Editing Immanuel Mifsud (section)

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|image=File:Immanuel Mifsud.jpg
|caption=Immanuel Mifsud
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1967|09|12}}
|birth_place=[[Paola, Malta]]
|awards=2011 [[European Union Prize for Literature]]
|education=[[University of Malta]] ([[PhD]], 2012)
}}

'''Immanuel Mifsud''' (born September 12, 1967, Paola) is a Maltese writer of [[poetry]] and [[prose]]. He was for a time involved in research theatre. He has written novels, short story and poetry collections, and also books for children.

In 2011, he became the first Maltese writer to win the [[European Union Prize for Literature]].

[[File:MemberOrderofMerit2014.jpg|right|thumb|HE Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta, appointing Immanuel Mifsud Member of the Order of Merit, 13 December 2014]]

In 2014, he was appointed Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Malta.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Immanuel Mifsud Appointed to the National Order of Merit|url = http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/47410/republic_day_honours__the_full_list}}</ref>

Mifsud became the first Maltese writer to be hosted at the [[Library of Congress]], [[Washington, D.C.]], where on February 16, 2017, he gave a reading and was interviewed during a special event. In the same year he was commissioned to write a poem for [[Commonwealth Day]]; Mifsud read "The Book" during Commonwealth Day Celebration at [[Westminster Abbey]] on March 13.

Mifsud studied at the [[University of Malta]] where he was given a [[doctorate]] in [[literature]] in 2012. He teaches literature and [[literary theory]] at the same university.