Group 3

21st CENTURY

BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
AND HIS WORKS
Bienvenido Lumbera is a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist.
• He is a National Artist of the Philippines and a recipient of the
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and
Creative Communications.
• He won numerous literary awards, including the:
› National Book Awards from the National Book Foundation
› Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
 Lumbera was born in Lipa on April 11, 1932
 By the age of five he was an orphan. He and his older sister
were cared for by their paternal grandmother, Eusebia Teru.
 Lumbera and his grandmother returned to their home in Lipa.
Eusebia, however, soon succumbed to old age and he was once
again orphaned.
 Lumbera received his Litt.B. and M.A. degrees from the
University of Santo Tomas in 1950
 Lumbera also received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature
from Indiana University in 1968.
 Lumbera taught Literature, Philippine Studies and
Creative Writing at the:
 Ateneo de Manila University
 De La Salle University
 University of the Philippines Diliman
 University of Santo Tomas
 He was also appointed visiting professor of
Philippine Studies at Osaka University of Foreign
Studies in Japan from 1985 to 1988 and the very first
Asian scholar-in-residence at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa.
 Some of his literature works include:
 Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology
 Writing the Nation/Pag-akda ng Bansa
 Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and Influences in its
Development
 Mula Tore Patungong Palengke: Neoliberal Education in the
Philippines
 Revaluation 1997: Essays on Philippine Literature, Cinema, and
Popular Culture
 Salita ng Sandata: Bonifacio's Legacies to the People's Struggles
 Suri: Pag-arok sa Likhang-Panitik/Probing the Literary Text
 Ang Pambansa, Alagad, Sining, at Panitikan: Mga Piling Sanaysay
 Now we will be discussing about:

“Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and

Influences in its Development”
 “Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition
and Influences in its Development”

 This book provides the perspective that allows

readers and critics to read Tagalog poetry with
understanding. In his analysis of Tagalog poetry from
the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, the author
finds tradition being continually modified by a
dialectic which eventually results in the reconciliation
of tradition and outside influences. Since it was first
written as a doctoral dissertation in 1967, this book
has been a strong seminal influence.
 “Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition
and Influences in its Development”
 As the first historico-critical study of Philippine
literature, it has pioneered in disovering methods and
setting norms for the study of literature in Tagalog
and other Philippine literature. It has opened the door
to continuing research in Philippine literature,
encouraging scholars to retrieve and libraries to
preserve documents of native literature. The study has
become both model and inspiration for a generation
of scholars and works in literary history and criticism.
 Lumbera died peacefully at his home in Quezon City
on the morning of September 28, 2021, due to
complications of stroke. As a National Artist of the
Philippines he was given honors and a burial at
the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Cemetery) in
Taguig.
References

• Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and Influences in its Development by

Bienvenido L. Lumbera. (n.d.). Retrieved September 17, 2022, from
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7792075-tagalog-poetry-1570-1898
• Wikipedia contributors. (2022, July 30). Bienvenido Lumbera. Wikipedia.
Retrieved September 17, 2022, from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bienvenido_Lumbera
• peoplepill.com. (n.d.). About Bienvenido Lumbera: Filipino writer (1932-) |
Biography, Facts, Career, Life. Retrieved September 17, 2022, from
https://peoplepill.com/people/bienvenido-lumbera
• Juan, S. M. D. M. (n.d.). Project MUSE - Ang Pambansa, Alagad, Sining, at
Panitikan: Mga Piling Sanaysay by Bienvenido Lumbera (review). Retrieved
September 17, 2022, from https://muse.jhu.edu/article/810901/summary
• Books by Bienvenido L. Lumbera (Author of Philippine Literature). (n.d.).
Retrieved September 17, 2022, from
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5156421.Bienvenido_L_Lumbera