Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pinoy Creative Writers Recognized In Hong Kong

As seen on GMANews.tv: Pinoy Creative Writers Recognized In Hong Kong. An excerpt:

Two Filipino creative writers brought honor to the country after they were recognized in Hong Kong for their outstanding literary works.

Eric Gamalinda is in the short list for this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize, while Miguel Syjuco was chosen as one of eight fellows in a prestigious visiting writers’ program.

Gamalinda was one of five authors shortlisted for the award that was eventually won by Chinese writer Su Tong for the novel “The Boat to Redemption."

Meanwhile, Syjuco, winner of last year’s Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel “Ilustrado," was chosen as one of eight fellows in Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)’s prestigious Visiting Writers 2009 program.

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