Camilleri was born in Ħamrun and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta.
Fellow Maltese writer and critic Mario Azzopardi (born in 1944 in Ħamrun Malta) describes Schembri as 'a pioneer in his generation that has assaulted his nation that is lubricated on hypocrisy, nepotism and corruption.
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