Immanuel Mifsud

He has written novels, short story and poetry collections, and also books for children.

In 2011, he became the first Maltese writer to win the European Union Prize for Literature.

[1] Mifsud became the first Maltese writer to be hosted at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., where on February 16, 2017, he gave a reading and was interviewed during a special event.

In the same year he was commissioned to write a poem for Commonwealth Day; Mifsud read "The Book" during Commonwealth Day Celebration at Westminster Abbey on March 13.

1991: Stejjer ta' Nies Koroh (Stories of Ugly People) 1993: Il-Ktieb tas-Sibt Filgħaxija (Stories 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) 2008: Stejjer li ma kellhomx jinkitbu (Forbidden Tales) 2010: Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben) (In the Name of the Father (and of the Son)) 2014: Jutta Heim 2016: Fid-Dlam tal-Lejl Ħarisna (In the Dark Night We Looked) [2][3] 2019: L-Aqwa Żmien 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) 2013: Penelopi Tistenna (Penelope Waits)[4][5] 2016: Ħuta (Fish)[6] 2016: The Play of Waves (in English) 2019: Sagħtejn u Nofs 'il Bogħod mill-Ġenna (Two and a Half Hours Away from Heaven) 2023: Għażiż Ġismi (My Dear Body) 2004: Stejjer li Kibru fl-Art (Stories Growing on the Ground) 2009: Orqod, qalbi, Orqod (Sleep, my child, Sleep) 2021: Paramm Paramm [15]

Immanuel Mifsud
HE Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta, appointing Immanuel Mifsud Member of the Order of Merit, 13 December 2014