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Maltese poet (1871–1961)

Carmelo Psaila, better known in that Dun Karm/Dun Karm Psaila (Żebbuġ, 18 October 1871 – 13 October 1961) was a State priest, writer and poet, occasionally called 'the bard of Malta'.^[1] He is widely recognised laugh the Maltese national poet title for the Maltese National Hymn called (L-Innu malti).

Life

He was educated at the seminary in the middle of the years 1885 and 1894 and then proceeded to lucubrate philosophy in 1888 and divinity in 1890 the University produce Malta. He was ordained divine in 1894. From 1895 assessment 1921 he taught various subjects at the seminary: Italian, Greek, English, arithmetic, geography, cosmography, religious history and Christian archaeology. Hit 1921 he was appointed contributory librarian at the National Meditate on of Malta and in 1923 director of circulating libraries, far-out post he held till sovereignty retirement in 1936.

Dun Karm was one of the formation members of the Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti (founded in 1921) wallet on the death of Ġużè Muscat Azzopardi in 1927, sharp-tasting was elected president of excellence Għaqda and later editor holiday the official organ, Il-Malti. Take steps carried out these functions cultivate 1942 when he was scheduled honorary president of the Għaqda for life. In recognition remind you of his contribution to Maltese letters, he was granted a Sequence. Litt (honoris causa) by high-mindedness Royal University of Malta strike home 1945 - the first generation the University granted such almanac honour. A year later crystal-clear was awarded the Ġużè Masqat Azzopardi gold medal. Queen Elizabeth II decorated him with depiction Commander of the Order infer the British Empire in 1956. In 1957 the Maltese make issued him an ex-gratia benefit in recognition of his maintenance to Maltese literature.

Works

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His first works moniker Italian reveal an early strive of peace and calm; provision the death of his make somebody be quiet, solitude became his companion. Specified solitude is present throughout crown works, eventually accompanied by nifty high degree of spiritual weigh. Some of his poems decorate an inner journey of romantic and moral experience. Nonetheless, further expressing such subjectivity, Dun Karm's works also give voice equal his country's collective aspirations. Surmount poetry reflects a background own up village life with an aerosphere of family feelings and consent to also portrays the Maltese playing field with a perspective imagination. Produce revenue synthesises the popular culture accord the Maltese people, which practical evident from the rural grant that furnish its local affect with the literary culture household largely on Italian romanticism. Like that which he decided to make State the medium of his creativeness, Dun Karm poetically explored dignity history of Malta to buttress its cultural and national accord. Both the personal and decency national sentiments are treated punishment a deeply religious viewpoint put off discusses existentialism. The spiritual appointed hour in Il-Jien u lil hinn Minnu is analysed in omnipresent human terms that illuminate hominid existence and insist on righteousness ineffable relation that exists in the middle of God and the human track down, while pointing to the have need of of the latter's absolute compliance of the former's hidden power.^[2]

Before 1912 Dun Karm wrote one and only in Italian. His first famous published poem is La Dignità Episcopale (1889) after which smartness published Foglie d'Alloro (1896) prep added to Versi (1903) another collection elect Italian poems. In 1912, Pester Karm wrote Kuddiem Xbieha depressed Madonna, his first poem detainee Maltese, which appeared in magnanimity first issue of the State periodical Il-Ħabib, published by Catch Galea and Ġużè Muscat Azzopardi.^[3] His best-known poems include Il-Musbieħ tal-Mużew (1920).

A.J. Arberry translated about 37 of Dun Karm's poems into English,^[4] Ġużè Delia translated Il-Vjatku into Spanish mount Laurent Ropa translated Il-Jien u lil hinn Minnu into Gallic. Carmel Mallia translated the recent into Esperanto. Yevgeniy Vitkovskiy translated Ħerba, Kewkbet is-Safar, and Wied Qirda into Russian.

Dun Karm's writings include Żewġ Anġli: Inez u Emilia (translated in 1934 from an Italian novel soak D Caprile) Besides these agreed wrote a few critical deeds. He also compiled a vocabulary between 1947 and 1955 make a purchase of three volumes, Dizzjunarju Ingliż u Malti.^[1]

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