Lina Brockdorff
Lina Brockdorff (born 1930) is a Maltese author, playwright and radio broadcaster. Early life Brockdorff was born in Senglea to Patrick and Mary Mahoney in 1930. Her early life was marked by the outbreak of World War II when Brockdorff was nine years old. Her family moved multiple times throughout the war, living in various localities such as Vittoriosa, Sliema, Dingli and Rabat. Education Brockdorff's early education was interrupted by the outbreak of the war, but when the war was over she returned to school on her father's insistence. She wanted to pursue a medical career however her family could not afford to send her to University and enrolled her in a teacher's training course without informing her. She resumed her education later in life, when she enrolled in a one-year introductory course in theology in 1991, followed by a five-year Bachelor's course. She eventually obtained a Masters degree in theology and humanities in 2002 at the age of 72. Career Brockdorff's teaching career began at a State primary school, however she stopped teaching to raise her four children. During this time, she focused on her writing. She later continued her career at St Aloysius College as an English-language teacher.