Home / News / Winners of the National Book Prize 2015 Back to News Winners of the National Book Prize 2015 National Book Prize • News 11th December, 2015 The National Book Council would like to announce the winners of the National Book Prize 2015: Books 2014. The official prize giving ceremony took place on Friday the 11th of December 2015 at Auberge de Castille. National Book Prize participants were present alongside distinguished guests for official speeches by Hon. Prime Minister, Dr. Joseph Muscat and the Executive Chairman of the National Book Council, Mr. Mark Camilleri. Certificates were handed out to all shortlisted authors and their publishers and winners in every category recieved a trophy, certificate and a €1000 prize. The winner of the Literary Work: The Novel Category , that is, Mr. Immanuel Mifsud, received a €5000 grant courtesy of the Malta Arts Council’s Cultural Export Fund to fund the translation of the winning text Jutta Heim into a foreign language. The adjudication board for this year’s edition of the National Book Prize was composed of: Prof. Clare Vassallo, Dr Marco Galea and Dr.Norbert Bugeja for Literary Categories: Novel, Short Story, Poetry, Drama and Translation. Prof. Victor Mallia Milanes, Mr Alex Farrugia and Mr Mario Ellul for Research Categories: General and Historiographic. Prof. Charles Mifsud, Mr Andre’ Vella Laurenti and Mr David Muscat Azzopardi for Children and Adolescent Literature Categories of the Terramaxka Prize. Ms. Cheryl Falzon and Ms. Joanne Sciberras also helped in the classification process. Following are the winners in their respective categories: Literary Work: The Novel Category Jutta Heim by Immanuel Mifsud (Klabb Kotba Maltin) Literary Work: Short Stories Category Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh by Clare Azzopardi (Merlin Publishers) Literary Work: Poetry Category taħt il-kpiepel t’għajnejja by Maria Grech Ganado (Klabb Kotba Maltin) General Research Category The Maltese Nineteenth-Century Notary and his Archives by Michael Refalo (Book Distributors Limited) Historiographic Research Category The Social and Religious History of a Maltese Parish: St. Mary’s Qrendi in the Eighteenth Century by Frans Ciappara (Malta University Press) Translation Category Salammbȏ by Paul Zahra (Self Published) Prize for the Best Book Production The Maltese Bestiary by Merlin Publishers Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Maltese Literature Maria Grech Ganado . 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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