National Book Prize: Books 2012

Winners of the National Book Prize 2013 for books published in 2012:

Fiction:

1) ALEX VELLA GERA. “IS-SRIEP REĠGĦU SARU VELENUŻI”

2) ĠORĠ PERESSO. “IR-RAĠEL TA’ WAĦDU”

Non-Fiction:

1) CHARLES BRIFFA. “JOSEPH VELLA BONDIN, DRAMMATURGU”

2) ANDREW BORG U MARK MICALLEF. “ILWIEN IL-FESTI MALTIN VOL. 2”

Religous Writing:

1) ELIJA VELLA. “FEJQAN SĦIĦ: KRISTOTERAPIJA”

Textbooks:

1) CLARE AZZOPARDI. “3.MT”

Lifestyle:

1) PETER DACOUTROS. “MY FAVOURITES.”

Maltese Poetry:

1) MARIO AZZOPARDI. “IL-FABBRIKANT TAL-MARJUNETTI.”

2) CLAUDIA GAUZI. “SEKONDA QABEL TQUM”

English Poetry:

1) VICTOR FENECH. “SPRING RAIN/WINTER BLUES”

Maltese Drama:

1) JOE FRIGGIERI. “L-GĦANJA TAĊ-ĊINJU U IL-ĠNIEN TA’ ESOPU”

2) ALFRED BUTTIGIEG. “DWAR MENOPAWSI, MINORENNI U MUTURI HIGH SPEED”

Biographical Research and/or History in Maltese or otherwise:

1) MARIO CUTAJAR. “MINTOFF – IL-BIENDEM U L-ISTORJA”

2) CHARLES FARRUGIA. “SICUT LILIUM – DEVOZZJONI U RITWAL TUL IS-SEKLI”

General Research in Maltese or otherwise:

1) RAYMOND MANGION. “SPEAKERS’ RULING IN THE PARLIAMENT OF MALTA”

2) MARK MONTEBELLO U FRANCIS GALEA. “APHORISMS: WISDOM OF A PHILOSOPHER IN EXILE”

Children’s Prose:

1) CLARE AZZOPARDI. “KIDANE”

2) CARMEL G. CAUCHI. “KIF JAĦSIBHOM MASTRU GERFEX”

Teens’ Prose:

1) JOHN BONNELLO. “IS-SITT AĦWA”

2) ADRIAN GRIMA. “DIN MHIX LOGĦBA”

Translation and foreign language books for children and teens:

1) SIMON BARTOLO. “DEFORMITY”

Certificate of Merit for the best production of a publication in Maltese:

MERLIN PUBLISHERS LIMITED. “IS-SITT AĦWA”

Certificate of Merit for the best production of a publication in another language:

DANIEL CILIA U SALEŻJANI TA’ DON BOSCO. “VICTORIA A PORTRAIT OF A CITY”

Certificate of Merit for the best illustrator:

FRANK SCHEMBRI. “KIF JAĦSIBHOM MASTRU GERFEX”

Certificate of Merit for the best translation into Maltese or otherwise:

GĦAQDA BIBLIKA MALTIJA. “IL-BIBBJA – IR-RABA EDIZZJONI”

Prize of honour for contribution to local literature:

ANTON CASSAR

Event Booklet:

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