List of Maltese language poets

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This is a list of Maltese language poets:

• Pietru Caxaru (?-1485) - The first noted Maltese Poet
• Ġan Franġisk Bonamico (1639-1680)
• Gioacchino Navarro (1748-1813)
• Patri Fidiel OFM. Cap., (c1762-1824)
• Franġisku Saverju Baldacchino (1774-1860)
• Mons. Ludovik Mifsud Tommasi (1796-1879) - Canon of the Collegiate of Cospicua
• Luigi Rosato (1795-1872)
• Indri Schembri (1805-1872)
• Salvatore Cumbo (1810-1877)
• Ġan Anton Vassallo (1817-1868)
• Richard Taylor (1818-1868)
• Annibale Preca (1832-1901)
• Klement Mifsud Bonnici (1844-1918)
• Salvatore Frendo De Mannarino (1845-1918)
• Ġużè Muscat Azzopardi (1853-1927)
• Anton Muscat Fenech (1854-1910)
• Dwardu Cachia (1858-1907)
• Vincenzo Busuttil (1860-1922)
• Manwel Dimech (1860-1921)
• Rużar Briffa (1906-1963)
• Ġorġ Zammit (1908-1990)
• Ġorġ Pisani (1909-1991)
• Manwel Agius (1911-1993)
• Turu Vassallo (1911-1956)
• Anton Buttigieg (1912-1983)
• Ġużé Cremona (1913- )
• Karmenu Vassallo (1913-1987)
• Ġużé Chetcuti (1914-2006)
• Kilin (1917- )
• Patri Mattew Sultana OFM. Cap., (1918-1986)
• Dun Frans Camilleri (1919-1990)
• Vincent Ungaro (1919-1996)
• Ġorġ Chetcuti (1921-2006)
• Marċell Mizzi (1922- )
• Wallace Ph. Gulia (1926-2000)
• Marjanu Vella (1927-1988)
• J.J. Camilleri (1928- )
• Vincent Caruana (1929- )
• Pawlu Aquilina (1929- )
• Karmenu Mallia (1929- )
• Charles Vella (1930- )
• Ġużé Abela (1931-1991)
• John Scibberas (1932- )
• Manwel Cassar (1933- )
• Charles Coleiro (1933- )
• Joseph Sciberras (1934- )
• Victor Fenech (1935- )
• Peter A. Caruana (1937- )
• Daniel Massa (1937- )
• Alfred Massa (1938- )
• Wistin Attard (1939- )
• Achille Mizzi (1939- )
• Alfred Palma (1939- )
• Ġorġ Peresso (1939- )
• Alfred Degabriele (1940- )
• Bernard Mallia (1941- )
• Joe Saliba (1941- )
• Roger Scotto (1942- )
• Carmel Attard (1943-1994)
• Emanuel Attard (1943- )
• Marija Grech Ganado (1943- )
• Mario Azzopardi (1944- )
• Carmel G. Cauchi (1944- )
• Dennis Agius (1945- )
• Philip Sciberras (1945- )
• Rena Balzan (1946- )
• Ġorġ Borg (1946- )
• Joe Friggieri (1946- )
• Lillian Sciberras (1946- )
• Oliver Friggieri (1947- )
• Albert Marshall (1947- )
• Trevor Żahra (1947- )
• Carmel Calleja (1948- )
• Charles Flores (1948- )
• Raymond Mahoney (1949- )
• Doreen Micallef Chritien (1949- )
• Marlene Saliba (1949- )
• Mario F. Bezzina (1950- )
• Francis Galea (1953- )
• Ray Buttigieg (1955- )
• Charles Bezzina (1961- )
• Joe Galea (1966- )
• John Buttigieg (1966- )
• Immanuel Mifsud (1967- )
• Adrian Grima (1968- )
• Joseph Buttigieg (1974- )
• Patri Mario Azzopardi OFM. Cap., (1928-2006)
• Patri Kamillu Aquilina OFM., (1919 - )

Popular poems by these poets, are:

Poet	Poem in Maltese	Translation
Pietru Caxaru	Xidew il-Qada	Wear the Destiny
Ġan Franġisk Abela	Mejju ġie bil-Ward u ż-Żahar	May comes with Flowers and Blossoms
Gioacchino Navarro	Tliet Għanjiet bil-Malti	Three Rythems in Maltese
Patri Fidiel	Coronella dello Spirto Santo	Short Prayer of Holy Ghost
Patri Fidiel	Lejna Ħares O Ħanina	Look at us Merciful Lady
Franġisku Saverju Baldacchino	Canzonetta	Song
Ludovik Mifsud Tommasi	Stabat Mater dolorosa	Holy Our Lady of Sorrows
Ludovik Mifsud Tommasi	Christe Sanctorum decus Angelorum
Ludovik Mifsud Tommasi	Magnae Deus Potentiae
Luigi Rosato	Katarina	Catherine
Luigi Rosato	Birżebbuġa	Birzebbugia
Indrì Schembri	L-Att ta' l-Indiema fuq il-Miserere	Repentance Act on the Miserere
Salvatore Cumbo	Nuper Fugit Amor
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Lil Ġannina	To Jane
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Il-Bniedem fid-Dinja	The Human in the World
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Iż-Żgħurija	The Childish
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Iż-Żgħużija	The Teenage Life
Ġan Anton Vassallo	L-Armla	The Widow
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Is-Sena l-Ġdida	The New Year
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Tifħira lil Malta	Encomium to Malta
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Il-Burqax u l-Għarusa	The Painted Comber and the Bride
Ġan Anton Vassallo	Il-Qargħa u l-Ġennien	The Pumpkin and the Gardener

[edit] References

• Il-Poeżija Maltija, an antology by Oliver Friggieri, Malta University Publishers.