Immanuel Mifsud is a writer of poetry and prose, born in Paola, Malta

Paola, Malta

Paola, , is a town in the Grand Harbour area of Malta, with a population of 8,856 people . It is named after its founder, the Grandmaster Antoine de Paule, but is commonly known as Raħal Ġdid, which means new town in Maltese.Paola is renowned for its shopping centres, Good Friday procession, its...

. He was for a time involved in research theatre. He wrote six collections of short stories, six poetry collections, and also children stories.

Prose work

1991: Stejjer ta' Nies Koroh (Stories of Ugly People)

1993: Il-Ktieb tas-Sibt Filgħaxija (The Book for Saturday Night)

1999: Il-Ktieb tal-Maħbubin Midruba (The Book of Maimed Lovers)

2002: L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut (Sara Sue Sammut's Strange Stories)

2005: Kimika (Chemistry)

2006: Happy Weekend (in English)

Poetry

1998: Fid-Dar ta' Clara (At Clara's)

2001: Il-Ktieb tar-Riħ u l-Fjuri (The Book of the Wind and Flowers)

2004: Polska-Slovensko (bilingual, Maltese-English)

2005: km (bilingual, Maltese-English)

2005: Confidential Reports (in English)

2007: Poland Pictures (in English)

Literary Awards

• 2011: European Union Prize for Literature
  European Union Prize for Literature
  European Union Prize for Literature is a European Union literary award. The award is funded and founded by the Culture Programme of the European Union, and is coordinated by a Consortium, selected by a Commission. The Consortium is composed of the European Booksellers Federation, the European...
  
  , winner Malta, Fl-Isem tal-Missier (tal-iben)
• 2008: Premio Strega Europa, shortlist, L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut
• 2005: National Literary Award, second place, Kimika
• 2002: National Literary Award, winner, L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut
• 2001: National Literary Award, second place, Il-Ktieb tar-Riħ u l-Fjuri

External links

• Immanuel Mifsud's homepage