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Paul Fleischman’s “Mind’s Eye” was one of the critically acclaimed plays presented during last December’s International Theater Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Even the normally acerbic F. Sionil José, National Artist for Literature, hailed it as “the triumph of the creative imagination over a grim reality.”
Surrounded by taller, decidedly more modern structures, the Solidaridad Bookshop stands along Padre Faura Street in Ermita, Manila, as welcoming as it did when it first opened its doors in 1965.
The Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists), with Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), will...
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Like a rock star, F. Sionil José entered the room wearing his black Freeway polo, black pants, black beret, and...
National Artist for Literature F. Sionil José is a formidable name in literature. His novels and short stories have been translated into 28 languages. The novels in the five-novel series, the Rosales Saga, have been translated into at least 22 languages.
Literature may be said to be the most “intellectual” of the creative arts, which may account for its limited appeal...
OMG. The old warhorse is turning 95. Matanda man may asim pa rin (he still has it), to resort to...
From time to time, National Artist Francisco Sionil Jose poses questions like, “What is wrong with us?” or “Why we are so shallow?” And one day I got bristling mad and told him, “Speak for yourself, Frankie!”
THE PHILIPPINE Center for the International PEN (Poets & Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) has launched the F. Sionil José Young Writers...
