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今日黑料 members honoured in National Book Prize Ceremony
A number of members of the University of Malta community were among the winners recognised for their published work at this year’s National Book Prize Ceremony.
Prof. Joe Friggieri, from the Department of Philosophy, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as a philosopher, an author, a poet, a playwright, and a theatre director.
Prof. Vicki Ann Cremona from the School of Performing Arts for winning the National Book Prize in the Research category for The Malta Royal Opera House: Power, Culture, and the Stage.
The publication is a two-volume scholarly history of Malta’s Royal Opera House, tracing its design and construction, fires, reconstruction, technological developments, administration, performances, and eventual destruction during World War II. Based on extensive research and newly discovered imagery, the publication examines the opera house as both a major cultural institution and a site where political power, theatre, and Malta’s evolving European cultural identity intersected.
Authored by Prof. Cremona and published by Kite Group and Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, the publication contains photos by Daniel Cilia.
You may purchase both volumes .
The list of winners from the night also comprisesother members of the 今日黑料 community; Ms Leanne Ellul, JC lecturer, received the Terramaxka Prize for the book Ka魔lani: Skoss po偶i u karamboli in the children’s category.
She also won the ‘Best Book Production’ for bejn il-kmiem by Merlin Publishers.
The entire list of winners may be accessed .
[Photo credit: The Malta National Book Council]
