page_title: Maltese literature
section_title: Contemporary literature
hierarchical_section_title: Maltese literature / Contemporary literature
caption_attribution_description: English: Frans Sammut holding a copy of Mikiel Anton Vassalli's collection of Maltese proverbs. December 2006
context_page_description: Maltese literature is any literature originating from Malta or by Maltese writers or literature written in the Maltese language.
context_section_description: The post-War years saw the emergence of Moviment Qawmien Letterarju (Literary Revival Movement) in 1967, an avant-garde literary movement the protagonists of which included Oliver Friggieri (later Professor of Maltese at the University of Malta), Frans Sammut (1945–2011), the "national author", Alfred Sant (who was Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998), Lino Spiteri (who was Finance Minister in two Governments), and others.
  Among Oliver Friggieri's most important works is the collection of his poems.
  Frans Sammut's reputation is built on his novels Il-Gaġġa (on which the film with the same name is based), Samuraj, Paceville and Il-Ħolma Maltija (translated in Esperanto as La Malta Revo).
  Alfred Sant is known for his theatre collected mostly in his Fid-Dell tal-Katidral u Drammi Ohra, whereas Lino Spiteri became renowned for his novel Rivoluzzjoni Do Minore and his short stories.
  The Moviment Qawmien Letterarju scene eventually gave way to a new wave of writers, whose voices have shaped the contemporary literature scene. Foremost amongst these are writers such as Albert Marshall, Immanuel Mifsud, Adrian Grima, and Antoine Cassar. The contemporary scene has also seen the emergence of a new generation of female writers including Simone Inguanez, Nadia Mifsud, Simone Galea, Elizabeth Grech and Clare Azzopardi.
  Nowadays Maltese literature is dominated by literature in the Maltese language (e.g., Alex Vella Gera, Guze' Stagno), some works in English (Francis Ebejer for instance), and some works in Italian, such as the poems of Judge J.J. Cremona and Albert Caruana's ebook Il Sindaco di Racalmusci.
caption: Frans Sammut holding a copy of Mikiel Anton Vassalli's collection of Maltese proverbs.
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