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Trevor
Żahra
was born on the 16th December 1947 at Zejtun (Malta). In 1971, Żahra married Stella nee Agius and they had two children, Ruben and Marija. Stella died in 1989 at the age of 38. Żahra was an Art and Maltese teacher for 33 years. At persent he is retired. He has more than 100 publications to date which are all written in Maltese. His first children's adventure, Il-Pulena tad-Deheb (The Golden Figurehead) was published in 1971. From that time onwards he never stopped writing novels, poems, workbooks and short stories. His adult novel Taħt il-Weraq tal-Palm (Under the Palm Tree), won first prize in the Klabb Kotba Maltin (1974) novel competition. He was awarded the 1995 Literary Prize for his fantasy novel Is-Seba' Tronġiet Mewwija (The Seven Enchanted Citrusfruits). He was also awarded the Silver Medal in the 1997 Literary Prize for his collection of short stories Lubien (Drowsy). He was also awarded first prize for his second collection of short stories Provenz (North-West Wind), first prize for his children's book X'Tixtiequ Jagħmel il-Fenek? (What Would You like the Rabbit to do?) and was awarded Best Illustrator Trophy for his book Din l-Art u Kull Ma Fiha (This Land and all it holds). He won the national literary prize nine times. On the 13 December 2004, H. E. the President of the Malta decorated him with the Midalja ghall-Qadi tar-Repubblika (Medal for Service to the Republic) in recognition for his contribution towards children's literature.
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