Paul Lynch in Conversation | Malta Book Festival 2024

The NBC was proud to host one of the most notable literary luminaries of the moment at the Malta Book Festival 2024: award-winning Irish author Paul Lynch. In conversation with journalist Emma Mattei, Lynch delved into the key themes and preoccupations threaded through his five novels - among them Booker Prize-winning Prophet Song (2023).
Paul Lynch is the author of five novels. His most recent novel, Prophet Song, won the 2023 Booker Prize. He has previously won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and France’s Prix Livre à Nous for Best Foreign Novel, among other prizes. He has been shortlisted for many international awards, including the UK’s Walter Scott Prize, Italy’s Strega European Prize, France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, Prix Littérature-Monde, and the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature. In 2024, he was appointed Distinguished Writing Fellow at Maynooth University and was elected to Aosdána, the Irish academy for the arts honouring distinguished artists. His novels have been translated into over 30 languages.
The Malta Book Festival 2024 animation was created by Kyle Xuereb Cunningham, based on illustrations by Ed Dingli.
Music: 'Zoltan' by Kym Pepe
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Il-KNK b’sodisfazzjon kbir laqa' wieħed mill-aktar fanali letterarji tal-mument waqt il-Festival Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2024: il-kittieb Irlandiż Paul Lynch. Lynch se jkun qed jitkellem ma’ Emma Mattei dwar it-temi ewlenin tiegħu u l-preokkupazzjonijiet li ġegħluh jikteb il-ħames rumanzi tiegħu - li wieħed minnhom, Prophet Song, rebaħ il-Premju Booker fl-2023.
Paul Lynch huwa l-awtur ta’ ħames rumanzi. L-iktar rumanz riċenti tiegħu, Prophet Song, rebaħ il-Premju Booker 2023. Preċedentament huwa rebaħ il-Kerry Group Rumanz Irlandiż tas-Sena u l-Premju Prix Libr’à Nous ta’ Franza għall-Aqwa Rumanz Barrani, fost premji oħra. Huwa kien finalist ta’ ħafna premjijiet internazzjonali, li jinkludu l-Premju Walter Scott (Renju Unit), il-Premju Ewropew Strega (Italja), il-Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Franza) u l-Premju Jean Monnet għal Letteratura Ewropeja. Fl-2024 inħatar Distinguished Writing Fellow mill-Università ta’ Maynooth u ġie elett fl-Aosdána, l-akkademja Irlandiża għall-arti li tonora awturi distinti. Il-kotba tiegħu ġew tradotti f’iktar minn 30 lingwa.
L-animazzjoni tal-Festival Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb 2024 ġiet ikkreata minn Kyle Xuereb Cunningham, u bbażata fuq l-illustrazzjonijiet ta' Ed Dingli.
Mużika: 'Zoltan' ta' Kym Pepe