NATIONAL ARTIST RIO ALMA GIVES OPEN LECTURE ON FILIPINO POETRY
Recently proclaimed National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario will deliver his lecture on "Bagong Pormalismong Filipino" this coming Saturday, July 26, 2pm, at the Ching Tan Room (Room 111), John Gokongwei - School of Management, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
An eminent scholar of Philippine culture and multi-awarded writer of books on Philippine literature and poetry, Almario, popularly known as Rio Alma, was former executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He is presently the dean of the UP College of Arts and Letters, chairman emeritus of the Writer's Union of the Philippines and member of the Manila Critics' Circle.
The lecture will inaugurate the year-long lecture-workshop series sponsored by the poets' group Linangan ng Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA), which he directs along with other acclaimed experts in the field of poetry and criticism. First opened in 1984, the poetry clinic has produced respected writers in various fields which included Roberto Añonuevo, Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael Coroza, Jim Libiran, Maningning Miclat, Vim Nadera, Luna Sicat and many others.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Applicants for the 2003 poetry clinic may bring their resume and sample works on the day of the lecture. For inquiries, please call Ronald Atilano at (02) 8700248, send a text message to 0919-3175708 or 0917-5350660, or email pr_lira@yahoo.com
In the News: The National Artist is also a Dean
One of the country’s leading poet and literary greats National Artist Rio Alma (a.k.a. Virgilio Almario) is now the dean of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman College of Arts and Literature (CAL).
Genetic Poetry Debuts Online
Is the following verse the most exquisite poetry ever written, or load of old codswallop? It may someday evolve into something as celebrated as anything that Shakespeare, Shelley, Keats or Milton ever wrote, according to a new Web site.
enkindle ships of men loved
for jest from quiet neotype
with give frenchify of phosphoresce
but you, purloiner, not could
The site has forged the concept of Darwinian poetry, or poetry that is automatically written by computer but, like all life on Earth, has to fight to survive.
Recently proclaimed National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario will deliver his lecture on "Bagong Pormalismong Filipino" this coming Saturday, July 26, 2pm, at the Ching Tan Room (Room 111), John Gokongwei - School of Management, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
An eminent scholar of Philippine culture and multi-awarded writer of books on Philippine literature and poetry, Almario, popularly known as Rio Alma, was former executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He is presently the dean of the UP College of Arts and Letters, chairman emeritus of the Writer's Union of the Philippines and member of the Manila Critics' Circle.
The lecture will inaugurate the year-long lecture-workshop series sponsored by the poets' group Linangan ng Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA), which he directs along with other acclaimed experts in the field of poetry and criticism. First opened in 1984, the poetry clinic has produced respected writers in various fields which included Roberto Añonuevo, Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael Coroza, Jim Libiran, Maningning Miclat, Vim Nadera, Luna Sicat and many others.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Applicants for the 2003 poetry clinic may bring their resume and sample works on the day of the lecture. For inquiries, please call Ronald Atilano at (02) 8700248, send a text message to 0919-3175708 or 0917-5350660, or email pr_lira@yahoo.com
In the News: The National Artist is also a Dean
One of the country’s leading poet and literary greats National Artist Rio Alma (a.k.a. Virgilio Almario) is now the dean of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman College of Arts and Literature (CAL).
Genetic Poetry Debuts Online
Is the following verse the most exquisite poetry ever written, or load of old codswallop? It may someday evolve into something as celebrated as anything that Shakespeare, Shelley, Keats or Milton ever wrote, according to a new Web site.
enkindle ships of men loved
for jest from quiet neotype
with give frenchify of phosphoresce
but you, purloiner, not could
The site has forged the concept of Darwinian poetry, or poetry that is automatically written by computer but, like all life on Earth, has to fight to survive.
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