Ġużè Ellul Mercer

Ġużè Ellul Mercer was born in Msida on 22 March 1897. A clerk in the colonial government from the First World War, he rose through its ranks and remained there until 1950. Engaged in politics from 1919, he was from 1928 assistant editor, then editor-in-chief of the Labour newspaper Il Cotra, and gave another newspaper satirical stories that the Church condemned. A writer, journalist and politician, he died in Sliema on 22 September 1961.

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• NovelShadows of the TruthLeli ta' Ħaż-ŻgħirĠużè Ellul Mercer · 1938Literature