Multi-awarded writer and winner of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Short Story in Hiligaynon) Prof. Alice Tan-Gonzales launched her book entitled “Sa Taguangkan sang Duta kag Iban Pa nga Sugilanon (In the Womb of the Earth and Other Stories)” at the UPV Art Gallery on December 4, 2009 at UPV Iloilo City Campus. The book is a collection of 10 awarded short stories that feature the following titles:1.) Sa Taguangkan sang Duta; 2.) Isa ka Pungpong nga Rosas; 3.) Mga Luha para kay Tatay Jose; 4.) Tulokbon; 5.) Dawata Anak; 6.) Ezperanza; 7.) Sa Pag-abut sang Tingulan; 8.) Baha; 9.) Dabadaba sa Sidlangan; and 10.) Ang Likum sang Isla San Miguel.
Prof. Gonzales won a total of seven Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Short Story in Hiligaynon), the most prestigious literary award in the country. She won her first Palanca in 1997, a two-fold feat for her two entries, “Mga Luha Para kay Tatay Jose” (Tears for My Father Jose) and “Isa ka Pungpong nga Rosas” (A Bunch of Roses) that won 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. Her 3rd Palanca was for her story “Ang Likum sang Isla San Miguel (1st Place) in 1999. In 2002, she won 1st place again with “Sa Taguangkan sang Duta” (In the Womb of the Earth) followed by another 1st place win for “Esperanza” in 2003. “Esperanza” is based on a research material on the life of Esperanza Villanueva of Lapaz, Iloilo, a heroine in the Second World War. The 6th Palanca was for “Dawata Anak” that won 2nd place in 2008 and the 7th for “Baha” (2nd place) in 2009.
All the stories are set in West Visayas (Iloilo and Negros) and articulate the varied experiences of ordinary individuals, some of whom live small, insignificant lives tied to the land and some threatened by dislocation. Other characters were culled from West Visayan history – women characters straining to have their voices heard.
Copies of her book are available at the UPV Office of Culture and the Arts, Iloilo City campus, with telephone number (033) 337-9159.
Original article can be found HERE.
Prof. Gonzales won a total of seven Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Short Story in Hiligaynon), the most prestigious literary award in the country. She won her first Palanca in 1997, a two-fold feat for her two entries, “Mga Luha Para kay Tatay Jose” (Tears for My Father Jose) and “Isa ka Pungpong nga Rosas” (A Bunch of Roses) that won 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. Her 3rd Palanca was for her story “Ang Likum sang Isla San Miguel (1st Place) in 1999. In 2002, she won 1st place again with “Sa Taguangkan sang Duta” (In the Womb of the Earth) followed by another 1st place win for “Esperanza” in 2003. “Esperanza” is based on a research material on the life of Esperanza Villanueva of Lapaz, Iloilo, a heroine in the Second World War. The 6th Palanca was for “Dawata Anak” that won 2nd place in 2008 and the 7th for “Baha” (2nd place) in 2009.
All the stories are set in West Visayas (Iloilo and Negros) and articulate the varied experiences of ordinary individuals, some of whom live small, insignificant lives tied to the land and some threatened by dislocation. Other characters were culled from West Visayan history – women characters straining to have their voices heard.
Copies of her book are available at the UPV Office of Culture and the Arts, Iloilo City campus, with telephone number (033) 337-9159.
Original article can be found HERE.
