Dr. Bienvenido L. Lumbera is a Filipino writer and scholar who received numerous awards for his poetry, critical works, and librettos written in English and Filipino. He studied journalism and literature at the University of Santo Tomas and Indiana University, and has served as a professor at the University of the Philippines. In 2006, he was named a National Artist of the Philippines for his contributions to literature focused on nationhood through his creative and critical works.

1. Dr. Bienvenido L. Lumbera

3. Dr. Bienvenido L. Lumbera was born on April 11,
1932.

4. He spent most of his youth in Batangas
until he entered the University of
Santo Tomas in 1950 to pursue a
degree in journalism. He completed his
M.A. and then his Ph.D. in Comparative
Literature at Indiana University in
1967. Lumbera writes in English and
Filipino, and has produced works in
both languages.

5. He has a poetry collection entitled
Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (1993), and
Balaybay:

6. Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, a collection of new
poems in Filipino and those from Likhang Dila. He
has several critical works, including Abot-Tanaw:
Sulyap at Suri sa Nagbabagong Kultura at Lipunan
(1987) and Writing the Nation/Pag-akda ng Bansa
(2000).

7. He has also done several librettos, among
them Tales of the Manuvu (1977) and Rama
Hari (1980).

8. Sa Sariling Bayan: Apat na Dulang May Musika (DLSU, 2003)
collects the four historical musicals Nasa Puso ang Amerika,
Bayani, Noli Me Tangere: The Musical, and Hibik at Himagsik
Nina Victoria Laktaw.

9. Dr. Lumbera has been a recipient of
numerous awards, including the
Ramon Magsaysay Award for
Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts in 1993, the
Gawad CCP, Gawad Pambansang
Alagad ni Balagtas, Manila Critics'
Circle and the Palanca.

10. He has also gained
Professor Emeritus status in
the University of the
Philippines. He also serves
in the Board of Advisers of
the UP Institute of Creative
Writing.

11. his 2006, for his creative
and critical work
directed towards a
literature rooted in the
search for nationhood,
Dr. Lumbera received the
much-coveted title of
National Artist for
Literature.

12. Thank You.