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Charles Casha: ‘I am inspired a lot by the characters of people’
Prolific writer Charles Casha, creator of Fra Mudest, tells all in our Q&A
31 December 2020, 8:18am
by Laura Calleja
The prolific writer and creator of Fra Mudest first published his first novel in 1968 and has been one of Maltese literature’s major contributor. The accident-prone monk Fra Mudest was created for the school magazine Children’s Own in 1967 and has become an icon of Maltese Literature for children.
What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?
Prepare breakfast and check my emails.
This year the Akkademja tal-Malti celebrated its 100th anniversary. Originally set up to streamline the Maltese alphabet, over the years its role evolved and it now focuses on promoting the national language and Maltese literature. Secretary Joseph Borg tells us why this is important and relevant in preserving a nation’s history and defining its future – to ensure that Maltese does not become a foreign language to today’s natives.
The Maltese language is probably the only factor that today distinguishes us and gives us our identity.
It is the national language as entrenched in our Constitution, while both Maltese and English are official languages. It is the only semitic language that has reached such status and has a unique feature: Maltese is the only semitic language which is written in Latin script.
Republic Day Honorees | Charmaine Gauci, public health czar, made Officer of Order of Merit
Cardinal Mario Grech, Prof. Charmaine Gauci and pathologist Christopher Barbara, Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi, and Gozitan band The Tramps honoured in Republic Day honours list
13 December 2020, 12:20pm
by Matthew Vella
On Republic Day each year, the President, on behalf of the government and people of Malta, pays public tribute to a number of Maltese citizens who distinguish themselves in different fields of endeavour, by appointing them to the National Order of Merit or to the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika, or by awarding them the Midalja għall-Qlubija or the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika.