Klara Vassallo writes and conducts research. She holds a BA (Hons) in Maltese from the University of Malta and has recently completed a Master’s by Research in Maltese Literature, with research focusing on trauma, corporeality and poetic language in the work of Doreen Micallef. In 2022, she published the poetry collection ħoss ħsejjes, while her work has continued to develop through projects that bring poetry into dialogue with the body, memory and social experience. She was awarded first prize in the Doreen Micallef National Poetry Competition and is active within Inizjamed and PEN Malta. In her creative and academic work, Vassallo is particularly interested in the ways literature can give form to difficult experiences, create space for voices that often remain unheard, and become a means of reflection, dialogue and social engagement.