Finalists announced for best translated books
Poetry by the late Chilean author Roberto Bolano and fiction by best-selling Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard are among the finalists for the Best Translated Book Awards.
View ArticleTaking in the new technology with neither glee nor gloom
In this age of instant communication, I attract attention every time I attend a presscon with mostly young media people in attendance.
View ArticleUniversity: Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
Maya Angelou, who rose from poverty, segregation and the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and the inaugural dais, has died. She was 86.
View ArticlePoet Maya Angelou remembered at memorial service
Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama and...
View ArticleBalagtas honored with literary pilgrimage
In celebration of the 226th birthday of Francisco Balagtas Baltazar last April 2, the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) led writers, teachers and students on a literary pilgrimage to sites associated...
View ArticleKWF confab in Vigan tackles future of Ilocano language
Ilocanos have brought their language to different corners of the world, notably Hawaii where there’s an active branch of the Gunglo Dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas (Gumil) writers group.
View ArticleThe injustice to the cat
As exlained in the last episode, the cat is not included among the 12 animals in the zodiac. The rat had pushed the cat off the ox’s back on which they had both hitched a ride. And so the cat drowned.
View ArticleUST documents in ancient ‘baybayin’ script declared a National Cultural Treasure
Owing to their outstanding cultural value, two 17th-century baybayin documents from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Archives were recently declared National Cultural Treasure (NCT) by the National...
View ArticleKomisyon ng Wika embarks on ambitious publication program
In connection with the celebration of Buwan ng Wika (Language Month), Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) launched its publication series, Aklat ng Bayan, on Aug. 15 at the National Museum.
View ArticleChina divided over the common language
Free-wheeling and business-oriented, the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is a long way from Beijing physically, culturally and linguistically – and hackles have been raised by reports Communist...
View ArticleThe (unsuccessful) roasting of Gilda
I've never been to any “roasting,” literary or journalistic. I have no idea what goes on at occasions of that kind.
View ArticleDebut fiction writer wins $25,000 Bingham Prize
The author of the story collection "Godforsaken Idaho" has won a $25,000 prize.
View ArticleWinners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1980
The 2014 Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday by the Swedish Academy. Here is a list of previous winners of the award since 1980:
View ArticleYou say ‘lady’ I say ‘feudal slave’– Korea’s language divide
North and South Korea have never found dialogue easy, but academics from both sides currently meeting in Pyongyang are trying to steer things in the right direction by at least getting them to speak...
View ArticleLost words
Alila is a servant, later evolving into the more democratic katulong, ate, or the classier “maid.” Once I visited a gay friend whose also gay katulong opened the door, in a uniform and ruffled apron,...
View ArticleOpus Dei tutors Francis: English only, please
The “Vatican official” who is helping Pope Francis practice and polish his English for his apostolic visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines next week is American Greg Burke, a former Time magazine and...
View ArticleLost words and phrases Part 5
Tagalog lessons from an English teacher. Oración. Six p.m., to Catholics before WWII, meant time for the oración or evening prayer. The church announced it to the neighborhood by the well-spaced...
View ArticleUS group: Foreign authors censored in China without knowing
WASHINGTON — A US-based advocacy group is warning Western authors to be vigilant of censorship of their work in China’s fast-growing book publishing industry, which is sometimes done without their...
View ArticleUST documents in ancient ‘baybayin’ script declared a National Cultural Treasure
Owing to their outstanding cultural value, two 17th-century baybayin documents from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Archives were recently declared National Cultural Treasure (NCT) by the National...
View ArticleKomisyon ng Wika embarks on ambitious publication program
In connection with the celebration of Buwan ng Wika (Language Month), Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) launched its publication series, Aklat ng Bayan, on Aug. 15 at the National Museum.
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