Guest blogging by Immanuel Mifsud

Author Immanuel Mifsud will be guest blogging in this space over the weekend. Immanuel, whose work captures the spirit of modern Malta, was one of the first bloggers to use Maltese as a medium back in 2005

I've known Immanuel since our school days at SPMC and have closely followed his creative work since the days he co-founded the literary group Versarti at the New Lyceum and especially later when he set up experimental theatre groups such as It-Teatru tal-Ghomja in the late eighties and Teatru Marta Kwitt in the nineties. I have particularly fond recollections of watching productions directed by Immanuel such as Max Frisch's Andorra and Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca.

Immanuel was among the first to represent Malta in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won acclaim for his innovative drama productions as well as for his bold poetry and ground breaking literary works such as Stejjer ta' Nies Koroh ( 1991), L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut (2002) and Kimika (2005).

He directed the first Malta International Poetry Festival organised by the Malta Arts Council in 2004 and currently teaches Maltese literature at the University of Malta Junior College. Immanuel is an enthusiastic supporter of Hibernians FC.