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Angel L. Enemecio
Name: Angel L. Enemecio Pseudonym(s): Ale, Angel, Del Cielo, Honest Ale, Emperor Ale Sharde Date of Birth: 1899 Place of Birth: Baybay, Leyte BIOGRAPHY A native of Baybay, Leyte Angel L. Enemecio was born in 1899. At the age of 16, he already started writing and continued later on with pen names Ale, Angel, Del […]
Amando Osorio
Biography Amando Osorio was from the native town of Dalaguete, Cebu. He was born on Feb. 6, 1890 and was the son of Ricardo Osorio and Filomena Navarrete. He studied in Dalaguete, Argao, and in Cebu High School, and the Philippine School of Arts and Trades where he graduated with certificate of Proficiency. He continued […]
Marcelino “Marcel” M. Navarra
Name: Marcelino M. Navarra Pseudonym(s): Marcel Navarra Date of Birth: June 2, 1914 Place of Birth: Tuyom, Carcar, Cebu BIOGRAPHY The career of Carcar native Marcelino Navarra, “Father of the Modern Cebuano Short Story,” covered three decades of active writing. He wrote poems and short stories with his pen name Marcel Navarra. He also worked […]
Call for Applications: Subaybaktas Literary History Training Workshop 2015
For some decades now, there has been a rise in interest in regional writers and regional writing. Some writers have found a new reading audience after a period of cultural and historiographical neglect. However, knowledge of the works of regional writers varies greatly with the resources that are available to assess their historical significance. Because […]
NCCA and USC Cebuano Studies Center launch The Other(ed) Woman
The USC Cebuano Studies Center under the sponsorship of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts will launch the Hope Sabanpan-Yu’s The Other(ed) Woman, an anthology of critical essays on Friday, 27 June, at the Ayala Activity Center Cebu at six-thirty in the evening. The essays in this collection offer the reader diverse portrayals […]
30th Cornelio Faigao Annual Writers Workshop
The USC Cebuano Studies Center with the support of the National Commission for Culture and Arts held the 30th Cornelio Faigao Memorial Annual Writers Workshop last June 6-8, 2014 at the Hale Manna Resort, Moalboal, Cebu. The workshop was graced with fifteen (15) fellows. Coming from Manila are Stefanie Lim and Francis Luis Torres (short story […]
Cebu Literary Festival 2014
Cebu Literary Festival 2014 #cebuLitFest Friday, June 27, Ayala Activity Center, Ayala Center Cebu Presented by Cebuano Studies Center and Little Boy Productions In cooperation with the Arts Council of Cebu, Ayala Center Cebu, 22 Tango Records, Happy Garaje, East West Café, Pepper Lunch, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and Shakey’s. 10:30am – Opening Remarks […]
The Controlling Mother
Sabanpan-Yu, Hope The Controlling Mother. Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2014. P 500.00 in the Philippines*
Because Love Is Not Blind
Adlawan, Temistokles M. Because Love Is Not Blind. Translated by Merlie Alunan. Edited by Hope Sabanpan-Yu. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2009. P 500.00 in the Philippines*
Hunger in Nayawak
Ceballos, Lamberto Hunger in Nayawak and other stories. Translated by Hope Sabanpan-Yu and Trizer Dale Mansueto Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2013. P 500.00 in the Philippines* Review essay of Hunger in Nayawak by Maria Ima Carmela Ariate in Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia Issue 13 (March 2013)