagram facebook soundcloud contact bibliothíki frangískos limourata thirída 10 itháki 28300 elláda greece antoinecassar at gmail create a website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed antoine cassar join 968 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy antoine cassar subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email name website