Immanuel Mifsud


Immanuel Mifsud is a writer of poetry and prose, born in Paola, Malta. He was for a time involved in research theatre. He has written six collections of short stories, six poetry collections, and also children stories.
In 2011, he became the first Maltese writer to win the European Union Prize for Literature.
In 2014, he was appointed Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Malta.
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.
Mifsud studied at the University of Malta where he was given a doctorate in literature in 2012. He teaches literature and literary theory at the same university.

Prose

1991: Stejjer ta' Nies Koroh

1993: Il-Ktieb tas-Sibt Filgħaxija

1999: Il-Ktieb tal-Maħbubin Midruba

2002: L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut

2005: Kimika

2006: Happy Weekend

2008: Stejjer li ma kellhomx jinkitbu

2010: Fl-Isem tal-Missier

2014: Jutta Heim

2016: Fid-Dlam tal-Lejl Ħarisna

Poetry

1998: Fid-Dar ta' Clara

2001: Il-Ktieb tar-Riħ u l-Fjuri

2004: Polska-Slovensko

2005: km

2005: Confidential Reports

2007: Poland Pictures

2013: Penelopi Tistenna

2016: Ħuta

2016: The Play of Waves

Theatre

2004: Stejjer li Kibru fl-Art

Literary awards