Tribute to Dun Karm

Tribute was paid yesterday to national poet Dun Karm at a commemorative ceremony at his monument in Floriana. The event was held under the auspices of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts, and included musical interludes by a band, and a poetry...

Tribute was paid yesterday to national poet Dun Karm at a commemorative ceremony at his monument in Floriana.

The event was held under the auspices of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts, and included musical interludes by a band, and a poetry recital.

Born in 1871, Dun Karm wrote his first known poem in Italian in 1889. He started writing in Maltese in 1912. He died on October 13, 1961.

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