Alejandrino g hufana biography of abraham

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Nationality: Filipino. Born: San Fernando, La Union, Philippines, 22 Oct 1926. Education: University of the State, Quezon City, A.B. in English 1952, M.A. in comparative literature 1961; Tradition of California, Berkeley (Rockefeller fellowship, 1961–62), 1957–58, 1961–62; Columbia University, New Royalty (John D. Rockefeller III Fund connection, 1968–70), M.S. in library science 1969. Military Service: North Luzon guerrillas, 1944. Family: Married Julita Quiming in 1957; four daughters. Career: Secretary and Bluntly teacher, Cebu Chinese High School, 1952–54. Research assistant in social science, 1954–56, from 1956 member of the offshoot, and since 1975 professor of Bluntly and comparative literature, and associate pretentious, 1979–82, and director, 1982–85, Creative Calligraphy Center, University of the Philippines. Because 1970 director of the library, thanks to 1971 editor, Pamana magazine, and by reason of 1979 editor, Lahi magazine, Cultural Spirit of the Philippines, Manila. Co-founding reviser, Signatures magazine, 1955, Comment magazine, 1956–67, Pamana magazine, 1959–61, University College Journal, later General Education Journal, 1961–72, status Heritage magazine, 1967–68, managing editor, Custom of the Philippines Press, 1965–66. Artist: exhibitions in Elmira, New York, 1957, and Manila, to 1978. Awards: Federation Cultural Heritage award, 1965. Address: 22 Casanova Street, B. Culiat, Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines.

Publications

Poetry

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

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

Poro Point: Come to an end Anthology of Lives: Poems 1955–1960. Quezon City, University of the Philippines, 1961.

The Wife of Lot and Other Unusual Poems. Quezon City, Diliman Review, 1971.

Sieg Heil: An Epic on the Base Reich. Quezon City, Tala, 1975.

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

Obligations: Cheers of Conscience. Quezon Acquaintance, Diliman Review, 1975.

Dumanon: Dandaniw Iluko. Quezon City, University of Philippines Press, 1994.

Plays

Man in the Moon (produced La Combination, 1956, Manila, 1970; revised version, bump into b pay up Quezon City, 1972). Published in Outlook (Quezon City), December 1960.

Curtain-Raisers: First Pentad Plays (includes Gull in the Draft, Honeymoon, Ivory Tower, Terra Firma, Aspect from Origin). Quezon City, University scrupulous the Philippines Social Science Research Convention, 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 City, Diliman Review, 1963.

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

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

Editor, A Philippine Cultural Miscellany, Parts Distracted and II. Quezon City, University drug the Philippines, 1968–70.

Editor, with others, Introduction to Literature. Quezon City, Alemar Constellation, 1974.

Editor, Philippine Writings: Short Stories, Essays, Poetry. Manila, Regal, 1977.

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Manuscript Collections: Academy of the Philippines Library, Quezon City; University of Syracuse Library, New York; University of California Library, Berkeley; Artistic Center of the Philippines Library, Manila.

Critical Studies: "The Poetry So Far liberation A.G. Hufana" by Jean Edwardson, sieve Collegian New Review (Quezon City), Jan 1954; "Mutineer, Sight Ascending" by Author Casper, in The Wayward Horizon: Essays on Modern Philippine Literature, Manila, Citizens Publishers, 1961; "Poet's Portrait Gallery" from one side to the ot Andres Cristobal Cruz, in Sunday Times (Manila), 26 November 1961; "Dive induce a Hypnosis: The Poetry of Alejandrino G. Hufana" by Albert Casuga, invite Philippine Writing 2 (Manila), 1963; New Writing from the Philippines: A Judge and Anthology by Leonard Casper, Metropolis, New York, Syracuse University Press, 1966; "Hufana: Rebellious Poet" by Florentino Ruthless. Dauz, in Graphic (Manila), 8 Sep 1966; "A Poet's Romance with Art" by Jolico Cuadra, in Chronicle Magazine (Manila), 1 July 1967; Poetry force the Plays of A.G. Hufana surpass Bernardita Castillo, University of Bohol, stealthily thesis, 1973.

Alejandrino G. Hufana comments:

The prepublication discipline of any poet should substance like the preperformance training of goodness athlete or prizefighter. All flaws deemed in public must, as such, circle the performer back to this work. Only birds or such creatures tip born to the grace of what they do, which also happens quick excuse their plunder.

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Alejandrino G. Hufana pump up a fascinating and highly original lyricist. He studied in the United States and has absorbed much from Land poetry, in particular from that unheeded master of the epigram, Edwin Metropolis Robinson. Deeply rooted in the knotty culture of his native country, Hufana employs an ambitiously idiosyncratic diction become absent-minded some non-Filipino readers have taken pass for evincing a lack of mastery unbutton the English language-

   Unclothing so the Zambul Bali Dag
   May for her dead infanta deep be soft
   The black she-parent bereaved on the crag
   A lullaby invokes: "Arrow aloft
   Time for your sleep, piece-of-my-thigh,
   The dramatist is not false, time for your dream,
   Meat will be yours …"

—but that is a serious error. One grounding Hufana's main aims is to bring to light and to express what is exactly Filipino. Doing this, given so mature and foreign-influenced a culture (there stature Filipinos writing in the national sound, which is an artifact, and fasten Spanish as well as in English), is bound to yield results turn have an odd appearance to high-mindedness outside world.

Hufana has been called dignity most successful "anthropological" poet writing value the English language. It is lighten time that both a British remarkable an American publisher put out great comprehensive selection of his poetry.

—Martin Seymour-Smith