26 Facts About Bienvenido Lumbera

Bienvenido L Lumbera was a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist.

Bienvenido Lumbera received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communications in 1993, and was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for literature in 2006.

Bienvenido Lumbera was barely a year old when his father, Timoteo Lumbera, fell from a fruit tree, broke his neck, and died.

Bienvenido Lumbera took up Education units at the Far Eastern University.

Bienvenido Lumbera then received a Fulbright Fellowship that allowed him to earn a master's degree in comparative literature at Indiana University Bloomington, graduating in 1960.

Bienvenido Lumbera then went back to Indiana University Bloomington where he earned his Ph.

Bienvenido Lumbera became a key figure in the Filipinization movement, both within the campus and in the broader academic community of Manila.

When Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in September 1972, Bienvenido Lumbera knew that he was likely to be among the many academics and writers who were on Marcos' priority arrest lists.

In January 1974, Bienvenido Lumbera had come to believe that he was relatively safe from Marcos' arrests of academics and writers, but a wave of sudden arrests led him to suddenly be concerned.

Bienvenido Lumbera went out to warn fellow PAKSA member Ricky Lee at his house on Espana Boulevard, only to find Marcos' forces already there.

Bienvenido Lumbera ran away but was eventually caught on the corner of Banawe Street.

At the height of Martial Law, Bienvenido Lumbera took on other creative projects.

Bienvenido Lumbera soon wrote Tales of the Manuvu; Rama, Hari; Nasa Puso ang Amerika; and Bayani.

Bienvenido Lumbera took up a post as visiting professor of Philippine Studies at Osaka University of Foreign Studiesfrom 1985 to 1988, so he was in Japan when Ferdinand Marcos was deposed by the 1986 People Power Revolution.

Some musical dramas Bienvenido Lumbera wrote after this include Noli Me Tangere; and Hibik at Himagsik nina Victoria Laktaw.

Bienvenido Lumbera authored numerous books, anthologies and textbooks such as: Revaluation; Pedagogy; Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology; Rediscovery: Essays in Philippine Life and Culture; Filipinos Writing: Philippine Literature from the Regions; and Paano Magbasa ng Panitikang Filipino: Mga Babasahing Pangkolehiyo.

In 1996, Bienvenido Lumbera received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts.

Bienvenido Lumbera died peacefully at his home in Quezon City on the morning of September 28,2021, due to complications of stroke.

Bienvenido Lumbera is widely acknowledged as one of the pillars of contemporary Philippine literature, cultural studies and film, having written and edited numerous books on literary history, literary criticism, and film.

Bienvenido Lumbera received several awards citing his contribution to Philippine letters, most notably the 1975 Palanca Award for Literature; the 1993 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts; several National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle; the 1998 Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama; and the 1999 Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial Honors for the Arts.

The launching of Bayan at Lipunan: Ang Kritisismo ni Bienvenido Lumbera, edited by Rosario Torres-Yu and published by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, was celebrated by the University of the Philippines in January 2006.

Bienvenido Lumbera had a long and influential career in the Philippine academe, and in the Philippine Studies programmes of several universities outside the Philippines.

Bienvenido Lumbera taught Literature, Philippine Studies and Creative Writing at the Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, the University of the Philippines Diliman, and at the University of Santo Tomas.

Bienvenido Lumbera established his leadership among Filipino writers, artists and critics by co-founding cultural organizations such as the Philippine Comparative Literature Association ; Pamana ng Panitikan ng Pilipinas ; Kalipunan para sa mga Literatura ng Pilipinas ; Philippine Studies Association of the Philippines and Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino.

In such ways, Bienvenido Lumbera contributed to the downfall of Marcos although he was in Japan during the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, teaching at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies.

Bienvenido Lumbera was the founding chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the multi-awarded media group Kodao Productions and a member of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines and the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.