Something big is going on right now at the Silangan Hall in the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Pasay City, Metro Manila.
The Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, and Novelists), in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, presents the 2011 National PEN conference with the theme “Archipelagic Feasts, Tropical Disasters: the Literature of Survival” on December 1-2, 2011 (Thursday-Friday), 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
This is the first time that I heard about this. But tell me, it’s quite interesting, don’t you think? Not to mention that this is open to the public which means attendees won’t have to pay for anything. Who in the world will say no to that? (ehem, sadly, I just did. I heard this late and I regret that I just knew it now.)
Anyway, I feel there will always be next time for this kind of thing.
A lot of big names in the field of Filipino literature are in this event including Rony Diaz who rendered the keynote speech on the first day.
My friend Wikipedia told me that Rony V. Diaz is an award-winning Filipino writer. He has won several Palanca Awards. He joined the paper in 2001 as an executive director. He eventually became publisher and president of the Manila Times School of Journalism. He has taught English at U.P. Diliman and has worked for the Philippine government as a foreign service corps.
So there, he’s another big name to add to my yet-to-know list among Filipino writers.
The second day, on the other hand, highlights Madam Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil’s The Jose Rizal Lecture.
Here’s the sessions (please take note of the writers/speakers too):
Apocalyptic Literature: Disaster and Imagination—Jun Cruz Reyes (chair), Antonio Enriquez, Gilda Cordero-Fernando, John Iremil Teodoro (panelists);
Landscape and Personal Poetics—Nicolas Pichay (chair), Marne Kilates, Dinah Roma-Sianturi, Marra Lanot, Joel Toledo;
Surviving Calamities: History and Preservation—Malou Jacob (chair), Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Victor Peñaranda, Luna Sicat-Cleto;
Ecology in the Writings from the Regions—Juliet Mallari (chair), Abdon Balde Jr., Glenn Sevilla Mas, Susan Evangelista, Frank Peñones;
Literature in Distress and Popular Media—Ramón Sunico (chair), Charlie Veric, Rolando Tolentino, Gary Devilles;
Feasts and Famine—Carla Pacis (chair), Ricardo Soler, Merlie Alunan, Alma Anonas-Carpio, Yvette Tan.
Convenors for this event are National Artist and PEN chair Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist and PEN founder F. Sionil José, Ronald Baytan, José Victor Torres, Karina Bolasco, Jun Cruz Reyes, Hermie Beltran, Susie Tan, Marjorie Evasco, Shirley Lua, José Wendell Capili and Lito Zulueta.
A lot of big names in the field of Filipino literature are in this event including Rony Diaz who rendered the keynote speech on the first day.
My friend Wikipedia told me that Rony V. Diaz is an award-winning Filipino writer. He has won several Palanca Awards. He joined the paper in 2001 as an executive director. He eventually became publisher and president of the Manila Times School of Journalism. He has taught English at U.P. Diliman and has worked for the Philippine government as a foreign service corps.
So there, he’s another big name to add to my yet-to-know list among Filipino writers.
The second day, on the other hand, highlights Madam Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil’s The Jose Rizal Lecture.
Here’s the sessions (please take note of the writers/speakers too):
Apocalyptic Literature: Disaster and Imagination—Jun Cruz Reyes (chair), Antonio Enriquez, Gilda Cordero-Fernando, John Iremil Teodoro (panelists);
Landscape and Personal Poetics—Nicolas Pichay (chair), Marne Kilates, Dinah Roma-Sianturi, Marra Lanot, Joel Toledo;
Surviving Calamities: History and Preservation—Malou Jacob (chair), Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Victor Peñaranda, Luna Sicat-Cleto;
Ecology in the Writings from the Regions—Juliet Mallari (chair), Abdon Balde Jr., Glenn Sevilla Mas, Susan Evangelista, Frank Peñones;
Literature in Distress and Popular Media—Ramón Sunico (chair), Charlie Veric, Rolando Tolentino, Gary Devilles;
Feasts and Famine—Carla Pacis (chair), Ricardo Soler, Merlie Alunan, Alma Anonas-Carpio, Yvette Tan.
Convenors for this event are National Artist and PEN chair Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist and PEN founder F. Sionil José, Ronald Baytan, José Victor Torres, Karina Bolasco, Jun Cruz Reyes, Hermie Beltran, Susie Tan, Marjorie Evasco, Shirley Lua, José Wendell Capili and Lito Zulueta.
