Markapaġna E01 – Claudia Gauci

In our first episode of this new series Luke Galea speaks to the poet Claudia Gauci about the memory, nostalgia and the vulnerability of the author in Immanuel Mifsud’s memoir Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben) (Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2010) and in her poetry collection Max-Xatt tat-Tamarisk (Kotba Calleja, 2022).

Claudia Gauci teaches Maltese at the Junior College and is also a translator. In 2022 she published her second poetry collection, Max-Xatt tat-Tamarisk (Kotba Calleja). She has translated several children’s books into Maltese for Merlin Publishers, including 2019 National Book Prize winner Magni taż-Żmien (2018). Claudia is an active member of Inizjamed.

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Books discussed in this episode: 
Immanuel Mifsud, Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben) (Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2010)
Claudia Gauci, Max-Xatt tat-Tamarisk (Kotba Calleja, 2022)

Markapaġna is produced by the National Book Council and aired in collaboration with MaltaToday.
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