Clare Azzopardi (5 July 1977) is a Maltese author who writes for both adults and younger readers.
Her work has appeared in translation in various literary periodicals, including In Focus, Transcript, Words without Borders, West 47, Lettre International (Hungary) and Kulturas Forms.
She has also written plays, including In-Nisa Jafu Kif, Pretty Lisa and L-Interdett Taħt is-Sodda which was published in French (Éditions Théatrales) and in Arabic (I-ACT) .
[9] She is also the recipient of 10 National Book Prize for Literature awards: Il-Linja l-Ħadra (2006),[10] L-Interdett taħt is-Sodda (2012),[11] Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh (2015),[12] Il-Każ Kważi Kollu tal-Aħwa De Molizz (2010),[13] Ir-Re Pankrazju jagħlaq mitt sena (2010), Jake Cassar (2015), Meta l-Milied ma Ġiex (2010),[14] Kidane (2012),[15] Il-Qtates ta' max-Xatt (2016) and Teresa (2017).
[16] In 2021, Azzoppardi won a Terramaxka Prize for best translated work, for the book Ors fl-Ispazju.