Ghaqda Letterarja Maltija
(Maltese Literary Society)
Established 1951
Committee
The committee is elected
for a period of two years during a General Meeting held in January. The
committee is bound to meet at least once every month. Members of the Committee
are prohibited from serving on committees of other Maltese literary societies.
The committee for 2003-2004
is made up of the following:
Honorary President for Life: JOHN C. FRIGGIERI
President: IVAN DE BATTISTA
Vice President: SERGIO GRECH
Secretary: MARY ANNE ZAMMIT
Treasurer: GEORGE FALZON
P.R.O./International Secretary: SIMONE INGUANEZ
Gozo Representative: Rev. GEORGE MERCIECA, S.Th.L.
Vice Secretary: JESMOND ZERAFA
Vice Treasurer: JOSEPH SCIBERRAS
Members: LINA BROCKDORFF, JACQUELINE DESIRA, CLAUDIA FIORINI
Motto
"NOGLEW 'IL FUQ BIL-PINNA TAGHNA"
(Let us soar high with our pen)
Anthem
Verses: PAWLU MIFSUD
Music: MRO CHARLES ZAMMIT, Ph.D.,D.Mus., F.L.C.M.
Noghlew 'il fuq,'il fuq, bil-pinna taghna
U nkattru l-gieh ta' Lsien din l-Art Maltija
Biex kif fl-imghoddi kien, hekk jibqa' maghna.
U jibqa' maghna shih jekk ghalenija
Nahdmu bil-qalb fi hdan l-Ghaqda setghana
Li taghha ahna wlied l-iktar kburija;
Din l-Ghaqda taghna li ghal bosta snin
Gholliet l-isem ta' Malta w tal-Maltin.
(Free Translation)
Let us soar high and high with our pen
And boost the honour of the language of this Maltese land
So that it will remain with us as in the past.
And with us it will stay healthy if we heartily
Toil in the embrace of the powerful Society
Of which we are the most proud members;
This Society of ours that through the years
Has exalted the name of Malta and the Maltese.