The National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle have announced the winners of the 29th National Book Awards:
Fiction [Juan C.Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Philippine Language & Juan C. Laya Prize forBest Novel in a Foreign Language]
The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, Gina Apostol (Anvil Publishing)
LiteraryCriticism/Literary History
Pungsod Damming the Nation: Region/Nation and the Global Order in Contemporary West Visayan Literature, Isidoro M. Cruz (University of San Agustin Publishing House)
Nonfiction Prose
Wash: Only a Bookkeeper, A Biography of Washington Z. Sycip, Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (SGV Foundation)
Graphic Literature
Trese: Mass Murders, Ferdinand-Benedict G. Tan and Jonathan A. Baldisimo (Visprint)
Poetry
Aves, Jerry B. Gracio (University of the Philippines Press)
Professions
The Law and Practice on Philippine Corporate Governance, Cesar L. Villanueva (Holy Angel University)
Social Sciences
Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced, Jose Jowel Canuday (Ateneo De Manila University Press)
Art [Alfonso T. Ongpin Prize for Best Book on Art]
The Life and Works of Marcelo Adonay, Volume 1, Elena Rivera Mirano, Corazon Canave Dioquino, Melissa Corazon Velez Mantaring, Edna Marcil Martinez, Ma. Patricia Brillantes-Silvestre, Iñigo Galing Vito, and Patricia Marion Lopez (University of thePhilippines Press)
Design
Palaspas: An Appreciation of Palm Leaf Art in the Philippines, Karl Fredrick M. Castro, designer (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
View the list of finalists here.
Fiction [Juan C.Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Philippine Language & Juan C. Laya Prize forBest Novel in a Foreign Language]
The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, Gina Apostol (Anvil Publishing)
LiteraryCriticism/Literary History
Pungsod Damming the Nation: Region/Nation and the Global Order in Contemporary West Visayan Literature, Isidoro M. Cruz (University of San Agustin Publishing House)
Nonfiction Prose
Wash: Only a Bookkeeper, A Biography of Washington Z. Sycip, Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (SGV Foundation)
Graphic Literature
Trese: Mass Murders, Ferdinand-Benedict G. Tan and Jonathan A. Baldisimo (Visprint)
Poetry
Aves, Jerry B. Gracio (University of the Philippines Press)
Professions
The Law and Practice on Philippine Corporate Governance, Cesar L. Villanueva (Holy Angel University)
Social Sciences
Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced, Jose Jowel Canuday (Ateneo De Manila University Press)
Art [Alfonso T. Ongpin Prize for Best Book on Art]
The Life and Works of Marcelo Adonay, Volume 1, Elena Rivera Mirano, Corazon Canave Dioquino, Melissa Corazon Velez Mantaring, Edna Marcil Martinez, Ma. Patricia Brillantes-Silvestre, Iñigo Galing Vito, and Patricia Marion Lopez (University of thePhilippines Press)
Design
Palaspas: An Appreciation of Palm Leaf Art in the Philippines, Karl Fredrick M. Castro, designer (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
View the list of finalists here.
