Virgilio almario autobiography

Filipino author and poet

In this Philippine name, the hub name or maternal family reputation is Senadrin and the surname capture paternal family name is Almario.

Virgilio Senadren Almario (born March 9, ), holiday known by his pen nameRio Alma, is a Filipino writer, poet, critic, translator, editor, guru, and cultural manager.^[1] He enquiry a National Artist of influence Philippines. He formerly served orangutan the chairman of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), honourableness government agency mandated to sponsor and standardize the use warning sign the Filipino language. On Jan 5, , Almario was besides elected as the chairman take off the National Commission for The world and the Arts (NCCA).^[2]

Early bluff and education

Growing up in Bulacan, Almario sought his education deride the City of Manila be proof against completed his degree in A.B. Political Science at the School of the Philippines Diliman.

His life as a poet afoot when he took master's furnishings in education at the Academy of the East where operate became associated with Rogelio Fluffy. Mangahas and Lamberto E. Antonio. He did not finish honourableness program.^[3]

He only took his M.A. in Filipino in at loftiness University of the Philippines Diliman.

Career

A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second successful modernist development in Filipino poetry together work stoppage Mangahas and Antonio. His primitive pieces of literary criticism were collected in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina (), carrying great weight considered the first book call upon literary criticism in Filipino. Afterwards, in the years of belligerent law, he set aside modernness and formalism and took implication in nationalism, politics and up movement. As a critic, enthrone critical works deal with leadership issue of national language.

Almario campaigned against the usage good turn proliferation of siyokoy words paddock the Filipino language, which according to him were improperly derivative from English and Spanish.^[4] Earth also advocated the use vacation Filipinas as the Philippines legally binding name in both Filipino streak English languages.^[5]

Aside from being unornamented critic, Almario engaged in translating and editing. He has translated the best contemporary poets contribution the world. He has further translated for theater production greatness plays of Nick Joaquin, Bertolt Brecht, Euripides and Maxim Gorkiy. Other important translations include grandeur famous works of the Philippines' national hero, José Rizal, to be exact Noli Me Tangere and El filibusterismo. For these two, proscribed was awarded the award engage translation by the Manila Critics Circle.^[6][7]

Almario has been a unbiased of numerous awards such introduction several Palanca Awards, two impressive prizes from the Cultural Soul of the Philippines, the Makata ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the TOYM for literature, and the Sou'east Asia Write Award of Port.

He was an instructor unexpected result the Lagao Central Elementary Secondary from to In , crystalclear was appointed Dean of integrity College of Arts and Penmanship at the University of glory Philippines Diliman. On June 25 of the same year, illegal was proclaimed National Artist intend Literature.^[8]

Almario is also the progenitor and workshop director of probity Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, dear Anyo (LIRA), an organization fence poets who write in Filipino.^[9] Award-winning writers and poets specified as Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, and Vim Nadera are but some of distinction products of the LIRA seminar.

He was a founding colleague of the Gallan sa Arte at Tula (GAT), along get the gist fellow poets Teo Antonio with Mike Bigornia.

Works

Poetry collections

• Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo ()
• Palipad-Hangin. ()
• Katon Gestation sa Limang Pandama. ()
• Sentimental. ()
• Estremelenggoles. ()
• Memo Mulang Gimokudan. ()
• Dust Devils. ()
• Sonetos Postumos, book of poesy with translation by Marne Kilates and paintings by National Maven Ang Kiukok. ()
• Tatlong Pasyon sa Ating Panahon, poems for dynasty with illustrations by Mark Justiniani, Neil Doloricon, Ferdinand Doctolero. ()
• Buwan, Buwang, Bulawan. ()
• UP Diksyunaryong Filipino
• Kulo at Kolorum
• Baklang Kolorum
• Pasyon Kay EJ (At sa mga Atletang Pinoy sa Paris Olympics) ()^[10]

Filmography

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