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Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.

ブエナベンチュラ・エス・メディナ・ジュニア

Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1928-12-01
Nationality
Filipino
Languages
English, Tagalog
Residence History
Philippines

Career

Occupations
Author, Critic, Professor
Active Years
1969-2024
Affiliations
Far Eastern University, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University

Education

Far Eastern University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences / Department of English
Degree: BA
Country: Philippines
Far Eastern University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences / Department of English
Degree: MA
Country: Philippines
Centro Escolar University
South East Asian Studies
Degree: PhD
Country: Philippines

Awards

Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Hall of Fame
1995
Category: 文学
Result: 受賞
South East Asia Writer Award (SEAWRITE)
1994
Result: 受賞
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award for Literary Criticism
Category: 文学批評
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pintig

1969 Novel

Gantimpala

1972 Novel

Confrontations, Past and Present in Philippine Literature

1974 Criticism

The Primal Passion, Tagalog Literature in the Nineteenth

1976 Criticism

Francisco Baltazar's Orosman at Zafira

1991 Edited Publication

Moog and Alaga

1993 Novel

Legacy

Filipino author and critic with over 25 books, renowned for rediscovering Francisco Balagtas's lost 19th-century play Orosman at Zafira in 1974. Inducted into Palanca Hall of Fame and other awards.

Trivia

  • In 1974, rediscovered the manuscript of Francisco Balagtas's 19th-century play Orosman at Zafira at the Philippine National Library after it was presumed lost for over a century.