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18 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2015 The National Book Prize is a yearly event organised by the National Book Council to award and recognise some of the best publications published throughout the year. These are the prize winners of the National Book Prize 2014: Books 2013. 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 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 TRANSLATION CATEGORY TONI AQUILINA L-ALLA TAL-ĦERBA TA' YASMIN REZA 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 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 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 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.