Home / News / Malta at the New Literature from Europe Festival NY Back to News Malta at the New Literature from Europe Festival NY Initiatives • National Book Prize • News 20th December, 2016 Between Dec 7th and 10th, the Arts Council Malta in NY in association with the National Book Council (Malta) presented leading contemporary Maltese poet and novelist Immanuel Mifsud, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature (2011) and both the Malta National Award for Prose (2002, 2015) and for Poetry (2015), at the New Literature from Europe Festival in New York City. The Festival is one of New York City’s foremost literature in translation events, featuring award-winning, best-selling and new authors from across Europe. Over the course of the Festival, Immanuel Mifsud was featured in three events. On Friday Dec 9th Dr. Mifsud participated in a panel discussing “Poetry in Motion” at Poet’s House and later signed copies of his books. On Saturday Dec 10th he discussed his work after reading from one of his short stories in another panel with 3 other authors including PEN awardee Deborah Eisenberg. The theme of this event was the “Art of the Short Story”. Mifsud was featured in the final and closing event of the Festival —”The Mother Tongue: A European Reading”. For this final event, Immanuel Mifsud read an excerpt from his book “Jutta Heim” in Maltese, with English translation projections. Preceding the readings, special guest and award-winning writer Salman Rushdie spoke about the importance of literature in translation. Mifsud was also interviewed for “Words without borders”, by literary critic and poet Nathalie Handal who had moderated the “Poetry in Motion” panel discussions. The interview can be read here https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/the-city-and-the-writer-inpaola-malta-with-immanuel-mifsud-nathalie-handal SHARE POST Related Articles NBC Welcomes Its New Team Members News 31st October, 2025 Read More All You Need To Know About The 2025 Malta Book Festival News 27th October, 2025 Read More The Festival that gathers up the community… and invites it to transform News 20th October, 2025 Read More From Illustration to Book: The Malta Book Festival 2025 News 14th October, 2025 Read More The 43rd PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 8th October, 2025 Read More Meet the Exhibitors at the Malta Book Festival! News 8th October, 2025 Read More Writing Anew with Fresh Tools in Our Arsenal! Delve into Workshops and Masterclasses at the Malta Book Festival ’25 Malta Book Festival 2nd October, 2025 Read More Winners of the 2025 National Book Prize Announced at Verdala Castle News 26th September, 2025 Read More Everyone will be Writing Anew: The Full Programme for The Malta Book Festival Is Now Out! News 23rd September, 2025 Read More The National Book Council Launches the Malta Book Festival Trailer! News 16th September, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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