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
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