ADVISERS
(Updated August 2011)
• Prof. Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio
• Dr. Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
DR. GÉMINO H. ABAD, Ph.D. English Literature, Univ. of Chicago, 1970
WORKS. Poetry: Fugitive Emphasis, 1973 • Poems and Parables, 1988 • In Ordinary Time: Poems, Parables, Poetics, 2004. Poems and Critical Essays: In Another Light, 1976 • The Space Between, 1985 • Father and Daughter, 1996. Poetry and Fiction [in the same book]: A Makeshift Sun, 2001. Fiction and Essays [in the same book]: Orion’s Belt and Other Writings, 1996. Literary Criticism: A Formal Approach to Lyric Poetry, 1978 • Getting Real: An Introduction to the Practice of Poetry, 2004. Creative Nonfiction: State of Play (essays), 1990. Historical Anthology (three volumes): Man of Earth: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, 1905 to the mid-‘50s (co-edited with Edna Z. Manlapaz); 1989 • A Native Clearing: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English Since the ‘50s to the Present, 1993 • A Habit of Shores: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, ‘60s to the ‘90s, 1999. Textbook: Getting Real: An Introduction to the Practice of Poetry, 2004 • F.A.Q./Frequently Asked Questions on Poetry (co-editor), 2003. AWARDS. University Professor; Carlos P. Romulo Chair (UP) • Irwin Chair (Ateneo) • Rockefeller Fellowship (University of Chicago) • Exchange Professorships (University of Hawaii at Manoa) • Saint Norbert College, Wisconsin • Singapore Management University) • International Writing Program Fellowship (University of Iowa) • British Council Fellowship at Cambridge (Trinity College) and at Oxford (Corpus Christi College) • UP Outstanding Faculty Award • UP Distinguished Alumnus in Literature • Ellen F. Fajardo Foundation Grant for Excellence in Teaching, Chancellor’s Award for Best Literary Work • Palanca • Free Press • CCP • Manila Critics’ Circle • Asian Publishers Catholic Authors Award • Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas • Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan.
VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO, M.A. Pilipino, University of the Philippines
WORKS. Poetry: Makinasyon at Ibang Tula, 1968; • Doktrinang Anakpawis, 1979 • Selected Poems, 1968-85, 1985 • Una Kong Milenyum (two volumes, anthology of all published poems), 1998 • Supot ni Hudas, 2002. Creative Nonfiction: Filipino ng mga Filipino (columns), 1993 • Kalahating Siglo sa Ibabaw ng Mundo (essays), 1998. Literary Criticism: Balagtasismo versus Modernismo, 1984 • Poetikang Tagalog: Mga Pagsusuri sa Sining ng Pagtulang Tagalog, 1996 • Tradisyon at Wikang Filipino, 1998. Translation: Makabagong Tinig ng Siglo – selected modern world poets in translation (cotranslator & editor), 1989 • Kuwentuhan Mo Ako – translation of short stories for children (editor), 1992 • Bumasa at Lumaya: A Source Book on Children’s Literature in the Philippines (coeditor), 1994 • Noli Me Tangere, 1999 • El Filibusterismo, 1999. Lexicography: UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino (editor-in-chief), 2001. Anthology: Walong Dekada ng Makabagong Tulang Pilipino, 1981 • Mga Piling Tula ni José Corazon de Jesus, 1995. AWARDS. National Artist for Literature • Southeast Asia (SEA) Write Award • Centennial Award for Literature • TOYM • Gawad CCP for Poetry and the Essay • Gatpuno Antonio Villegas Award (Lungsod ng Maynila) • Outstanding Citizen Award for Literature, Gantimpalang Quezon (Quezon City) • Gawad Patnubay ng Sining (City of Manila) • National Amado V. Hernandez Award (Institute of National Languages) • Lifetime Achievement Award (Philippine Board on Books for Young People) • Palanca • Talaang Ginto • Gawad Chanselor (Pinakamahusay na Mananaliksik) • Gawad Chanselor (Pinakamahusay na Nilathalang Pananaliksik).
PROF. AMELIA LAPEÑA-BONIFACIO, M.A., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
WORKS. Plays: Winners in the University of Wisconsin Playwriting Competition, her first two plays were published, Sepang Loca in Farleigh Dickensen University Literary Journal and Rooms as Acting Edition of Row-Peterson of New York. 44 plays followed. Fiction: Most of 150 stories published in the Philippine Journal of Education, 1988-2007, from the bulk of her writings for children. Essays: A first book on Philippine theatre, The ‘Seditious’ Tagalog Playwrights: Early American Occupation, Sepang Loca and Others, among 21 books. AWARDS. Recipient of 50 national and international awards like ASEAN Prize For Literature, University Professor Emeritus, U.P. Golden Jubilee Most Distinguished Alumnus Award, Fulbright Smith Mundt Scholar, Gawad ng Maynila (Dula), Gawad Haraya, Gawad CCP, Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, Palanca, FORD Fellow, Toyota Fellow. OTHER WORKS. Dubbed Grande Dame of Southeast Asian Children’s Theatre; Playwright, Puppetmaker and Artistic Director of Teatrong Mulat, 1977 which staged her plays throughout the country and in 28 international festivals. President of two international children’s organization: UNIMA-Philippine Center and ASSITEZ-Philippines, she still performs as Storyteller in the AMELIA LAPEÑA-BONIFACIO TEATRO PAPET MUSEO at 64 Mapagkawanggawa Street, Teachers Village, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
DR. BIENVENIDO L. LUMBERA, Ph.D. Comparative Literature, Indiana Univ.
WORKS. Poetry: Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa, 1993. Literary Criticism: Revaluation: Essays on Literature, Cinema, and Popular Culture, 1984 • Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and Influences on Its Development, 1986 • Abot-Tanaw: Sulyap at Suri sa Nagbabagong Kultura at Lipunan, 1987. Librettos: Tales of the Manuvu • Rama Hari • Nasa Puso ang Amerika • Bayani • Noli Me Tangere the Musical. AWARDS. National Artist for Literature, 2005 • Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts, 1993 • Gawad CCP • Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas • Manila Critics’ Circle • Palanca • Professor Emeritus.
CRISTINA PANTOJA-HIDALGO, Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UP, 1993
WORKS. Short Stories: Ballad of a Lost Season, 1987 • Tales for a Rainy Night, 1993 • Where Only the Moon Rages, 1994 • Catch a Falling Star, 1999. Novels: Recuerdo, 1996 • A Book of Dreams, 2001. Creative Nonfiction: Sojourns, 1984 • Five Years in a Forgotten Land: A Burmese Notebook, 1991 • I Remember... Travel Essays, 1992 • Skyscrapers, Celadon and Kimchi: A Korean Notebook, 1993 • The Path of the Heart, 1994 • Coming Home, 1998. Literary Criticism: Philippine Post-Colonial Studies, 1993 • Woman Writing: Home and Exile in the Autobiographical Narratives of Filipino Women, 1994 • A Gentle Subversion, 1998. Anthology: Selections from Contemporary Philippine Literature in English, 1971 • The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction, 1995 • Shaking the Family Tree, 1998 • Pinay: Autobiographical Narratives by Filipino Women, 2000 • The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction, 2001 • Why I Travel and Other Essays, 2000 • Sleepless in Manila, 2003 • The Childrens Hour: Stories About Childhood, Vol. 2, 2007. Textbooks: Creative Nonfiction: A Manual for Filipino Writers, 2003 • Creative Nonfiction: A Reader, 2003. AWARDS. Gawad Balagtas • Palanca (Grand Prize for the Novel) • Graphic • Free Press • Focus • Manila Critics’ Circle • British Council Grant to Cambridge • U.P. President’s Award for Outstanding Publication • International Publication Award (Hall of Fame) • Gawad Chanselor (Artist of the Year) • Outstanding Thomasian Writer.