Norbert BUGEJA

Norbert Bugeja is a poet and academic. He has published two poetry collections in Maltese: Nartiċi (Klabb Kotba Maltin, 2016) was shortlisted for the National Book Prize (2017) and Bliet (Edizzjonijiet Emma Delezio, 2009) was awarded second placing at the National Book Awards (2010). Two collections of his poetry have also appeared in English translation: South of the Kasbah (trans. Irene Mangion; Midsea Books 2016) and Stay, Fairy Tale, Stay! Memoirs of a City Cast Adrift (trans. Maria Grech Ganado; Inizjamed / Midsea Books 2005).

 

Norbert is Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Studies at the Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta and Deputy Chair of the National Book Council (Malta). He is an Advisory Board member of the Anna Lindh Foundation and General Editor of the Journal of Mediterranean Studies. He has read his poetry at various international literature festivals and book fairs, and has published extensively on memory and life writing, cultural politics and the postcolonial literatures of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He has lectured at various universities internationally, and holds a Ph.D. in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Warwick.

(c) photo: Institute of Mediterranean Studies, BUFS

  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels
  • LOFT 58
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Swedish Institute
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • MuntPunt
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Commission européenne
  • Yunus Emre Institute