Malta National Literary Awards</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Malta National Literary Awards"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Malta,National,Literary,Awards"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">24-11-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Malta National Literary Awards</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Valetta, Malta: Gozitan author Pierre J. Mejlak won the second prize in the Malta National Literary Awards for his brilliant adaptation of Pat Alexander's The Lion's First Bible, published in Maltese as Stejjer mill-Bibbja. The Malta Literary Awards were announced earlier this month at the Trade Fair Grounds in Naxxar. <br> <br>Published by Merlin Library, Stejjer mill-Bibbja includes 64 stories meandering across 478 pages interwoven with hundreds of intricately detailed pictures. The book was published to wide acclaim by both critics and readers. In the Maltese-language book market, Stejjer mill-Bibbja has since publication been constantly in the bestselling titles list, proving that quality Maltese writing, even in translation, is enduringly popular. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=160836&pid=null" target="blank">www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=160836&pid=null</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show