National Book Prize: Books 2013

The National Book Council would like to announce the winners of the National Book Prize: Books 2013. The official prize giving ceremony took place on the 5th of December 2014 at Auberge de Castille. All National Book Prize finalists were present alongside distinguished guests for official speeches by the Prime Minister and the Executive Chairman of the National Book Council.

The winners for every category are as follows:

LITERARY WORKS (NOVELS IN MALTESE) CATEGORY

WALID NABHAN

L-EŻODU TAĊ-ĊIKONJI

LITERARY WORKS (SHORT STORIES IN MALTESE) CATEGORY

ALFRED SANT

ĊPAR – AKTAR RAKKONTI U DIVERTIMENTI

MALTESE POETRY CATEGORY

IMMANUEL MIFSUD

PENELOPI TISTENNA

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (AGES 8 TO 12 YEARS) CATEGORY

ADRIAN GRIMA

VLEĠĠA KKARGATA

TRANSALTION CATEGORY

TONI AQUILINA

L-ALLA TAL-ĦERBA TA’ YASMIN REZA

NON-LITERARY BOOKS IN ENGLISH OR MALTESE RELATING TO HUMANITIES CATEGORY

MARIO AZZOPARDI

VERĠNI SAGRI, DEMONJI U BOLOH GĦAL ALLA

PRIZE FOR THE BEST PRODUCTION OF A BOOK IN MALTESE

MERLIN PUBLISHERS LIMITED

WHAT HAPPENS IN BRUSSELS STAYS IN BRUSSELS

PRIZE FOR THE BEST PRODUCTION OF A BOOK IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE

MIDSEA BOOKS

LATE MEDIEVAL MALTA (1091-1500)

PRIZE FOR BEST ILLUSTRATOR

TREVOR ZAHRA

TQASQIS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO LITERATURE AND/OR BOOKS

PROF. GODFREY WETTINGER

Maltese historian who specialized in Middle Ages studies, wrote several seminal books about slavery and placenames in Malta and together with Michael Fsadni discovered the Kantilena, the oldest Maltese text.