Winners of the 33rd National Book Awards announced

The National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) on Tuesday announced the winners of the 33rd National Book Awards among works published in 2013.

The NBDB posted the list of winners on its Facebook page:

Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Philippine Language: "Ang Banal na Aklat ng mga Kumag" by Allan N. Derain (Anvil Publishing)

Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Foreign Language: "Fish-Hair Woman" by Merlinda Bobis (Anvil Publishing)

Best Book of Short Fiction in Filipino: "Sa Himaymay ng Puso at iba pang Kuwento" by Macario Pineda (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

Recipient of the Cirilo F. Bautista Prize for Best Book of Short Fiction in English: "Now, Then, and Elsewhen" by Nikki Alfar (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

Best Anthology in English: "Manila Noir", edited by Jessica Hagedorn (Anvil Publishing)

Best Anthology in Bikol: "Hagong: Mga Osipon", edited by Paz Verdades M. Santos and H. Francisco V. Peñones Jr. (Ateneo de Naga University Press)

Best Book of Non-Fiction in Filipino Language: "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 de Manila University Press)

Recipient of the Philippine Literary Arts Council Prize for Best Book of Poetry in English: "m’mry wire" by Ricardo M. de Ungria (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

Best Book of Poetry in Bikol: "Canticos: Apat na Boses" by K.S. Cordero (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

Best Book of Graphic Literature in Filipino: "PilandoKomiks Isyu 2: Mga Pagsubok ng Karagatan" by Borg Sinaban, Adarna House, Inc.

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 Translated Book: "Doros asín mga Anghél: Translations in Bikol of John Donne’s Holy Sonnets and Selected Works" with translations by Victor Dennis T. Nierva (Ateneo de Naga University Press)

Recipient of the Alfonso T. Ongpin Prize for Best Book on Art: "Balay Ukit: Tropical Architecture in Pre-WWII Filipino Houses" by Maria Virginia Yap Morales (Anvil Publishing)

Recipient of the Elfren S. Cruz Prize for Best Book in the Social Sciences: "Tapping Ink, Tattooing Identities: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society, North Luzon, Philippines" by Analyn V. Salvador-Amores (The University of the Philippines Press)

Best Book in History and Journalism: "Story Book: Essays on the History of the Book in the Philippines" by Patricia May B. Jurilla (Anvil Publishing)

Best Book on Food: "Milk Pigs & Violet Gold: Philippine Cookery" by Bryan Koh (Holy Angel University Press)

Best Book on Science: "Science Philippines: Essays on Science by Filipinos, Volume II", edited by Gisela P. Padilla-Concepcion (The University of the Philippines Press)

Best Design: "Made of Gold" by Cid Reyes, designed by Aman Santos (Metrobank Foundation)

Publisher of the Year: Anvil Publishing, Inc.

The National Book Awards are annual prizes given to "the best books written, designed, and published in the country," according to the NBDB website. — BM, GMA News