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114 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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About the author
Kristian Sendon Cordero
16 books32 followersDescribed as the enfant terrible of Bikol contemporary writings, Cordero is a widely anthologized writer in the Philippines today. He has five poetry collections in Filipino and Bikol. His most recent collections are Canticos: Apat Na Boses (UST Publishing House, 2013) and Labi (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2013). In 2011, he published his translation of selected poetry of Rainier Maria Rilke, “Minatubod Ako Sa Diklom” ( I Have Faith in the Night) published by Ateneo de Naga University Press. Recently he received a translation grant from the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Y Culto of the Republic of Argentina to translate Jorge Luis Borges’ selected poetry in Bikol and Filipino.
He co-edited an anthology of poetry in Bikol, Sagurong (DLSU and Vibal, 2010) and cultural essays, The Naga We Know (Anvil, 2013) with Paz Verdades Santos. For 2014, he is set to release his first anthology of short stories, Kulto ni Santiago (University of the Philippines Press), books of poetry, among which is “Kinalburong Lanob” (Whitewashed Wall) which won the NCCA Writers Prize in 2007. He has also written and directed his first full-length film Angustia, produced by Cinema One Originals for 2013.
He has received writing fellowships and literary prizes from the Premio Tomas Arejola Literary Prize, Homelife Poetry Contest, the Palanca for poetry, fiction and essay, the 6th Madrigal-Gonzales Best First Book Award, the NCCA Writers’ Prize for Bikol poetry in 2007 and the Maningning Miclat Poetry Prize in Filipino, in 2009. His third book, “Pusuanon: Mga Bersong Bikol” was a finalist in the 2007 National Book Awards for Best Poetry.
He is a founding member of the Burikbutikan Artists Collective, a group of local visual artists and writers that spearheads art exhibits and cultural forums particularly in Camarines Sur. He is also a board member of Philippine PEN International.
He writes a regular column on arts and culture for Bicol Mail and is an assistant professor at the Ateneo de Naga University.
He co-edited an anthology of poetry in Bikol, Sagurong (DLSU and Vibal, 2010) and cultural essays, The Naga We Know (Anvil, 2013) with Paz Verdades Santos. For 2014, he is set to release his first anthology of short stories, Kulto ni Santiago (University of the Philippines Press), books of poetry, among which is “Kinalburong Lanob” (Whitewashed Wall) which won the NCCA Writers Prize in 2007. He has also written and directed his first full-length film Angustia, produced by Cinema One Originals for 2013.
He has received writing fellowships and literary prizes from the Premio Tomas Arejola Literary Prize, Homelife Poetry Contest, the Palanca for poetry, fiction and essay, the 6th Madrigal-Gonzales Best First Book Award, the NCCA Writers’ Prize for Bikol poetry in 2007 and the Maningning Miclat Poetry Prize in Filipino, in 2009. His third book, “Pusuanon: Mga Bersong Bikol” was a finalist in the 2007 National Book Awards for Best Poetry.
He is a founding member of the Burikbutikan Artists Collective, a group of local visual artists and writers that spearheads art exhibits and cultural forums particularly in Camarines Sur. He is also a board member of Philippine PEN International.
He writes a regular column on arts and culture for Bicol Mail and is an assistant professor at the Ateneo de Naga University.
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