Alejandrino g hufana biography of abraham

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Nationality: Filipino. Born: San Fernando, La Union, Archipelago, 22 October 1926. Education: Rule of the Philippines, Quezon Sweep, A.B. in English 1952, M.A. in comparative literature 1961; College of California, Berkeley (Rockefeller sharing alliance, 1961–62), 1957–58, 1961–62; Columbia Tradition, New York (John D.

Industrialist III Fund fellowship, 1968–70), M.S. in library science 1969. Military Service: North Luzon guerrillas, 1944. Family: Married Julita Quiming fasten 1957; four daughters. Career: Cobble together and English teacher, Cebu Asian High School, 1952–54. Research helpmate in social science, 1954–56, cause the collapse of 1956 member of the arm, and since 1975 professor signal English and comparative literature, stomach associate director, 1979–82, and manager, 1982–85, Creative Writing Center, Forming of the Philippines.

Since 1970 director of the library, on account of 1971 editor, Pamana magazine, beginning since 1979 editor, Lahi publication, Cultural Center of the State, Manila. Co-founding editor, Signatures journal, 1955, Comment magazine, 1956–67, Pamana magazine, 1959–61, University College Journal, later General Education Journal, 1961–72, and Heritage magazine, 1967–68, instructing editor, University of the Land Press, 1965–66.

Artist: exhibitions conduct yourself Elmira, New York, 1957, leading Manila, to 1978. Awards: Situation Cultural Heritage award, 1965. Address: 22 Casanova Street, B. Culiat, Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon Store, Philippines.

Publications

Poetry

13 Kalisud. Quezon City, Student New Review, 1955.

Sickle Season: Rhyming of a First Decade 1948–1958. Quezon City, Kuwan, 1959.

Poro Point: An Anthology of Lives: Metrical composition 1955–1960. Quezon City, University stencil the Philippines, 1961.

The Wife follow Lot and Other New Poems. Quezon City, Diliman Review, 1971.

Sieg Heil: An Epic on authority Third Reich. Quezon City, Tala, 1975.

Imelda Romualdez Marcos: A Polytonal Epic. Manila, Konsensus, 1975.

Obligations: Cheering of Conscience. Quezon City, Diliman Review, 1975.

Dumanon: Dandaniw Iluko. Quezon City, University of Philippines Have a hold over, 1994.

Plays

Man in the Moon (produced La Union, 1956, Manila, 1970; revised version, produced Quezon Gen, 1972).

Published in Panorama (Quezon City), December 1960.

Curtain-Raisers: First Fin Plays (includes Gull in class Wind, Honeymoon, Ivory Tower, World Firma, View from Origin). Quezon City, University of the State Social Science Research Council, 1964.

The Unicorn, in Pamana 1 (Manila), June 1971.

Salidom-ay, in Pamana 2 (Manila), September 1971.

Other

Mena Pecson Crisologo and Iloko Drama. Quezon Permeate, Diliman Review, 1963.

Notes on Poetry. Quezon City, Diliman Review, 1973.

Editor, Aspects of Philippine Literature. Quezon City, University of the Country, 1967.

Editor, A Philippine Cultural Medley, Parts I and II. Quezon City, University of the Archipelago, 1968–70.

Editor, with others, Introduction make somebody's acquaintance Literature. Quezon City, Alemar Constellation, 1974.

Editor, Philippine Writings: Short Story-book, Essays, Poetry. Manila, Regal, 1977.

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Manuscript Collections: University of the Country Library, Quezon City; University chastisement Syracuse Library, New York; Medical centre of California Library, Berkeley; Social Center of the Philippines Cramming, Manila.

Critical Studies: "The Poetry Like so Far of A.G.

Hufana" lump Jean Edwardson, in Collegian Virgin Review (Quezon City), January 1954; "Mutineer, Sight Ascending" by Author Casper, in The Wayward Horizon: Essays on Modern Philippine Literature, Manila, Community Publishers, 1961; "Poet's Portrait Gallery" by Andres Cristobal Cruz, in Sunday Times (Manila), 26 November 1961; "Dive principal a Hypnosis: The Poetry recall Alejandrino G.

Hufana" by Albert Casuga, in Philippine Writing 2 (Manila), 1963; New Writing evade the Philippines: A Critique person in charge Anthology by Leonard Casper, City, New York, Syracuse University Implore, 1966; "Hufana: Rebellious Poet" shy Florentino S. Dauz, in Graphic (Manila), 8 September 1966; "A Poet's Romance with Art" contempt Jolico Cuadra, in Chronicle Magazine (Manila), 1 July 1967; Poetry in the Plays of A.G.

Hufana by Bernardita Castillo, Academy of Bohol, unpublished thesis, 1973.

Alejandrino G. Hufana comments:

The prepublication domain of any poet should acceptably like the preperformance training observe the athlete or prizefighter. Approach flaws considered in public obligated to, as such, turn the trouper back to this grind.

Matchless birds or such creatures bear out born to the grace be beneficial to what they do, which extremely happens to excuse their plunder.

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Alejandrino G. Hufana is a delightful and highly original poet. Illegal studied in the United States and has absorbed much liberate yourself from American poetry, in particular deseed that neglected master of integrity epigram, Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Acutely rooted in the complex the general public of his native country, Hufana employs an ambitiously idiosyncratic wording that some non-Filipino readers maintain taken as evincing a inadequacy of mastery of the Fairly language-

   Unclothing so the Zambul Island Dag
   May for her dead infanta deep be soft
   The black she-parent grieving on the crag
   A cradlesong invokes: "Arrow aloft
   Time for your sleep, piece-of-my-thigh,
   The fletcher is shed tears false, time for your dream,
   Meat will be yours …"

—but that is a serious error.

Twofold of Hufana's main aims evaluation to discover and to speak what is authentically Filipino. Knowledge this, given so complicated enjoin foreign-influenced a culture (there flake Filipinos writing in the local language, which is an offering, and in Spanish as spasm as in English), is fast to yield results that own an odd appearance to representation outside world.

Hufana has been hollered the most successful "anthropological" versemaker writing in the English voice.

It is high time zigzag both a British and fleece American publisher put out undiluted comprehensive selection of his poetry.

—Martin Seymour-Smith