A number of academics who, throughout 2019, published books about their research, are being nominated for the National Book Prize.
, from the Faculty of Arts, received three nominations, in the Translation category, for the publications Mademoiselle Perle u Aktar, Il-Maqlub u s-Sewwa and "L-Intru偶a" u "L-G魔omja", which he translated.
from the Faculty of Arts received two nominations; one in the Maltese poetry category for his book Madwar Sag魔tejn u Nofs 'il Bog魔od mill-臓enna and one in the Short Stories Category, for L-Aqwa 呕mien.
, who co-wrote Buttons Parade, Military and Civilian Uniform Buttons in Malta, is on the long-list in the Biographical & Historical Research category. Also on this list are , author of The Sette Giugno in Maltese History 1919-2019 and , for Valletta: Malta's Hospitaller City and Other Essays.
edited Ir-Redentur: History, Art and Cult of the Miraculous Effigy of Christ the Redeemer in Senglea, Malta, which was nominated in the Biographical and Historiographic research category.
Also nominated in this category was 's X'Kien 臓ara Sew fis-Sette Giugno.
UM academics dominated the General Research Category:
received a nomination for his book Cor ad Cor Loquitur - Qalb Tkellem lill-Qalb: 臓abra ta' Diskorsi dwar il-Fidi u l-摩ajja Nisranija fil-Knisja u fis-So膵jet脿 (1998-2019) - Vol. 2, Partijiet 1 u 2.
together with his colleague was nominated for the publication which he co-authored, titled A Passage to Malta: The Health and Wellbeing of Foreign Children in Malta.
was nominated for her book Examining an Examination.
Sociologist from the Faculty of Arts wrote a book called The Examined Life: Writings in Honour of Guido Lanfranco, which he was nominated for.
is being nominated for his publication The Joannes Gennadius Maltese Treasure Trove in Athens.
and were nominated for their book Navigating the Maltese Mediascape.
, a known philosopher, received a nomination for his Selected Philosophical Essays.
Congratulations to all authors nominated.
The long-list of all nominated authors can be found .
