I just got a complimentary copy of 40 Mga Tulang Alay sa mga Martir na Kabataang (published by kilometer64) during the Bloggers Night at the Fudge, España last Nov. 27.
A gesture and a salute to Spin, Rustum, Alex, Psy-CoH, Kapi, Mark Angeles and the rest of the contributors to the anthology.
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209th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan.
sonito 209
(para ed si Maria P. Magsano*)
magter ya ina na kaoayangan
tan kanepegan da'ra'y bibii
makuykuyep la'y silew na luyag
ya pinarlangan yo na inkorit
ya kombilay tan bilay-aoaran
dinmedeen la'ra'y sumusulat
pigpigara la'ra'y umaanlong
ya oala ni'y nagnap ya liknaan
para'd abangonan ya salita
tan pinulyan ya litiratura
matabtabang met la'y pakataoay
na sinmulming ya kailalakan
ed imparongo yon pangoliran
liing yo la'y musia'y Pangasinan
*Maria Prado Magsano was born on February 3, 1883. She studied at the University of the Philippines and was the first female teacher from Pangasinan who passed the civil service. She taught at the Philippine Normal College (now University) for 20 years.
In the 1930s, she was active in the promotion of women's rights and became the president of The Women Suffragists.
During this period, she also edited Silew, the monthly magazine of the Pangasinan Review Press (which became the Pangasinan Courier in 1948) and published literary works. Her writings are said to have set the direction for old and new writers in Pangasinan.
Two of her novels, Kuritan ko nen Bakal (Written during the War) and Samban Ag Nabenegan (Unretracted Vow), were translated into English. Some of her short stories and plays were not published.
She received the President's Award during the Women's Rights Day in 1966.
She died on May 25, 1968 at the age of 84.
A gesture and a salute to Spin, Rustum, Alex, Psy-CoH, Kapi, Mark Angeles and the rest of the contributors to the anthology.
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209th sonnet added to Malagilion: Soniton Pangasinan.
sonito 209
(para ed si Maria P. Magsano*)
magter ya ina na kaoayangan
tan kanepegan da'ra'y bibii
makuykuyep la'y silew na luyag
ya pinarlangan yo na inkorit
ya kombilay tan bilay-aoaran
dinmedeen la'ra'y sumusulat
pigpigara la'ra'y umaanlong
ya oala ni'y nagnap ya liknaan
para'd abangonan ya salita
tan pinulyan ya litiratura
matabtabang met la'y pakataoay
na sinmulming ya kailalakan
ed imparongo yon pangoliran
liing yo la'y musia'y Pangasinan
*Maria Prado Magsano was born on February 3, 1883. She studied at the University of the Philippines and was the first female teacher from Pangasinan who passed the civil service. She taught at the Philippine Normal College (now University) for 20 years.
In the 1930s, she was active in the promotion of women's rights and became the president of The Women Suffragists.
During this period, she also edited Silew, the monthly magazine of the Pangasinan Review Press (which became the Pangasinan Courier in 1948) and published literary works. Her writings are said to have set the direction for old and new writers in Pangasinan.
Two of her novels, Kuritan ko nen Bakal (Written during the War) and Samban Ag Nabenegan (Unretracted Vow), were translated into English. Some of her short stories and plays were not published.
She received the President's Award during the Women's Rights Day in 1966.
She died on May 25, 1968 at the age of 84.
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