Malta Ħanina by Daniel Rondeau

Malta Ħanina ta' Daniel Rondeau u maqlub għall-Malti minn Toni Aquilina, hu t-tlettax-il-ktieb mis-Sensiela Traduzzjonijiet Faraxa.

Daniel Rondeau, l-ambaxxatur Franċiż f'Malta bejn l-2008 u l-2011 immortaliżża l-esperjenza mżewqa tiegħu fil-gżejjer Maltin fil-ktieb Malta Ħanina.

'Malta ħadmet ir-rwoli kollha fuq il-palk Mediterranju. Taħt il-maskra tal-ġebel, liebsa lbies ta' xemx u ta' baħar, hi kienet il-maħruma, il-minsija, il-missielta, il-kiefra, il-ħerqana, iż-żienja, il-gżira kennija, il-gżira fortizza, il-ħabs, bażi navali minn żmien il-Feniċi, furmarija kbira fl-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija, bunker ewlieni tal-Allejati fit-Tieni, matmura l-ħin kollu ta' ħolm varjat u kontradittorju. Il-passat għadu b'danakollu ħaj fit-toroq dojoq tal-Belt Valletta, San Francisco fiċ-ċokon, mimlija tlugħ u nżul, l-ewwel belt Ewropea mibnija fuq pjanta, b'veduti kull mument fuq il-ġelu ikħal tal-baħar.'

Professor Toni Aquilina's translation into Maltese of Daniel Rondeau's Malta Ħanina has been published with the financial support of The Malta Book Council. The book, originally written in French was first published by Éditions Grasset in January 2012.

Author, journalist, editor and diplomat, Daniel Rondeau was French Ambassador to Malta between 2008 and 2011. He left an indellible mark on our island, seeking every opportunity to promote Malta in the French media and to further the historical and cultural ties that have long existed between us and France. He was afterwards appointed French Ambassador to Unesco in Paris, where he is now representing the United Nations University think-tank. He is a well-known figure in French literary circles, having won various prestigious prizes, amongst others the Prix Populiste (1988), the Prix Liberté Littéraire (1994), the Prix des Deux Magots (1997), the Prix Saint Simon (2014) and the Prix Paul Morand of the French Academy for the totality of his work.

Article on Malta Independent, 18th July 2016:

https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-07-18/newspaper-lifestyleculture/Daniel-Rondeau-s-Malta-Hanina-translated-into-Maltese-6736161149