Home / National Book Prize / SOMNVM Poetry SOMNVM SOMNVM huwa rakkont li jiddjaloga ma’ siltiet u persunaġġi mit-Testment l-Antik li jmissu man-ngħas. mal-irqad u mal-imwiet. Jirreferi wkoll għas-swali tal-Ġuf, mnejn jiġu l-erwieħ, kif insibuhom fil-mitoloġija u l-mistiċiżmu Lhudi. Fl-istess waqt jissellef l-istejjer ta’ diversi persunaġġi bħal Emil Cioran li kiteb kemm dwar in-nuqqas ta’ rqad kroniku tiegħu kif ukoll dwar il-mewt, u ideat mill-folklor Malti, bħal dik tal-ħanżira tal-erwieħ li kienet tintelaq tiġri fit-toroq ta’ xi rħula qabel it-2 ta’ Novembru biex imbagħad titbiċċer u tinqasam mal-fqar f’Jum il-Mejtin. Buy the book Il-Fondazzjoni tal-Knisja tal-Ġiżwiti Poetry 2025 Glen Calleja Glen Calleja is a writer, editor and publisher who suffers from acute misanthropy and occassionally tinkers with handmade dolls. He is also a bookbinder and founder of Kotba Calleja. He has published several poetry collections, among them kull flgħaxija kif mal-għabex tnin u tmut saħħet il-jum, Iswed Assolut and, more recently, SOMNVM. He is a twin, though not a clone, and although he's a devotee of pizza and a drop of good wine, he is not, as of yet, religious. Calleja is also the co-founder of Studio Solipsis and Fondazzjoni HELA, an organisaton dedicated to literature and the Maltese literary industry. NEED ANY HELP? GET IN TOUCH contact us