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Roderick "Rigu" Bovingdon (born 28 September 1942) is an Anglo-Maltese Australian writer, academic, promoter of Maltese culture, social commentator, translator and musician.[1] [2]

Early life

Roderick Bovingdon was born in Attard, Malta, on 28 September 1942 to Rebekka Debono and Henry Charles Bovingdon, an Englishman born in South Africa.[3] The family emigrated from Malta by boat and disembarked on the shores of Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia on 14 January 1959, when he was 16 years old.[4]

Career

In 1968, Roderick Bovingdon founded the first School of Maltese Language outside of Malta.[5]

in 1974, he played a key role in the initiation of a popular Maltese song festival in Australia.[6]

National for the Maltese Language

He has written numerous opinion pieces and commentary criticizing the National Council for the Maltese Language's prescriptivist stance and dismissive approach to diasporic linguistic norms.

Council for Maltese Living Abroad

In 2012, Tonio Borg, then-Deputy Prime Minister of Malta and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malta, appointed Roderick Bovingdon to the Board of Experts as the Maltese community expert for Australia as part of the Council for Maltese Living Abroad, a council tasked with "keeping a registry of non-governmental organisations that were founded overseas by Maltese communities," among other initiatives and services for the Maltese diaspora.[7] [8] [9] [10]

Musical career

In 1974, Rigu Bovingdon pioneered Maltese-language pop music outside Malta with the release of Bejn il-Ħbieb (Between friends), which was recorded in Sydney, Australia.[11]

Għana singers Rigu Bovingdon and Joe Galea were featured in L’Imnarja, Fête des lumières (Malte),[12] a 1983 documentary produced by the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).[13]

Personal life

In 1965, he married Iris Pace. They have two sons.

Awards and honours

On 13 October 2012, Bovingdon was named Honorary member of the Maltese Poets Association (in Maltese: Għaqda Poeti Maltin)[14]

His 2015 book Laurent Ropà: L-Intellettwali Għawdxi-Franċiż was considered for the 2016 National Book Prize in the Historiographic Research category.[15]

On 13 December 2018, he was awarded the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika (Medal for Service to the Republic).[16] [17]

Discography

Publications

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-01-21. Roderick Bovingdon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830034600/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10859. 2021-08-30. 2021-09-08. AustLit.
  2. Web site: Carabott. Sarah. 2017-08-28. National Council 'should not have' absolute power over Maltese. 2021-09-08. Times of Malta. en.
  3. Web site: Saliba. Joe. Joe Saliba. 2009-10-02. BILLABONG: RIGU BOVINGDON STUDJU. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907031031/https://joesalibaaustralia.blogspot.com/2009/10/rigu-bovingdon-studju.html. 2021-09-07. 2021-09-08. BILLABONG. mt.
  4. Web site: Palma. Alfred. 2021-08-29. Aporija mill-Ġdid by Roderick (Rigu) Bovingdon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829125530/https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2019-09-24/newspaper-lifestyleculture/Aporija-mill-Gdid-by-Roderick-Rigu-Bovingdon-6736213882. 2021-08-29. 2021-09-08. The Malta Independent. en.
  5. Web site: Roderick Bovingdon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210908042705/https://bdlbooks.com/authors/roderick-bovingdon/. 2021-09-08. 2021-09-08. BDL Books. en.
  6. Web site: Watson. Gordon. 2018-12-13. Dr Tonio Borg and others, honoured on Republic Day. 2021-09-08. Newsbook. en-US.
  7. Web site: Council of Maltese Living abroad set up. 2021-09-08. foreignandeu.gov.mt. en.
  8. Web site: Council for Maltese Living Abroad - M3P. 2021-09-08. www.m3p.com.mt.
  9. Web site: 2012-09-18. Council for the Maltese Living Abroad. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210908050033/https://foreignandeu.gov.mt/en/Archives/Pages/Council-for-the-Maltese-Living-Abroad.aspx. 2021-09-08. 2021-09-08. foreignandeu.gov.mt.
  10. Web site: 2012-07-22. Council for Maltese Living Abroad Act. 2021-09-08. legislation.mt. en.
  11. Web site: Rigu Bovingdon - M3P. 2021-09-08. maltamedia.net. en.
  12. Web site: Grima. Adrian. 2021-07-08. Dokument Etnografiku tal-Imnarja tal-1976. 2021-09-08. adriangrima.org. en.
  13. Web site: Imnarja, fête des lumières (L') CNRS Images. 2021-09-08. images.cnrs.fr. fr.
  14. Web site: 2012-10-19. GĦAQDA POETI MALTIN: L-Għaqda Poeti Maltin taħtar Membru Onorarju ġdid. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210907060104/https://ghpm.blogspot.com/2012/10/l-gaqda-poeti-maltin-tatar-membru.html. 2021-09-07. 2021-09-08. GĦAQDA POETI MALTIN. mt.
  15. Web site: 2016-06-10. National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize Participants 2016 Kunsill Nazzjonali Tal-Ktieb. 2021-09-08.
  16. News: Scicluna. Frank L. January 2019. MALTA NATIONAL ORDER OF MERIT "MIDALJA TAL-QADI TAR-REPUBBLIKA". en. Maltese e-Newsletter - The Journal of the Maltese Diaspora. 2021-09-08.
  17. Web site: 2018-12-13. Republic Day 2018 Honours and Awards. 2021-09-08. MaltaToday.com.mt. en.
  18. Web site: 2007-11-07. Rigu Bovingdon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20071107034623/http://www.maltapoetry.com/poeti/rigu_bovington.htm. 2007-11-07. 2021-09-09. Malta Poetry u Poezija Plus. mt.
  19. Book: Bovingdon, Roderick. The Maltese language of Australia: Maltraljan: a lexical compilation with linguistic notations & a social, political and historical background. 2001. Lincom Europa. Muenchen. 19551169M .
  20. Web site: Trove. 2021-09-08. trove.nla.gov.au.
  21. Book: Bovingdon, Roderick. Maltralian: the Maltese ethnolect of Australia. 2019. Lincom Europa. 978-3-86288-920-4. LINCOM grammar surveys. 2. München. en.

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