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Bienvenido Lumbera is Lumbera is a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist. He is a National Artist of the Philippines and Philippines and a recipient of theRamon the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Award for Jornalism, !iteratre and "reati#e "ommnications. He won nmeros literary awards, inclding the National $ook Awards from the National $ook Fondation, and the "arlos Palanca Memorial Awards.. Awards
Personal life !m%era was %orn i n !ipa on April &&, &&, &'(). *&+ He was %arely a year old when his fathers, "hristian !m%era a -hooting ard with a local %asket%all team/, fell from a frit tree, %roke his %ack, and died. "armen !m%era, his mother, sffered from cancer and died a few years later. $y the age of fi#e he was an orphan. He and his older sister were cared for %y their paternal grandmother, 0se%ia 1er. When the war ended, !m%era and his grandmother retrned to their home in !ipa. 0se%ia, howe#er, soon sccm%ed to old age and he was once again orphaned. For his new gardians, he was asked to choose %etween his maiden ants with whom his sister had stayed or 0nri2e and Amanda !m%era, his godparents. 1he latter had no children of their own and $ien#enido, who was %arely forteen at the time, says he chose them mainly %ecase 3they cold send me to school.3
Education !m%era recei#ed his !itt.$. and M.A. degrees from the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas in &'56, and then his Ph.7. in "omparati#e !iteratre from 8ndiana 4ni#ersity in 4ni#ersity in &'9:.
Academe !m%era taght !iteratre !iteratre,, Philippine -tdies and -tdies and "reati#e Writing at Writing at the Ateneo the Ateneo de Manila 4ni#ersity,, 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersity, 4ni#ersity 4ni#ersity, the 4ni#ersity of the Philippines 7iliman, 7iliman, and the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas.. He was also appointed #isiting professor of 1omas Philippine -tdies at ;saka 4ni#ersity of Foreign -tdies in -tdies in Japan Japan from from &':5 to &':: and the #ery first Asian first Asian scholar-in-residence at scholar-in-residence at the 4ni#ersity of Hawaii at Manoa. Manoa.
Martial law After Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Marcos declared Martial !aw, !aw, !m%era was arrested %y the Philippine military in Janary &'<=. He was released in 7ecem%er of the same year. "ynthia Nograles,, his former stdent at the Ateneo de Manila Nograles 4ni#ersity,, wrote to en. Fidel Ramos for 4ni#ersity Ramos for his release. !m%era married "ynthia a few months later. 8n &'<9, !m%era %egan teaching at the 7epartment of Fi lipino and Philippine !iteratres, 4.P. "ollege of Arts and !etters.. 8n &'<<, he ser#ed as editor of 7iliman !etters Re#iew pon Re#iew pon the re2est of then "ollege of Arts and
-ciences 7ean Francisco Nemen>o. Nemen>o. 1he p%lication was openly against the dictatorship %t was left alone %y Marcos? athorities.
Creative works At the height of Martial Martial !aw, !m%era had taken on other creati#e pro@ects. He %egan writing li%rettos for msical theater. 8nitially, the Philippine 0dcational 1heater Association P01A/ P01A/ re2ested him to create a msical %ased on "arlos $losan?s $losan?s America America Is in the Heart . 0#entally, !m%era created se#eral highly acclaimed msical dramas sch as Tales of the Manuvu Manuvu Rama, Hari Nasa Puso ang Amerika Amerika Bayani Noli me Tangere The Musical and Hi!ik at Himagsik Nina "ictoria #akta$ . %a %ariling Bayan A&at na 'ulang May Musika, Musika , an anthology of !m%eraBs msical dramas, was p%lished %y 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersityCManila Press 4ni#ersityCManila Press in )66=. !m%era athored nmeros %ooks, anthologies and teDt%ooks sch asERevaluation asERevaluation Pedagogy Phili&&ine #iterature A History and Anthology Rediscovery (ssays in Phili&&ine #ife and )ulture )ulture*ili&inos +riting Phili&&ine #iterature from the Regions Regions and Paano Mag!asa ng Panitikang *ili&ino Mga Ba!asahing Pangkolehiyo. Pangkolehiyo.
Organizational affiliations !m%era also esta%lished his leadership among Filipino writers, artists and critics %y coCfonding cltral organi>ations sch as the Phili&&ine )om&arative #iterature Association &'9'/ Association &'9'/ Pamana ng Panitikan ng Pili&inas &'<6/ Pili&inas &'<6/ ali&unan &ara sa mga #iteratura ng Pili&inas &'<5/ Pili&inas &'<5/ Phili&&ine %tudies Association of the Phili&&ines &':=/ Phili&&ines &':=/ and Mannri ng Peliklang Pilipino &'<9/. 8n sch ways, !m%era contri%ted to the downfall of Marcos althogh he was in Japan dring the &':9 0dsa prising, teaching at the ;saka 4ni#ersity of Foreign -tdies. -tdies . !m%era is also the fonding a nd crrent chairperson of the $oard of 1rstees of the mltiCawarded media grop odao Prodctions and a mem%er of the "oncerned Artists Artists of the Philippines and the $agong Alyansang Maka%ayan.
Literary reputation !m%era is now widely acknowledged as one of the pillars of contemporary Philippine literatre literatre,, cltral stdies and film film,, ha#ing written and edited nmeros %ooks on literary history history,, literary criticism, and film film.. He also recei#ed se#eral awards citing his contri%tion to Philippine letters, most nota%ly the &'<5 Palanca Palanca Award Award for !iteratre the &''( Magsaysay Magsaysay Award Award for Jornalism Jornalism,, !iteratre !iteratre,, and "reati#e "ommnication Arts se#eral National $ook Awards from Awards from the Manila "ritics "ircle "ircle the &'': Philippine "entennial !iterary Pri>e for 7rama and the &''' "ltral "enter of the Philippines "entennial Honors for the Arts. He is crrently the editor of %anghaya National %anghaya National "ommission on "ltre and the Arts/, Professor at the 7epartment of 0nglish in
the -chool of Hmanities of the Ateneo de Manila 4ni#ersity,, 0merits Professor at the 7epartment of 4ni#ersity Filipino and Philippine !iteratre, "ollege of Arts and !etters,, 4.P. 7iliman, !etters 7iliman, and Professor of !iteratre at 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersity. 4ni#ersity. For a time, he also ser#ed as president of the Alliance of "oncerned 1eachers 1eachers A"1/, a national organi>ation of more than =6,666 teachers and employees in the edcation sector. 1he lanching of Bayan at #i&unan Ang ritisismo ni Bienvenido #um!era, #um!era, edited %y Rosario 1orresCG and 1orresCG and p%lished %y the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas P%lishing 1omas P%lishing Hose, was cele%rated %y the 4ni#ersity of the Philippines in Philippines in Janary )669. $ien#enido !m%era was proclaimed National Artist in Artist in April )669.
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Ale!andro "oces "oces &( Jly &')= I )( May )6&&/ was a Filipino athor, essayist, dramatist and a National Artist of Artist of the Philippines for literatre. He ser#ed as -ecretary of 0dcation from &'9& to &'95, dring the term of Philippine Philippine President 7iosdado Macapagal. Macapagal. Noted for his short stories, the ManilaC%orn Roces was married to 8rene Gorston iola granddaghter of MaDimo iola/, iola/, with whom he had a daghter, 0li>a%eth RocesCPedrosa. Anding attended elementary and high school at the Ateneo the Ateneo de Manila 4ni#ersity,, %efore mo#ing to the 4ni#ersity of Ari>ona 4ni#ersity and then Ari>ona then Ari>ona -tate 4ni#ersity for 4ni#ersity for his tertiary edcation. He gradated with a $.A. in Fine Arts and, not long after, attained his M.A. from Far 0astern 4ni#ersity %ack 4ni#ersity %ack in the Philippines.*&+ He has since recei#ed honorary doctorates from 1okyo 1okyo 4ni#ersity, 4ni#ersity, $agioBs -t. !ois 4ni#ersity, Polytechnic Polytechnic 4ni#ersity of the Philippines, and the Ateneo de Manila 4ni#ersity. Roces Roces was a captain in the Marking?s erilla dring World War 88 and 88 and a colmnist in Philippine dailies sch as the Manila )hronicle and )hronicle and the Manila Times. Times. He was pre#iosly President of the Manila $lletin and of the "AP "ollege Fondation. 8n )66&, Roces was appointed as "h airman of the Mo#ie and 1ele#ision 1ele#ision Re#iew and "lassification $oard M1R"$/. Roces also %ecame a mem%er of the $oard of 1rstees of -8- o#ernment -er#ice 8nsrance -ystem/ and maintained a colmn in the Philippine -tar called -tar called Roses and 1horns.
Literary works 7ring his freshman year in the 4ni#ersity of Ari>ona, Roces won $est -hort -tory for We Filipinos are Mild 7rinkers. Another of his stories, My $rother?s Pecliar "hicken, was listed as Martha Foley?s $est American -tories among the most distincti#e for years &'=: and &'5&. Roces did not only focs on short stories alone, as he also p%lished %ooks sch as 3f )ocks and ites &'5'/, Fiesta &':6/, and -omething to "row A%ot )665/. ;f "ocks and and ites earned him the reptation as the contryBs %est writer of hmoros stories. 8t also contained the widely anthologi>ed piece My My $rother?s Pecliar "hickenK. "hicken K. Fiesta, is a %ook of essays, featring folk festi#als sch as 0rmitaBs $ota Flores, AklanBs AtiCatihan, and NagaBs PeLafrancia. -omething to "row A%ot, on the other hand, is a collection of Roces? short stories. 1he %ook has %een recently %roght to life %y a critically acclaimed play of the same title the staged #ersion of -omething to
"row A%ot is the first Filipino >ar>ela in 0nglish. 1his modern >ar>ela tells the story of a poor cockfighter named iko who, to his wifeBs chagrin, pays more attention to the roosters than to her. !ater in the story, a conflict enses %etween iko?s %rother !eandro and olem, the son of a wealthy and powerfl man, o#er the affections of a %eatifl woman named !ningning. 1he resoltion A cockfight, of corse. -omething to "row A%ot won the Aliw Award Award for $est Msical and $est 7irector for a Msical Prodction. 8t also had a rn offC$roadway at the !a Mama 1heater in in New Gork. 1hrogh the years, Roces has won n meros awards, inclding the Patn%ay ng -ining at alinangan Award, the 7iwa ng !ahi Award, the 1anging 1anging Parangal of the awad ""P Para sa -ining, and the Ri>al Pro Patria Award. He was finally %estowed the honor as National Artist of !iteratre on the )5th of Jne )66(. When once asked for a piece of ad#ice on %ecoming a famos literary figre Roces said, 3Go cannot %e a great writer first, yo ha#e to %e a good person3. *)+
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%orn March ', &'==/ %etter known %y his pen name,, RIO ALMA, name ALMA, is a Filipino Filipino artist, artist, poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, teacher, and cltral manager. *&+ He is a National Artist of the Philippines and Philippines and crrently ser#es as the chairman of the omisyon sa Wikang Filipino WF/, the go#ernment agency mandated to promote and standardi>e the se of the Filipino langage.. langage rowing p in $lacan $lacan among among peasants, Almario soght his edcation at Manila and completed his degree in A.$. Political -cience at the 4ni#ersity of the Philippines. Philippines. His life as a poet started when he took master?s corse in edcation at the4ni#ersity the4ni#ersity of the 0ast where 0ast where he %ecame associated with Rogelio . Mangahas and !am%erto 0. Antonio. A prolific prolific writer, he spearheaded the second sccessfl modernist mo#ement in Filipino poetry together with Rogelio Mangahas and Mangahas and 1e 1eo o Antonio Antoni o. His earliest pieces of literary criticism were collected in Ang in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina Makina &'<)/, &'<)/, now considered the first %ook of literary criticism in Filipino. !ater, in the years of martial law, he set aside modernism and formalism and took interest in nationalism, politics and acti#ist mo#ement. As critic,
his critical works deal with the isse of national of national langage.. langage Aside from %eing a critic, Almario engaged in translating and editing. He has translated the %est contemporary poets of the world. He has also translated for theater prodction the plays of Nick Joa2in,, $ertolt $recht, Joa2in $recht , 0ripedes andMaDim andMaDim orki. orki. ;ther important translations inclde the famos works of thePhilippines thePhilippinesBB national hero, Jos Ri>al, Ri>al, namely Noli Me Ta Tangere ngere and and (l fili!usterismo. fili!usterismo. For these two, he was awarded the &''' award for *)+*(+ (+ translation %y the Manila "ritics "ircle. "ircle.*)+* Almario has %een a recipient of nmeros awards sch as se#eral Palanca Awards, Awards, two grand pri>es from the "ltral "enter of the Philippines, Philippines , theMakata theMakata ng Taon of Taon of the omisyon sa +ikang *ili&ino, *ili&ino, the 1;GM for literatre, and the -otheast Asia Write Award of Award of $angkok $angkok.. He was an instrctor at the !agao "entral 0lementary -chool from &'9'C&'<). He only took his M.A. in Filipino in &'<= in the 4ni#ersity of the Philippines. Philippines . 8n )66(, he was appointed 7ean of the "ollege of Arts and !etters in the said ni#ersity. ;n Jne )5 of the same year, he was proclaimed National Artist for !iteratre.*=+ Almario is also the fonder and and workshop director of the !inangan sa 8mahen, Retorika, at Anyo !8RA/, an organi>ation of poets who write in Filipino. AwardC winning writers and poets sch as Ro%erto and Re%ecca ALone#o, Romlo $a2iran Jr., Michael "oro>a, Jerry racio, and im Nadera are %t some of the prodcts of the !8RA workshop. He was a fonding mem%er of the allan sa Arte at 1la A1/, A1/, along with fellow poets 1eo Antonio and Antonio and Mike $igornia. $igornia.
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'rancisco #ionil (os) Jos was %orn in Rosales, Pangasinan, Pangasinan, the setting of many of his stories. He spent his childhood in $arrio "a%gawan, Rosales, where he first %egan to write. Jos is of 8locano 8locanodescent descent whose family had migrated to Pangasinan %efore his %irth. Fleeing po#erty, his forefathers tra#eled from 8locos 8locos towards towards "agayan alley throgh alley throgh the -anta Fe 1rail. !ike many migrant families, they %roght their lifetime possessions with them, inclding prooted molave posts molave posts of their old hoses and their alsong , a stone mortar for ponding *&+*)+* )+*(+* (+*=+ =+ rice.*&+* ;ne of the greatest inflences to Jos was his indstrios mother who went ot of her way to get him the %ooks he lo#ed to read, while making sre her family did not go hngry despite po#erty and landlessness. Jos started writing in grade school, at the time he started reading. 8n the fifth grade, one of Jos?s teachers opened the school li%rary li%rary to to her stdents, which is how Jos managed to read the no#els of Jos Jos Ri>al, Ri>al, Willa "ather ?s My Antonia, Antonia, Falkner Falkner and and -tein%eck -tein%eck.. Reading a%otBasilio a%otBasilio and and )ris&in in )ris&in in Ri>al?s Noli Me Tangere made Tangere made the yong Jos cry, cr y, %ecase in@stice was not an alien thing to him. When Jos was fi#e years old, his grandfather who was a soldier dring the Philippine re#oltion, had once tearflly showed him the land their family had once tilled %t was taken away %y rich me mest stii5o 5ollandlords andlords who who knew how to work *&+*)+* )+*(+* (+*=+ =+ the system against illiterates illiterates like like his grandfather.*&+*
Writing career Jos attended the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas after 1omas after World War 88, 88, %t dropped ot and plnged into writing and @ornalism inManila in Manila.. 8n s%se2ent years, he edited #arios literary and @ornalistic p%lications, started a p%lishing hose, and fonded the Philippine %ranch of P0N P0N,, an *&+*)+ )+ international organi>ation for writers. *&+* Jos recei#ed nmeros awards for his work. The Pretenders is Pretenders is his most poplar no#el, which is the story of one manBs alienation from his poor %ackgrond and the *(+*=+ =+ decadence of his wifeBs wealthy family. family .*(+* Jos Ri>alB Ri>alBs life and writings profondly inflenced JosBs work. 1he fi#e #olme Rosales -aga, in particlar, employs and interrogates themes and
characters from Ri>alBs work. work .*<+ 1hroghot his career, JosBs writings espose social @stice and change to %etter the li#es of a#erage Filipino families. He is one of the most critically acclaimed Filipino athors internationally, althogh althogh mch nderrated in his own contry %ecase of his athentic Filipino 0nglish and *&+*)+* )+*(+* (+*=+ =+ his antiCelite #iews. *&+* 3Athors like myself choose the city as a setting for their fiction %ecase the city itself illstrates the progress or the sophistication that a particlar contry has achie#ed. ;r, on the other hand, it might also reflect the kind of decay, %oth social and perhaps moral, that has come pon a particlar people.3
;rder of -acred 1reasre n -anto iho -ho/ in )66&. 8n that same year, the Philippine go#ernment %estowed pon him the prestigios title of National Artist for !iteratre for his otstanding contri%tions to Philippine literatre.*&6+ 8n )66=, Jos was garnered the co#eted Pa%lo Nerda "entennial Award in "hile.
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8n his reglar colmn, Hindsight , in The Phili&&ine %TAR , dated &) -eptem%er )6&&, he wrote ;+hy $e are shallo$; , %laming the decline of Filipino intellectal and cltral standards on a #ariety of modern amenities, inclding media, the edcation systemOparticlarly the loss of emphasis on classic literatre and the stdy of reek and !atinOand the a%ndance and immediacy of information on the 8nternet. 8nternet.*:+
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Awards Fi#e of JosBs works ha#e won the "arlos Palanca Memorial Awards for !iteratreE !iteratre E his short stories The 4od %tealer in in &'5', +ay$aya in +ay$aya in &'<', Ar!ol &'<', Ar!ol de *uego Firetree/ *uego Firetree/ in &':6, his no#el Mass in Mass in &':&, and his essay A essay A %cenario for for Phili&&ine Resistance in Resistance in *'+ &'<'. -ince &':6s, #arios awardCgi#ing %odies ha#e feted Jos with awards for his otstanding works and for %eing an otstanding Filipino in the field of literatre. His first award was the &'<' "ity of Manila Award for !iteratre which was presented to him %y Manila Mayor Ramon $agatsing. $agatsing. 1he following year, he was gi#en the prestigios Ramon Magsaysay Award for Jornalism, !iteratre and "reati#e "ommnication Arts. Among Among his other awards dring that period inclde the ;tstanding Fl%righters Award for !iteratre &'::/ and the "ltral "enter of the Philippines Award Award awad para sa -ining/ for !iteratre &':'/. $y the trn of the centry, Jos contined to recei#e recognition from se#eral awardCgi#ing %odies. 1hese inclde the "ltral "enter of the Philippines "entennial Award Award in &''', the prestigios "he#alier dans lB;rdre des Arts et !ettres in )666, and the
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*rancisco %ionil 9osD E A *ili&ino 3dyssey %y %y Art Makosinski 7ocmentary, 7ocmentary, in color, color, ):min, &9mm. Winner of the olden -hortie for $est 7ocmentary at the &''9 ictoria Film and ideo Festi#al/*&&+
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*rankie %ionil 9osD A Tri!ute Tri!ute %y %y 0dwin 1h%oo editor/ 1imes Academic Academic Press, -ingapore, Janary )665/ 8-$N ':&C)&6C=)5C ' and 8-$N '<:C':&C)&6C=)5C6 )onversations $ith *7 %ionil 9osD %y 9osD %y Migel A. $ernard editor/ eraCReyes P%lishing 8nc., Philippines, (6= pages, &''& The Ilocos A Phili&&ine 'iscovery %y %y James Fallows,, 1he Atlantic Monthly maga>ine, olme Fallows )9<, No. 5, May &''&
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*7 %ionil 9osD and His *iction %y *iction %y Alfredo 1. Morales eraCReyes P%lishing 8nc., Philippines, &)' pages/ 'ie Rosales %aga von *rancisco %ionil 9osD7 Postkoloniale 'iskurse in der Romanfolge eines Phili&&inischen Autors %y Autors %y Hergen Al%s -0A";M 0dition, $erlin, )66'/
Post-colonial 'iscourses in *rancisco %ionil 9osDs Rosales %aga Post-colonial Theory vs7 Phili&&ine Reality in the +orks of a Phili&&ine Autor %y %y Hergen Al%s -dwestdetscher erlag fr Hochschlschriften, &=. No#em%er )6&)/ (rancisco "ionil )os* %orn )os* %orn ( 7ecem%er &')=/ is one of the most widely read Filipino Filipino writers writers in *&+*)+ *&+* )+ the 0nglish langage. langage. His no#els and short storiesdepict stories depict the social nderpinnings of class *(+*=+ =+ strggles and colonialism colonialism in in Filipino society.*(+* JosBs worksOwritten in 0nglish 0nglishOha#e Oha#e %een translated translated into into )) langages, inclding orean orean,, 8ndonesian 8ndonesian,, ">ech, Rssian Rssian,, !at#ian !at#ian,, 4krainian 4krainianand and 7tch 7tch.. •
Cirilo Bautista Cirilo (+ Bautista %orn Bautista %orn &'=&/ is a Filipino Filipino poet, poet, fictionist, critic and writer of nonfiction. He is conferred with the National Artist of the Philippines award. Philippines award.
Education He recei#ed his %asic edcation from !egarda 0lementary -chool &st -chool &st Honora%le Mention, &'5=/ and Mapa High -chool aledictorian aledictorian,, &'5'/. He recei#ed his degrees in A$ !iteratre !iteratre from from the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas 1omas magna cum laude, laude, &'9(/, MA !iteratre !iteratre from from -t. !ois 4ni#ersity, 4ni#ersity , $agio "itymagna cum laude, "ity laude, &'9:/, and 7octor of Arts in !angage and !iteratre from7e from 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersityC Manila &''6/. Manila &''6/. He recei#ed a fellowship to attend the 8nternational Writing Program at the 4ni#ersity of 8owa &'9:I&'9'/ and was awarded an honorary degreeOthe only Filipino to ha#e %een so honored there.
Career $atista taght creati#e writing and writing and literatre at -t. !ois 4ni#ersity &'9(I&'9:/ 4ni#ersity &'9(I&'9:/ and the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1o 1omas mas &'9'I&'<6/ &'9'I&'<6/ %efore mo#ing to 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersityCManila in 4ni#ersityCManila in &'<6. He is also a coC fonding mem%er of the Phili&&ine #iterary Arts )ouncil P!A"/ P!A"/ and a mem%er of the Manila "ritics "ircle,, Philippine "enter of International P(N and "ircle and the Phili&&ine +riters Academy .
$atista has also recei#ed "arlos Palanca Palanca Memorial Memorial Awards for poetry for poetry,, fiction fiction and and essay essay in in 0nglish and Filipino/ as well asPhilippines asPhilippines Free Press Awards for Awards for Fiction Fiction,, Manila "riticsB "ircle National $ook Awards, Awards, awad $alagtas $alagtas from from the 4nyon ng mga Mannlat ng Pilipinas, Pilipinas, the Pa!lo Roman Pri5e for Pri5e for the No#el No#el,, and the highest accolades from the "ity of Manila Manila,,Se>on "ity and "ity and 8ligan "ity. $atista was hailed in &''( as Makata ng Taon %y Taon %y the omisyon ng mga +ika ng Pili&inas for Pili&inas for winning the poetry contest sponsored %y the go#ernment. 1he last part of his epic trilogy The Trilogy of %aint #a5arus, #a5arus, entitled %unlight on Broken %tones, %tones , won the )entennial Pri5e for Pri5e for the epic in &'':. He was an eDchange professor inWaseda in Waseda 4ni#ersity and 4ni#ersity and ;hio 4ni#ersity.. He %ecame an Honorary Fellow 4ni#ersity in "reati#e Writing at Writing at the 4ni#ersity of 8owa in 8owa in &'9', and was the first recipient of a $ritish "oncil fellowship "oncil fellowship as a creati#e writer at 1rinity "ollege, "am%ridge in "am%ridge in &':<. $atista works inclde Boneyard Breaking , %ugat ng %alita, %alita, The Archi&elago, Archi&elago, Tele< Moon, Moon, %ummer %uns, %uns, )harts, )harts, The )ave and 3ther Poems, Poems, irot ng ataga, ataga, and Bullets and Roses The Poetry of Amado "7 Hernande5 . His no#el 4ala$ ng Asogewas Asogewas p%lished %y the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas Press in )66=. His latest %ook, Believe and Betray Ne$ and )ollected Poems, appeared Poems, appeared in )669, p%lished %y 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersity Press. His poems ha#e appeared in ma@or literary @ornals, papers, and maga>ines in the Philippines Philippines and and in anthologies p%lished in the 4nited -tates, -tates , Japan Japan,, the Netherlands Netherlands,, "hina "hina,, Romania Romania,, Hong ong,, ermany ong ermany and and Malaysia Malaysia.. 1hese incldeE eDcerpts from %unlight on Broken %tones, %tones , p%lished in +orld #iterature Today , 4-A, -pring )666 +hat Ri5al Told Mepoem/, Mepoem/, p%lished in Manoa, Manoa, 4ni#ersity of Hawaii, Hawaii, &''< %he of the uick Hands My 'aughter and and The %eagull poems/, poems/, p%lished in (nglish TeacherFs TeacherFs Portfolio of Multicultural Activities, Activities, edited %y John "owen New Go Gork rkEE -imon T -chster , &''9/. Aside from his teaching, creati#e creati#e and research acti#ities as a Professor 0merits of !iteratre at the "ollege of !i%eral Arts,7e Arts, 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersityCManila, 4ni#ersityCManila , $atista is also a colmnist and literary editor of the Phili&&ine Panorama, Panorama, the -nday -pplement of the Manila $lletin. $lletin. He is also a mem%er of the $oard of Ad#isers and Associate, $ien#enido -antos"reati#e -antos "reati#e Writing "enter of 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersityCManila and 4ni#ersityCManila and -enior Associate, 1he "enter for "reati#e Writing and -tdies of the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1o 1omas mas..
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"ontests, &'':, sponsored %y the Philippine o#ernment. 1he @dges in this prestigios contest, held to commemorate the "entennial of or freedom, ga#e the pri>e to $atista?s %unlight on Broken %tones, %tones , the last #olme in his The Trilogy Trilogy of %aint #a5arus. #a5arus . 1his epic of (,656 lines concldes his monmental work on Philippine history.
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8n &''', %unlight on Broken %tones, %tones , p%lished %y 'e #a %alle niversity-Manila Press, niversity-Manila Press, garnered the National $ook Award gi#en Award gi#en %y the Manila "ritics "ircle and "ircle and the 4intong Aklat A$ard gi#en gi#en %y the Book 'evelo&ment Association of the Phili&&ines Hall of Fame of the Palanca Awards Fondation Awards Fondation for achie#ements in the field of literatre, &''5. 1his is gi#en to Filipino writers who ha#e distingished themsel#es %y winning at least fi#e First Pri>es in the Palanca Palanca !iterary !iterary "ontests. 7on "arlos Palanca Memorial Awards for !iteratre nine '/ times for poetry for poetry,, fiction fiction and and essay essay.. His pri>eCwinning works incldeE Phili&&ine Poetics The Past (ight ears essay/, ears essay/, &':& )ross$orks collected )ross$orks collected poems/, &'<' )harts collected )harts collected poems/, &'<( The Archi&elago epic Archi&elago epic poem/, &'<6 Tele< Moon epic Moon epic poem/, &'<5 The )ave and 3ther Poemscollected Poemscollected poems/, &'9: and the short stories Ritual and and The Man +ho Made a )ovenant $ith the +ind7 National Book A$ard gi#en gi#en %y the Manila "ritics "ircle fi#e "ircle fi#e 5/ times, for The Archi&elago, Archi&elago, %ugat ng %alita, %alita, %unlight on Broken %tones, %tones, The Trilogy of %aint #a5arus and #a5arus and Tinik sa 'ila. 'ila. 'i$a ng #ahi, 4a$ad Antonio "illegas at Patnu!ay ng %ining at alinangan in alinangan in the field of literatre %y the "ity of Manila Manila.. 1his award is gi#en to otstanding Manila Manila artists artists who ha#e contri%ted to the ad#ancement of arts and cltre. =(6th Araw ng Maynila, Jne )), )66&, $lwagang illegas, Manila "ity Hall. awad $alagtas $alagtas in in &''< %y the 4nyon ng mga Mannlat ng Pilipinas for $atista?s achie#ements as a poet, fictionist, and critic. 8nclded in +hoFs +ho in the +orld, 22J , New Pro#idence, Pro#idence, New Jersey, Jersey, 4.-.
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Makata ng 1aon 1aon &''(, sponsored %y the omisyon ng mga Wikang Pilipinas with the poem lat Buhat %a Bulkan. Bulkan . With this and his Palanca Palanca award award for 1agalog 1agalog poetry poetry and his winning the First Pri>e in the Poetry contest sponsored %y the7yaryo the7yaryo Filipino with his poem, Ilang Aeta Mula %a Botolan, Botolan, $atista affirmed his importance as a %ilingal writer.
Manila, )66). 1his award was gi#en to $atista in Manila, recognition of his achie#ements in research research and and creati#e writing. writing. •
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Ado&ted %on of Iligan )ity , &''<, %y #irte of 0Decti#e ;rder U': signed %y Mayor Ale@o Mayor Ale@o Ganes,, for his contri%tion in the de#elopment of Ganes creati#e writing in Mindanao, for ser#ing as a role model among yong writers, as well as his tireless promotion of 8ligan "ity as a center for literary arts in the Philippines.K $atista was instrmental in the fonding of the Iligan +riters +orksho& and +orksho& and was its primary mo#er in i n attracting yong writers to congregate in Mindanao Mindanao and and learn the craft of writing. 4a$ad Manuel #7 ue5on in ue5on in &''9 %y the Se>on "ity o#ernment "ity o#ernment in connection with the Se>on 7ay "ele%rations for $atista?s otstanding achie#ement as writer, editor and teacher. )ertificate of a&&reciation from a&&reciation from the $enigno A2ino, Jr., Jr., Fondation for his literary works that helped perpetate the memory of the late senator %t7 Miguel *e!res )ordero Research A$ard , -G)66)C6( gi#en %y 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersityC
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First Annal 7o#e Award %y the "ollege of !i%eral Arts, 7e !a -alle 4ni#ersityCManila, Fe%rary &=, )66&. An almns of the radate -chool of the 4ni#ersity, $atista $atista was honored for the contri%tions he had in energi>ing the writing life in camps throgh his coCfonding of the creati#e writing programs in the 4ni#ersity and acti#ities as WriterCinCResidence for fifteen years. Most 3utstanding Achievement A$ard in #iterature %y #iterature %y the PhiletsCArtlets "entennial Almni Association of the 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas, 1omas , &''9. Most 3utstanding Alumnus A$ard for #iterature, #iterature, Mapa High -chool Almni -chool Almni Association, Association, &':(. Pa%lo Roman Pri>e Roman Pri>e for his No#elCinCProgress entitled Reconstruction, Reconstruction, &':). Most ;tstanding Almns Award for !iteratre from the Almni Association of the "ollege of Arts and !etters,4ni#ersity !etters, 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas,, &':). 1omas Fernando Maria errero Award errero Award for !iteratre, 4ni#ersity of -anto 1omas Almni 1omas Almni Association, &':6. Most 3utstanding Alumnus A$ard for #iterature, #iterature, radate -chool, -aint !ois 4ni#ersity,, &'<5. 4ni#ersity $ritish "oncil Fellowship "oncil Fellowship as isiting Writer, 1rinity "ollege, "am%ridge, "am%ridge, 0ngland, &':<. $atista was the first Filipino writer to %e in#ited to attend the )am!ridge %eminar on )ontem&orary #iterature. #iterature . Honorary Fellow in "reati#e Writing,, 4ni#ersity of 8owa, Writing 8owa , 4.-., &'9'
