Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles (English and Pangasinan Edition)
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Product Description
“The publication of Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles by Santiago B. Villafania should be a source of rejoicing for readers of regional literatures. This second book by Pangasinan’s leading poet today is impressive in both form and substance. Villafania has created 300 sonnets and 50 villanelles in his own language that attempt to reflect the primacy of native culture and return the poet to the central stage of social life.” – A Boost to Pangasinan Literature from Breaking Signs by Cirilo F. Bautista, poet, fiction writer, painter and educator “Villafania is not only a visionary poet, he is a linguistic philosopher who codifies the origin of language and culture, dissects the myths and the common beliefs of the people against the urban legends, juxtaposes the literary tradition against the modern influences by dialectically infusing them in his poetic revelation of truth.” – Danny C. Sillada, from Poetic Revelation in Language and Culture surrealist painter, poet, philosopher, musician, performance artist & critic
Review
“Villafania is not only a visionary poet, he is a linguistic philosopher who codifies the origin of language and culture, dissects the myths and the common beliefs of the people against the urban legends, juxtaposes the literary tradition against the modern influences by dialectically infusing them in his poetic revelation of truth.” – Danny C. Sillada, from Poetic Revelation in Language and Culture surrealist painter, poet, philosopher, musician, performance artist & critic
About the Author
Santiago B. Villafania, abilingual Filipino poet who writes in English and in his native language ofPangasinan, is the author of four poetry collections: Bonsaic Verses (CreateSpace, 2012), Pinabli & Other Poems (C&E Publishing / De La Salle University,2012), Malagilion: Sonnets tanVillanelles (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2007), and Balikas na Caboloan (Voices from Caboloan, 2005) published by theNational Commission for the Culture and the Arts under its UBOD New AuthorsSeries.
His second book, Malagilion was a finalist in the 2007 National Book Award for BestBook of Poetry; and won the Gawad Komisyon (GantimpalangTamayo sa Tulang Pangasinan) for Pangasinan poetry in 2007.
Villafania has been published/anthologized inseveral countries and translated into several languages. He is one of the 11 Outstanding Pangasinensesand recipient of the 1st Asna Award for Arts and Culture(Literature) in 2010.
