Manwel Dimech
Maltese activist and philosopher (1860-1921) · Malta · On the map · Academics · Died at 60
Emmanuel Giovanni Salvatore Pietro Dimech, also known as Manwel Dimech was a Maltese socialist, philosopher, journalist, writer, poet and social revolutionary.
Manwel Dimech is read about 12 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
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The place where Manuel Dimech was born on 25 December 1860 in St. John's Street, Valletta, Malta
First issue of Dimech's weekly Il-Bandiera tal-Maltin (The Flag of the Maltese) - 8 January 1898
A plaque at Balzan, Malta, recalling a meeting Dimech had with the bishop during his excommunication
Italian S.S. Stura on which Dimech was exiled
Sepolture of Manwel Dimech at Sidi Bishr
Monument to Manwel Dimech at Castille Square, VallettaAbout this person
Born in Valletta and brought up in extreme poverty and illiteracy, Dimech spent significant portions of his early life in the Maltese prison system, mostly on charges of petty theft. At the age of seventeen, Dimech was arrested for the crime of involuntary murder, and sentenced to seventeen years in jail. After being thrown in jail, Dimech started to educate himself and became a man of letters.
