Short Readings/Qari Qsajjar — Jen Calleja
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Din is-sessjoni hija parti mis-serje Qari Qsajjar, li matulha se taqra Jen Calleja — mistiedna speċjali tal-Festival Mediterranju tal-Letteratura ta’ Malta fl-ambjent intimu tal-foyer taċ-ċinema ta’ Spazju Kreattiv. Din is-serje hija parti mill-kollaborazzjoni fit-tul bejn Inizjamed u Spazju Kreattiv. Id-dħul huwa b’xejn.
Jen Calleja hija kittieba Brittanika-Maltija, traduttriċi letterarja (mill-Ġermaniż għall-Ingliż), tutor tal-kitba kreattiva, u kopubblikattriċi ma’ Praspar Press, li tippubblika l-letteratura Maltija fir-Renju Unit. Jen Calleja hija l-awtriċi tar-rumanz Vehicle (il-Ktieb tas-Sena ta’ Granta); il-memoirs Fair: The Life-Art of Translation (il-Ktieb tal-Jum tal-Guardian) u Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode (ingħata 5 stilel minn The Telegraph); il-ġabra ta’ proża fittizja fil-qosor I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For u l-ġabriet poetiċi Dust Sucker u Serious Justice. Daħlet fil-lista finali tal-Premju għall-Premju tal-Fizzjoni fil-Qosor imtella’ mill-University of Essex tal-2020, u fil-lista preliminari tal-Premju Ivan Juritz tal-istess sena. Ittraduċiet aktar minn għoxrin xogħol ta’ letteratura Ġermaniza għall-Ingliż b’uħud minnhom jidħlu fil-lista finali tal-Premju Internazzjonali tal-Booker (2019); u l-Premju Translator-In-Residence mtella’ mill-British LIbrary (2017-2019). Hija wkoll waħda mill-fundaturi ta’ Praspar Press, li tappoġġja l-letteratura Maltija bl-Ingliż u t-traduzzjoni tagħha għall-Ingliż. Tagħti kors fuq livell ta’ Maġisteru fil-Kitba Kreattiva u Bijografika f’Goldsmiths College, hija tutur fil-kors ‘Il-Kitba tal-Fizzjoni fil-Qosor’ bħala parti minn workshop għall-kittieba mtella’ minn Granta. Qabel fasslet u għallmet f’wokshops u korsijiet għall-British Library, l-Arvon Foundatin, il-British Centre for Literary Translation u għal diversi universitajiet u istituzzjonijiet internazzjoanli. Tgħix Hastigns, ir-Renju Unit.
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This session is part of the Qari Qsajjar (Short Readings) series, during which Jen Calleja — special guest of Malta's Mediterranean Literature Festival — will read, in the intimate setting of the cinema foyer at Spazju Kreattiv. This series is part of the long-term collaboration between Inizjamed and Spazju Kreattiv. Admission is free.
Jen Calleja is a British-Maltese writer, literary translator (German-to-English), creative writing tutor, and co-publisher at Praspar Press, which publishes Maltese literature in the UK. Jen Calleja is the author of the novel Vehicle (a Granta Book of the Year), the memoirs Fair: The Life-Art of Translation (a Guardian Book of the Day) and Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode (5-starred review, The Telegraph), the short fiction collection I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For and the poetry collections Dust Sucker and Serious Justice. She was shortlisted for the Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize 2020 and longlisted for the Ivan Juritz Prize 2020. She has translated over twenty works of German-language literature into English (shortlisted, Booker International Prize 2019; Translator-in-Residence, British Library 2017-2019) and is co-founding publisher at Praspar Press, which supports Maltese literature in English and English translation. She teaches on the MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College, tutors the course 'Writing Literary Short Fiction' for the Granta Writers’ Workshop, and has previously devised and taught workshops and courses for the British Library, Arvon Foundation, the British Centre for Literary Translation and for various universities and institutions internationally. She lives in Hastings, UK.
Ħajr/Thanks to: Arts Council Malta, Versopolis, APS Bank, Spazju Kreattiv, Għaqda tal-Malti — Università, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di La Valletta, Teatru Salesjan, Vincent’s Eco Farm, Fondazzjoni tal-Arkivji Nutarili, Seen and Heard, La Rotta dei Fenici.
Din is-sessjoni hija parti mis-serje Qari Qsajjar, li matulha se taqra Jen Calleja — mistiedna speċjali tal-Festival Mediterranju tal-Letteratura ta’ Malta fl-ambjent intimu tal-foyer taċ-ċinema ta’ Spazju Kreattiv. Din is-serje hija parti mill-kollaborazzjoni fit-tul bejn Inizjamed u Spazju Kreattiv. Id-dħul huwa b’xejn.
Jen Calleja hija kittieba Brittanika-Maltija, traduttriċi letterarja (mill-Ġermaniż għall-Ingliż), tutor tal-kitba kreattiva, u kopubblikattriċi ma’ Praspar Press, li tippubblika l-letteratura Maltija fir-Renju Unit. Jen Calleja hija l-awtriċi tar-rumanz Vehicle (il-Ktieb tas-Sena ta’ Granta); il-memoirs Fair: The Life-Art of Translation (il-Ktieb tal-Jum tal-Guardian) u Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode (ingħata 5 stilel minn The Telegraph); il-ġabra ta’ proża fittizja fil-qosor I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For u l-ġabriet poetiċi Dust Sucker u Serious Justice. Daħlet fil-lista finali tal-Premju għall-Premju tal-Fizzjoni fil-Qosor imtella’ mill-University of Essex tal-2020, u fil-lista preliminari tal-Premju Ivan Juritz tal-istess sena. Ittraduċiet aktar minn għoxrin xogħol ta’ letteratura Ġermaniza għall-Ingliż b’uħud minnhom jidħlu fil-lista finali tal-Premju Internazzjonali tal-Booker (2019); u l-Premju Translator-In-Residence mtella’ mill-British LIbrary (2017-2019). Hija wkoll waħda mill-fundaturi ta’ Praspar Press, li tappoġġja l-letteratura Maltija bl-Ingliż u t-traduzzjoni tagħha għall-Ingliż. Tagħti kors fuq livell ta’ Maġisteru fil-Kitba Kreattiva u Bijografika f’Goldsmiths College, hija tutur fil-kors ‘Il-Kitba tal-Fizzjoni fil-Qosor’ bħala parti minn workshop għall-kittieba mtella’ minn Granta. Qabel fasslet u għallmet f’wokshops u korsijiet għall-British Library, l-Arvon Foundatin, il-British Centre for Literary Translation u għal diversi universitajiet u istituzzjonijiet internazzjoanli. Tgħix Hastigns, ir-Renju Unit.
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This session is part of the Qari Qsajjar (Short Readings) series, during which Jen Calleja — special guest of Malta's Mediterranean Literature Festival — will read, in the intimate setting of the cinema foyer at Spazju Kreattiv. This series is part of the long-term collaboration between Inizjamed and Spazju Kreattiv. Admission is free.
Jen Calleja is a British-Maltese writer, literary translator (German-to-English), creative writing tutor, and co-publisher at Praspar Press, which publishes Maltese literature in the UK. Jen Calleja is the author of the novel Vehicle (a Granta Book of the Year), the memoirs Fair: The Life-Art of Translation (a Guardian Book of the Day) and Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode (5-starred review, The Telegraph), the short fiction collection I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For and the poetry collections Dust Sucker and Serious Justice. She was shortlisted for the Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize 2020 and longlisted for the Ivan Juritz Prize 2020. She has translated over twenty works of German-language literature into English (shortlisted, Booker International Prize 2019; Translator-in-Residence, British Library 2017-2019) and is co-founding publisher at Praspar Press, which supports Maltese literature in English and English translation. She teaches on the MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College, tutors the course 'Writing Literary Short Fiction' for the Granta Writers’ Workshop, and has previously devised and taught workshops and courses for the British Library, Arvon Foundation, the British Centre for Literary Translation and for various universities and institutions internationally. She lives in Hastings, UK.
Ħajr/Thanks to: Arts Council Malta, Versopolis, APS Bank, Spazju Kreattiv, Għaqda tal-Malti — Università, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di La Valletta, Teatru Salesjan, Vincent’s Eco Farm, Fondazzjoni tal-Arkivji Nutarili, Seen and Heard, La Rotta dei Fenici.
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Spazju Kreattiv, Castille Place,Valletta, Malta
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