George Scicluna

George (Ġorġ) Scicluna is a Maltese author. He was born in Victoria Gozo (Malta) on February 2, 1922 and studied at the Lyceum (Liceo) in Victoria. He became a public school teacher. After serving in the Second World War as a soldier, he went to England to study at St Mary's College. He returned to Malta in 1947 and became a Head Master at Kercem Primary School until his demise on the 4th of December 1974.

George Scicluna wrote "Il-Mara li Għexet" in 1964; this literary work was broadcast on Rediffusion soon after. However, Scicluna's first novel "Il-Qassis li Rebaħ" was published much later, in 1970. His third novel "Ulied Subien u Bniet" was not published. In the final months before his death, George penned 2 novels, "Ommijiet u Missirijiet" and "Bin ir-Russja". Despite of the advancement of his short illness, he had also started working on another novel, "Belt ix-Xemx" and although he did not finish it, he dictated it for future publishing.

George Scicluna was the winner of the Literary Prize (Premju Letterarju) in 1975 for his historical novel "Il-Mara li Għexet", published by Klabb Kotba Maltin.