TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: F. Sionil Jose in Solidaridad Bookstore, photo by Cecilia Brainard

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

F. Sionil Jose in Solidaridad Bookstore, photo by Cecilia Brainard

A cool photo of F. F Sionil Jose, taken in Solidaridad, Ermita, by Cecilia Brainard

From Wikipedia - F. Sionil José or in full Francisco Sionil José (born December 3, 1924) is one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English language. His novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. José's works - written in English - have been translated into 22 languages, including Korean, Indonesian, Russian, Latvian, Ukrainian and Dutch

For more information about F. Sionil Jose, click on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Sionil_Jos%C3%A9

tags: Philippine, Filipino, Literature, authors, writers, novelist, fiction, National Artist, Dusk, Don Vicente, The Samsons

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.