Bobis and Derain lead National Book Awards winners

The National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle have announced the winners of the 33rd National Book Awards for books published in 2013.

BEST NOVEL IN A PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE
Ang Banal na Aklat ng mga Kumag by Allan N. Derain (Anvil)

BEST NOVEL IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Fish-Hair Woman by Merlinda Bobis (Anvil)

BEST BOOK OF SHORT FICTION IN FILIPINO
Sa Himaymay ng Puso at iba pang Kuwento by Macario Pineda (Ateneo)

BEST BOOK OF SHORT FICTION IN ENGLISH
Now, Then, and Elsewhen by Nikki Alfar (UST)

BEST ANTHOLOGY IN ENGLISH
Manila Noir edited by Jessica Hagedorn (Anvil)

BEST BOOK OF NON-FICTION IN FILIPINO
Anim na Sabado ng Beyblade at iba pang Sanaysay by Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin (Visprint)

BEST BOOK OF NON-FICTION IN ENGLISH
Mona Lisa: A Portrait from the Memoirs of a Grandmother by Celine Beatrice Fabie (Mona Lisa Publication)

BEST BOOK OF POETRY IN FILIPINO
Labi by Kristian Sendon Cordero (Ateneo)

BEST BOOK OF POETRY IN ENGLISH
m’mry wire by Ricardo M. de Ungria (UST)

BEST BOOK OF GRAPHIC LITERATURE IN FILIPINO
PilandoKomiks Isyu 2: Mga Pagsubok ng Karagatan by Borg Sinaban (Adarna House)

BEST BOOK OF GRAPHIC LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
The Dark Colony Book I: Mikey Recio & The Secret of the Demon Dungeon by Budjette Tan, Bow Guerrero, and J. B. Tapia (Visprint)

BEST BOOK ON ART
Balay Ukit: Tropical Architecture in Pre-WWII Filipino Houses by Maria Virginia Yap Morales (Anvil)

BEST BOOK ON FOOD
Milk Pigs & Violet Gold: Philippine Cookery by Bryan Koh (Holy Angel University Press)




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