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Event: In Conversation with renowned graphic novelist Joe Sacco
Date: 15 November 2023
Time: 18:00
Venue: Aula Magna of the Valletta Campus

On Wednesday 15 November 18:00, the Aula Magna of the will host the public talk “In Conversation with Joe Sacco”, which will be moderated by and from the , under the auspices of HUMS.

Renowned cartoonist and graphic novelist Joe Sacco will be in Malta to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature. The Honoris Causa will be conferred by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta. The ceremony will take place on Friday 17 November at the Church University in Valletta at 16:00.

The general public is warmly invited to “In Conversation with Joe Sacco.” To reserve a seat for the event, please send an email at your earliest convenience. Refreshments will follow the “conversation” to give the audience the opportunity to discuss with Joe Sacco his work over a glass of wine.

Joe Sacco was born in Malta in 1960. A year later his family immigrated to Melbourne, Australia, where he spent his childhood. In 1972, his family relocated to the United States. In 1978, Sacco majored in journalism at the University of Oregon, and in 1986 he started working for Fantagraphics, one of the most distinguished American publishers of independent comics and cartoons. Over the following years, his critically acclaimed strips and graphic novels focusing mostly on war-torn countries and geopolitical issues won him the name of father of comics journalism. In 2012, he earned the PEN Literary Award in Graphic Literature for Outstanding Body of Work.