Home / News / National Book Prize: Books 2012 Back to News National Book Prize: Books 2012 National Book Prize • News 2nd December, 2013 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: PremjuNazzjonalitalKtieb Photos of the Event: . SHARE POST Related Articles POSITION OF MANAGER WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK COUNCIL: JOBSPLUS PERMIT NUMBER 881/2025 News 9th September, 2025 Read More Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey heads to Malta Book Festival News 2nd September, 2025 Read More The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 Opens for Submissions in Maltese and English News 1st September, 2025 Read More Shortlist For The 2025 National Book Prize Announced News 26th August, 2025 Read More What Makes a Great Short Story? News 18th August, 2025 Read More ANNOUNCING THE NBC’S SHORT STORY WORKSHOP TOUR (AUG-OCT 2025) News 5th August, 2025 Read More The National Book Council launches Five-Year Strategy 2025–2030 News 5th August, 2025 Read More Sandra Hili Vassallo Appointed Executive Director of the National Book Council News 22nd July, 2025 Read More The results of the Malta Book Fund 2025 are out News 15th July, 2025 Read More The 42nd PLR Payment Is Out Public Lending Rights 9th July, 2025 Read More view all similar news
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