Maltese writer Immanuel Mifsud is one of the 12 European authors awarded the 2011 EU Prize for Literature.
During the event, held in Brussels, Immanuel Mifsud read a short excerpt in Maltese of his winning book Fl-Isem tal-Missier (u tal-Iben) and was afterwards presented with the award trophy by Polish Minister for Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski and Parliamentary Secretary for Culture Mario De Marco.