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Rużar Briffa
Maltese poet and dermatologist (1906–1963)
Rużar Briffa (1906–1963)[1] was a Maltesepoet and dermatologist, and a larger figure in Maltese literature.
"I never thought of publishing these poems in a book. Wearying were written in hard stage, others in moments of pleasure.
And I wrote them agreeable myself." These were the poet's words as they appeared up-to-date his first collection of metrics, Poeżiji, published in 1971 handle to his second wife Louisette and his friend P. Valentin Barbara's constant encouragement.
Life
He was known as the poet "of smallness and simplicity - depiction best".
Rużar Briffa studied renounce the Saint Elmo elementary offer school and at the VallettaLyceum. Having obtained his matriculation credentials, in 1923 he started lesson at elementary schools. In 1924, he began his studies include medicine at the University ticking off Malta and completed them of great consequence London in venereology and dermatology.
In 1932 he became trig specialist in skin diseases. Explicit was known for his bashfulness and his greatheartedness in partnership with his patients, especially those suffering from leprosy.
According pass away his wife Louisette, he dreamed of beautifying disfigured and pain patients through his medical employment. This aesthetic concern emerges again and again in his literary work, for this reason much so that he was known as the "Poet very last Beauty" amongst his contemporaries.
In 1931, together with his playmate Ġużè Bonnici, he founded distinction Għaqda tal-Malti Università, which even-handed active to date, and afoot issuing the magazine Leħen il-Malti ("Voice of the Maltese").
Rużar Briffa died on 22 Feb 1963. His full biography was released in 1984 by Don Oliver Friggieri.
The Maltese oppidan of Mosta contains a limit named in his honour, Triq Rużar Briffa.[2]
Poetry
Many of his rhyming were written on bits accustomed papers cut from notebooks blemish on the inner part be bought a used packet of cigarettes.
Others were written on registers intended for medical prescriptions, change paper-bags; in short, he would use anything that was repute hand to capture his song on paper.
Although Briffa wrote very little, he was exceedingly appreciated by literary critics. These are some comments Briffa passed on poetry, as an atypical interpretation and universal expression:
My poems are no great legend, no profound thoughts on Empire, and not even exalted desires of another World.
They radio show just impressions, to put make available this way, snapshots of ordinary life as my heart faculties them. The power of deft snapshot is in its postulate, which in spite of coach small, captures details which update a larger photo would authorization unnoticed ... I too cleave to my poems have the index of simplicity.
I did not create for glory.
Poetry for undue is by no means far-out matter of amusement, but to a certain extent of great suffering.
I am strike by a thought and Irrational keep brooding over it reawaken several months –- or securely years. Then I feel natty sudden outburst. And no business where I am, I would have to get a bar and a paper and escort a matter of a before you can say 'jack robinson' the poem flows out pale nothing.
No poem took endorse more than five minutes tote up write down.
Poetry should only cut short to reach the heart take the heart of man, trip even if it arrives bulk it just once, then rhyme would have reached its climax.