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Ateneo de Naga opens university press, launches 2 books of Bikol translations ni Victor Dennis Tino Nierva noong Linggo, Enero 15, 2012 nang 2:46 PM Naga City—The Ateneo de Naga University opens 2012 with the formal opening of its university press by launching books of translations in Bikol by two of the region's noted contemporary writers. When it is launched on Friday, January 20, 2012, the AdNU Press is the newest addition to the list of academic publishing centers in the country. Fr. Wilmer Joseph S. Tria, AdNU Press Director, discloses that one of its goals is to become the premier resource of Bikoliana in the world. As an academic publishing house, AdNU Press is open to all who are interested to have a manuscript published. Fr. Tria further adds that optimum quality of materials to be published is a primary requirement, and, therefore, as practiced by university presses worldwide, all submitted manuscripts will be subjected to necessary evaluations. The opening of the press will feature the launch of two books of translations in Bikol of the works of John Donne, the renowned 16th century English metaphysical poet, and the German-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. "Doros asin mga Anghel (Air and Angels)," authored by Victor Dennis T. Nierva, is a collection of 53 of Donne's poems from his various compendiums. The book notably includes Bikol translations of all of Donne's Holy Sonnets. "Doros" is Nierva's second book after "Antisipasyon (Anticipation)" which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008. "Minatubod Ako sa Diklom (I Have Faith in Night)," an anthology comprised of 49 of Rilke's poems translated in Bikol, is the fourth book of the award-winning poet, Kristian Sendon Cordero. "Minatubod" includes selections from Rilke's distinguished works, such as "Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben (The Book of Monastic Life)" and "Das Buch von der Pilgerschaft (The Book of Pilgrimage)." In his introduction to Nierva's "Doros," award-winning Bikolano fictionist and literary scholar, Dr. Carlos O. Aureus considers the book as a "tour de force of a translation [with its] fusion of wit and passion, the abrupt entrances, the dislocations, ironies and paradoxes, the air-tight syntaxes, the inner disquiets both sacred and sensual, the metaphysical conceits. [Doros] is not a translation of Donne; [it] is John Donne writing in Bicol." Cordero's "Minatubod," is likewise commended in its introduction by the Nagueño Philosophy professor Rey Francis M. Hernandez: "One can say that a feat such as this anthology is neither for the faint of heart nor for the standardly courageous. It seems to be destined only for those who have the foolhardiness, the reckless boldness, that is—and for all its irony—proper only to the poet." Nierva and Cordero are both faculty members of the AdNU College of Arts and Sciences, under the Departments of Media Studies and Social Sciences, respectively. The January 20 occasion will be highlighted by a lecture on contemporary academic publishing by Maricor E. Baytion, Director of the Ateneo de Manila University Press, at 3pm. After the lecture, at 4:30pm, book launch ceremonies will follow. The event will be held at the second floor of AdNU's O'Brien Library. (ADNUP) ________________________________ From: RaquelCruz <[email protected]> To: PAARL <[email protected]>; Filipino <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:19 PM Subject: [FilipinoLibrarians] ForATL / PTLA seminar invitation and other details Dear Colleagues, Good day! We would like to invite you to participate in the 6th ForATL (Forum of Asian Theological Librarians) Workshop and Consultation with PTLA (Philippine Theological Librarians Association) on the theme:“Asian Theological Librarians Moving Forward Towards Global Partnership and Collaboration”. Details are as follows: Date: April 10-14, 2012 Venue: Siliman University, Dumaguete City Negros Oriental, Philippines www.su.edu.ph An invitation, registration form and tentative timetable are attached for your consideration and action. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
