Grech Ganado obtained her secondary education at St Joseph High School (Valletta) the Marija Regina Secondary School, in Hamrun.[1] She attended the University of Malta where she obtained a BA in English Literature. She was awarded a second BA from the University of Cambridge. She went on to read for a Master's degree jointly between the University of Malta and the University of Heidelberg. She returned to Malta to take up an academic position in the Department of English at the University, and is notable for being the first Maltese female full-time lecturer at the University of Malta.[2] She retired from teaching in 2003.
Literary workedit
Grech Ganado has written poetry in both Maltese and English, and is widely published. She has won the National Book prize for Poetry four times and received the first Maltese Poet Laureate award in 2020. Her work forms part of the National Curriculum at MATSEC level and has been translated into 12 other languages.
In 2000, Ganado Grech was awarded the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika in recognition for her service to Maltese Literature.[3] She also holds a Gieh il-Floriana award.
Personal lifeedit
Ganado Grech married Louis Grech in 1972, and they have three children; Xandru, Francesca and Louisa.[2] She has spoken out about her struggle with mental health issues.[4]
Bibliographyedit
Jum San Valentin
Iżda Mhux Biss, 1999
Skond Eva, 2001
Ribcage, 2001
Fil-Ħofra Bejn Spallejha, 2005
Cracked Canvas, 2005
Memory Rap, 2005
Taħt il-Kpiepel t'Għajnejja, 2014
Awguri, Giovanni Bonello!, 2016
Framed, 2018
Referencesedit
^Shaw, Dr Tony (20 February 2010). "Maria Grech Ganado, Ribcage (Sliema, Malta: Minima, 2003)". Dr Tony Shaw.
^ ab"Maria Grech Ganado - Mediterranean Poetry". www.odyssey.pm. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^Magazine, Vida (10 October 2016). "Caught in Between: Maria Grech Ganado on Bipolar Disorder". Vida Magazine Malta.
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