National Book Awards winners named
The National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) are pleased to announce the winners for this year’s National Book Awards. Winners were announced during the awarding ceremonies on November 17 at the National Museum. Gilda Cordero Fernando won the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Anvil Publishing garnered Publisher of the Year honors. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Gilda Cordero Fernando PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR Anvil Publishing ALFONSO T. ONGPIN PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK ON ART The Life and Art of Lee Aguinaldo, by Ma. Victoria Herrera, Clarissa Chikiamco, Cid Reyes, and Rod Paras-Perez, Vibal Foundation and Ateneo Art Gallery CIRILO F. BAUTISTA PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION IN ENGLISH Better Homes and Other Fictions: Collected Prose, by Connie J. Maraan, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House ISAGANI R. CRUZ PRIZE FOR LITERARY CRITICISM / LITERARY HISTORY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE Dead Stars: American and Philippine Literary Perspectives on the Ameri...