Charles Casha-Prolific writer

Charles Casha (1943- )        

Charles Casha was born in Marsa on the 21 st September, 1943. He became a teacher by profession and served for over forty years in the education department. His contribution, as a prolific writer, to Maltese Literature spreads over 47 years.

Casha’s books fall into different categories, each aimed at different ages. He explores situations and characters taken from real life and creates characters about whom he writes with love and respect describing them as if he were a portrait painter.

In spite of the strong demand he had for children’s literature, he managed to publish seven novels, six books of short stories for adults and three books for teenagers.

In 1967 he created Fra Mudest, a character for a series of books for children. This was his greatest success.

His authobiography was published in 2013 under the title of “Jien ukoll għandi storja xi ngħid” (I too have a story to tell).

His poems are collected in two small books “Mumenti” and “Riflessi” published in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Casha was awarded the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika in 2012 for his contribution to Maltese Literature.

Casha is married to Mary neé Casingena and they have three children, Stefanja, Mark and Kristjana.

Din il-kitba dehret fuq Facebook : 29-01-2015

Riflessjoni żgħira fuq ir-Riflessi ta' Charles Casha.

Għadu kif ġie f’idejja l-ktieb Riflessi, il-ġabra ġdida ta’ poeżija ta’ Charles Casha, il-poeta u kittieb prolifiku rqajjaq. Mal-ewwel daqqa t’għajn anki lejn il-werrej, tattakkak mistoqsija mhux faċli, fuq kemm hu faċli li tikteb poeżija wara s-sittin, mhux biss fis-sens arkitett jew 'ortografiku' tal-kelma. Minix ngħid li dawn il-poeżiji kitibhom Charles issa. Uħud minnhom jidhru li ilhom li kitbuh huma. Stampa li tfakkrek fix-xmara ta’ Herakulaitis li tpassi darba waħda biss. Iżda b’diżubbidjenza kreattiva u tfitxija dejjiema minkejja l-impotenza biex tirritorna lura lejn is-sors. 
Ir-riflessjonijiet ta’ dan il-poeta grixti u rqajjaq ma jmorrux ’il bogħod mill-istess xtajta tax-xmara riġenerattiva tal-ħajja, li bilfors saħħritu għal warajha la l-ħoss tal-flawt jinħass daqshekk fil-vrus tiegħu. F’din il-ġabra forsi jinħass aktar liberu, fejn il-poeta jimxi wara l-ħsus interni li ma tridx wisq sintonizzazzjoni jew xi tagħmir speċjali miġjub minn pjaneta oħra biex tiggosta jew tapprezza t-tonalità bnedmija tagħhom. Naf li Charles inqabad bejn iż-żewġ influssi ta’ ħsejjes, u naf li t-tnejn mhux faċli li ssodd widnejk għal magħhom, iżda bħal O. Friġġieri, Mario Azzopardi, A. Mizzi, D.Massa, T. Tarcisio Zarb (ma jammettix), Maria GG u diversi oħrajn mill-ġenerazzjoni li poetikament inqabdet bil-qalziet ta’ taħt imniżżel fuq dak kollu li nafu fuq poeżija, bir-riżultat li ħafna minn dawn kellhom bilfors joħloqu l-pulsi u t-tensjonijiet rivoluzzjonarji u mistiċi tagħhom. Forsi Charles kien wieħed milli ppreferu li jibqgħu tikka oħra fit-transitorju kreattiv, sakemm jissetiljaw l-affarijiet li donnu nduna fil-fatt li qatt ma jissetiljaw. Dan kollu jinħass u anki jinxtamm u jintiegħem f’dil-ġabra li anki mill-werrej tgħidlek għaliex dan il-poeta daqshekk grixti u rqajjaq. Abbli minħabba li l-passi fermi tiegħu dejjem kienu mużikali.

Walid Nabhan

Kittieb 

Nota Personali mingħand Walid:

Prosit tal-vjaġġ poetiku Charles. Riflessjonijiet tassew kbar u niffieda.