Friday 29 March 2024

National Book Awards 2013 winners

The annual National Book Awards were recently held by the National Book Council in recognition of  the outstanding works published over the last year. The event was attended by the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and was compered by Simone Spiteri.  Mark Camilleri, pictured below, is the executive chairman of the council.

mark camilleri

audience

Here is a full list of the winners:

Fiction:

1) ALEX VELLA GERA. “IS-SRIEP REĠGĦU SARU VELENUŻI”
2) ĠORĠ PERESSO. “IR-RAĠEL TA’ WAĦDU”

gorg peresso

Non-Fiction:

1) CHARLES BRIFFA. “JOSEPH VELLA BONDIN, DRAMMATURGU”

2) ANDREW BORG and MARK MICALLEF.“ILWIEN IL-FESTI MALTIN VOL. 2”

andrew vella

Religious works:

1) ELIJA VELLA. “FEJQAN SĦIĦ:KRISTOTERAPIJA”

Textbooks

1) CLARE AZZOPARDI. “3.MT”

clare azzopardi

Lifestyle:

1) PETER DACOUTROS. “MY FAVOURITES.”

peter dacoutros

Poetry in Maltese:

1) MARIO AZZOPARDI.“IL-FABBRIKANT TAL-MARJUNETTI.”

2) CLAUDIA GAUCI. “SEKONDA QABEL TQUM”

claudia gauci

Poetry in English:

1)VICTOR FENECH. “SPRINGRAIN/WINTER BLUES”

victor fenech

Drama in Maltese:

1) JOE FRIGGIERI. “L-GĦANJA TA’ Ċ-ĊINJU U IL-ĠNIEN TA’ ESOPU”

joe friggieri

2) ALFRED BUTTIGIEG. “DWAR MENOPAWSI, MINORENNI U MUTURI HIGH SPEED”

alfred buttigieg

 

Biographical and historical research:

1) MARIO CUTAJAR. “MINTOFF -IL-BIEDEM U L-ISTORJA”

2) CHARLES FARRUGIA. “SICUTLILIUM – DEVOZZJONI U RITWAL TUL IS-SEKLI”

charles farrugia

 

General research:

1) RAYMOND MANGION. “SPEAKERS’ RULING IN THE PARLIAMENT OF MALTA”

raymond mangion

2) MARK MONTEBELLO and FRANCIS GALEA. “APHORISMS: WISDOM OF A PHILOSOPHER IN EXILE”

mark montebello

 

Children’s books:

1) CLARE AZZOPARDI. “KIDANE”

2) CARMEL G. CAUCHI. “KIF JAĦSIBHOM MASTRU GERFEX”

carmel cauchi

 

Books for adolescents:

1) JOHN BONELLO. “IS-SITTAĦWA”

2) ADRIAN GRIMA. “DIN MHIX LOGĦBA”

 

Books for children and adolescents (translations or written in other languages)

1) SIMON BARTOLO.“DEFORMITY”

 

Certificate of Merit for the best publication of a book in Maltese:

MERLIN PUBLISHERS LIMITED. “IS-SITTAĦWA”

 

Certificate of Merit for the best publication of a book in other languages:

DANIEL CILIA and 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 best translation:

GĦAQDA BIBLIKA MALTIJA. “IL-BIBBJA– IR-RABA EDIZZJONI”

Lifetime achievement award:

ANTON CASSAR

anton cassar lifetime

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