TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cecilia Brainard Remembers Filipino Filam Author Bienvenido N. Santos

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Cecilia Brainard Remembers Filipino Filam Author Bienvenido N. Santos - You Lovely People Conference

Bienvenido N. Santos & Cecilia Brainard, circa 1996

Cecilia Brainard remembers noted Filipino Filam author Bienvenido N. Santos at the "You Lovely People: An Online Conference" on March 22, 2022, sponsored by the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center and the Department of Literature at De La Salle University, Manila.

The Conference went on for 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Cecilia's 10 minute talk was part of the Closing Program: Remembering Bienvenido N. Santos, along with Dr. Raymond Tan, Brother Bernard Oca, Dr. Dinah Roma, Readings by Mark Adrian Ho, Timothy Montes, and Response from Dr. Tomas N. Santos on behalf of the Santos Family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzqWqE5D1PY

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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.