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Lina Brockdorff is a Maltese author, playwright and radio broadcaster. |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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Brockdorff was born in Senglea to Patrick and Mary Mahoney in 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A first hand account of daily life in wartime Malta |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/a-first-hand-account-of-daily-life-in-wartime-malta.97473 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> Her early life was marked by the outbreak of World War II when Brockforff was nine years old.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=82-year-old insists: ‘It is never too late to study’ |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/-It-is-never-too-late-to-study-.422632 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> |
Brockdorff was born in Senglea to Patrick and Mary Mahoney in 1930.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A first hand account of daily life in wartime Malta |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/a-first-hand-account-of-daily-life-in-wartime-malta.97473 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> Her early life was marked by the outbreak of World War II when Brockforff was nine years old.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=82-year-old insists: ‘It is never too late to study’ |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/-It-is-never-too-late-to-study-.422632 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> |
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Brockdorff's teaching career began at a State primary school, however she stopped teaching to raise her four children. During this time, she focused on her writing. She later continued her career at St Aloysius College as an English-language teacher.<ref name=":0" /> She served as a council member of [[Akkademja tal-Malti|L-Akkademja tal-Malti]] between 2004 and 2005 and remains an academy member.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Lina Brockdorff honoured for contribution to Maltese literature |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/lina-brockdorff-honoured-for-contribution-to-maltese-literature.836807 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> She also served as President of ''Għaqda Letterarja Maltija'' for eight years and is a member of Għaqda Poeti Maltin''.''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=UPDATED: Lina Brockdorff awarded Ġieħ L-Akkademja tal-Malti Gold Medal 2020 |url=https://tvmnews.mt/en/news/lina-brockdorff-awardeupdated-lina-brockdorff-awarded-gieh-l-akkademja-tal-malti-gold-medal-2020d-gieh-l-akkademja-tal-malti-2020/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=TVMnews.mt |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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Started teaching career in primary state school - stopped when she got married |
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Brockdorff began writing at the age of 17 whilst attending the teachers' training college, where scholar [[Ġużè Aquilina]] would encourage his students to write short stories or essays for broadcast on radio.<ref name=":1" /> She was highly prolific throughout the subsequent decades, writing and producing several programmes that were aired on Rediffusion throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including ''Ħlieqa Bejnietna'', ''Quddiem il-Mera'', ''Nofs Siegħa Flimkien'', and ''Magic in the Kitchen''.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> |
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She wrote several radio plays, including ''Il-Fqajjar t'Assisi''. Some of her works were also broadcast on Australian radio.<ref name=":3" /> |
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Focused on writing while raising four children |
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Throughout her career, she has written six anthologies, twelve novels and over 340 novellas.<ref name=":2" /> She also wrote an autobiography about her experience of WWII called Sireni u Serenati (Serenades Amidst The Sirens)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The war years in Malta, as seen by a woman writer |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/the-war-years-in-malta-as-seen-by-a-woman-writer.110805 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Times of Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref>, which won awarded a prize as ''Best novel - Non Fiction'' by the National Book Council of Malta in 2004. It was also subsequently serialised and broadcast on various radio stations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2016 |title=Lina Brockdorff's WW2 autobiography now in English |url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-05-23/books/Lina-Brockdorff-s-WW2-autobiography-now-in-English-6736158267 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=The Malta Independent}}</ref> She was awarded the Gold Medal at Ġieħ l-Akkademja tal-Malti.<ref name=":2" /> |
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Resumed career as English-language teacher at St Aloysius College |
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Served as council member of L-Akkademja tal-Malti (2004-2005) and remains an academy member |
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Started writing at 17 when she attended the Teacher's Training College |
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Prolific in 1950s and 60s when she wrote and produced several programmes that aired on Rediffusion. |
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Published more than 340 novellas |
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Wrote an autobiography about her experience of WWII. |
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Written six anthologies and 12 novels. |
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Revision as of 13:32, 5 March 2022
Lina Brockdorff is a Maltese author, playwright and radio broadcaster.
Early life
Brockdorff was born in Senglea to Patrick and Mary Mahoney in 1930.[1] Her early life was marked by the outbreak of World War II when Brockforff was nine years old.[2]
Education
Brockdorff's early education was interrupted by the outbreak of the war, but when the war was over she returned to school on her father's insistence.[2] She wanted to pursue a medical career however her family could not afford to send her to University and enrolled her in a teacher's training course without informing her. She resumed her education later in life, when she enrolled in a one-year introductory course in theology in 1991, followed by a five-year Bachelor's course. She eventually obtained a Masters degree in theology and humanities in 2002 at the age of 72.[2]
Career
Brockdorff's teaching career began at a State primary school, however she stopped teaching to raise her four children. During this time, she focused on her writing. She later continued her career at St Aloysius College as an English-language teacher.[2] She served as a council member of L-Akkademja tal-Malti between 2004 and 2005 and remains an academy member.[3] She also served as President of Għaqda Letterarja Maltija for eight years and is a member of Għaqda Poeti Maltin.[4]
Writings
Brockdorff began writing at the age of 17 whilst attending the teachers' training college, where scholar Ġużè Aquilina would encourage his students to write short stories or essays for broadcast on radio.[1] She was highly prolific throughout the subsequent decades, writing and producing several programmes that were aired on Rediffusion throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Ħlieqa Bejnietna, Quddiem il-Mera, Nofs Siegħa Flimkien, and Magic in the Kitchen.[3][4]
She wrote several radio plays, including Il-Fqajjar t'Assisi. Some of her works were also broadcast on Australian radio.[4]
Throughout her career, she has written six anthologies, twelve novels and over 340 novellas.[3] She also wrote an autobiography about her experience of WWII called Sireni u Serenati (Serenades Amidst The Sirens)[5], which won awarded a prize as Best novel - Non Fiction by the National Book Council of Malta in 2004. It was also subsequently serialised and broadcast on various radio stations.[6] She was awarded the Gold Medal at Ġieħ l-Akkademja tal-Malti.[3]
Mention books
Mention awards
References
- ^ a b "A first hand account of daily life in wartime Malta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ a b c d "82-year-old insists: 'It is never too late to study'". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ a b c d "Lina Brockdorff honoured for contribution to Maltese literature". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ a b c "UPDATED: Lina Brockdorff awarded Ġieħ L-Akkademja tal-Malti Gold Medal 2020". TVMnews.mt. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ "The war years in Malta, as seen by a woman writer". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ "Lina Brockdorff's WW2 autobiography now in English". The Malta Independent. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2022.