Rena Balzan

Kittieba Mistiedna
Festival Mediterranju tal-Letteratura ta’ Malta 2019

English version below.

Rena Balzan hija poeta u rumanziera stabbilita Maltija. Hija ppubblikat erba’ rumanzi bil-Malti: Fil-Firda l-Għażla (1981); Il-Ħolma Mibjugħa (1982); Ilkoll ta’ Nisel Wieħed (l-1^el edizzjoni, 1987, it-2ⁿⁱ edizzjoni, 1988); u Fiż-Żifna tal-Ibliet (1995). Ir-rumanz Ilkoll ta’ Nisel Wieħed ġie maqlub għall-Inqliż minn Antoinette Pace u ġie ppubblikat fl-Istati Uniti bit-titlu Bonds in the Mirror of Time (2014). Hija ppubblikat ukoll ġabra ta’ poeżiji u stejjer qosra taħt it-titlu Ilwien Moħbija (1973), kif ukoll kienet ko-awtriċi f’żewġ ġabriet ta’ poeżija bit-titlu Turġien (1983) u Alfa (2000). Uħud mill-poeżiji tagħha ġew tradotti għall-Ingliż, Franċiż, Taljan u Ġermaniż.

Rena Balzan ippubblikat ukoll diversi xogħlijiet xjentifiċi f’ġurnali riveduti inter pares. Hija ggradwat fil-Farmaċija mill-Università ta’ Malta; speċjalizzat fil-Ġenetika fl-Università tal-Istat ta’ Milan, l-Italja, u kisbet dottorat fil-Bioloġija Bioteknoloġika/Molekulari mill-Università ta’ Cranfield, tar-Renju Unit. Għal ħafna snin ħadmet ta’ Professur Assoċjat fil-Bioloġija Ġenetika u Molekulari fil-Fakultà tal-Mediċina u l-Kirurgija. Fil-preżent qiegħda taqdi r-rwol ta’ Konsulent Superjuri tar-Riċerka fl-istess Fakultà. #FMLM2019

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Rena Balzan

Guest Author
Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival 2019

Rena Balzan is an established poet and novelist in Malta. She has published four novels in Maltese with the following titles: Fil-Firda l-G˙aΩla  (1981);  Il-Óolma st nd Mibjug˙a (1982); Ilkoll ta’ Nisel Wie˙ed (1  edition, 1987; 2  edition, 1998); FiΩ- Zifna ta’ l-Ibliet (1995). The novel Ilkoll ta’ Nisel Wie˙ed has been translated into English by Antoinette Pace and published in the USA with the title Bonds in the Mirror of Time (2014). She has also published a book of poems and short stories with the title Ilwien Mo˙bija (1973), and two poetry books as co-author entitled Tur©ien (1983) and Alfa (2000).  Some of her poems have been translated into English, French, Italian and German.

Rena Balzan has also published several scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. She graduated in Pharmacy at the University of Malta; specialized in Genetics at the State University of Milan, Italy, and obtained a PhD in Biotechnology/Molecular Biology from Cranfield University, U.K.  For several years, she was Associate Professor in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Malta where, at present, she is Senior Research Adviser. #MMLF2019

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