Education
University of Malta.
University of Malta.
His first collection of short stories for adults, Qed Nistenniek Niżzla max-Xita (I"m waiting for you to fall with the rain) was published to critical and popular acclaim in February 2009. A number of his short stories have been translated into English, French, Catalan, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish and Italian and were read at numerous literary festivals around Europe and the Middle East. Mejlak"s award-winning novel Rih Isfel (southern wind) has been turned into a 13-episode prime-time television series for Malta"s NET television He was a British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent, a regular columnist for Malta"s daily In-Nazzjon and produced radio shows - including 60 one-hour documentaries on rock legends - for various national radio stations.
From an early age, Pierre J. Mejlak published a number of magazines, including his own monthly magazine Il-Fwieha tan-Narcisa, which he wrote, edited and published from January 1996 to December 2000.
In 2004 he left Malta to Luxembourg to work at the European Union Publications Office. He then moved to Brussels, where he worked as a translator for six years.
Mejlak returned to Valletta for a 3 year sabbatical in 2010, where he worked in the Office of the Prime Minister. During this time he was involved in Valletta"s bid to host the 2018 European Capital of Culture.
2014 European Union Prize for Literature, Malta, Dak li l-Lejl Iħallik Tgħid
Trab Abjad (White Dust, 1999) — short novel for children
Meta Nstabu l-Anġli (When the angels were found, 2002) — short novel for children
Riħ Isfel (Southern Wind, 2007) — cross-over novel
Qed Nistenniek Nieżla max-Xita (I"m waiting for you to fall with the rain, 2009) — short stories for adults
Dak li l-Lejl Iħallik Tgħid (What the night lets you say, 2011) — short stories for adults
Stejjer mill-Bibbja (Bible Stories, 2003)
Enċiklopedija għat-Tfal (Children"s Encyclopedia, 2005)
Il-Ħajja ta" Ġesú" (The Story of Christ, 2009)
Riħ Isfel (Southern Wind, 2010) — 13-episode drama on Malta"s Net television