The best published books of 2007 were given special recognition when the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle announced the winners of the 27th National Book Awards last November 15 at the Yuchengco Museum.
The Ateneo de Manila University Press bagged the Publisher of the Year Award. Among the writers who won awards for their books published in the Philippines in 2007 were Senator Edgardo J. Angara, Senator Juan Flavier, Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, Conrad de Quiros, Fr. Joaquin Bernas, and Tony Perez.
This year’s trophies were designed by young sculptor Glenn Cagandahan.
LIST OF WINNERS
ANTHOLOGY: Cordillera in June: Essays Celebrating June Prill-Brett,
Anthropologist, edited by B. P. Tapang (UP Press); Mga Piling Dulang
Mindanao, Unang Aklat, edited by Arthur P. Casanova (UST Publishing
House).
ART & BEST DESIGNED BOOK: Salvador F. Bernal: Designing the
Stage, by Nicanor G. Tiongson, designed by Brian Tenorio (NCCA).
BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY: From Barrio to Senado: An Autobiography,
by Juan M. Flavier; Legends & Adventures, by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil
(Circe Communications); Maria Kalaw Katigbak: A Charmed Life, by
Monina Allarey Mercado (Anvil).
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: The Boy Who Touched Heaven / Ang Batang Humipo
sa Langit, by Iris Gem Li, translated by Roberto Añonuevo (CANVAS and
Adarna House).
DRAMA: Tatlong Paglalakbay: Isang Trilohiya ng Mahahabang Dula, by Tony Perez (UST Publishing House).
ESSAY / CREATIVE NONFICTION: Pagmumuni-muni at Pagtatalak ng Sirenang
Nagpapanggap na Prinsesa: Mga Piling Maikling Sanaysay, by J. I. E.
Teodoro (Imprenta Igbaong); Tongues on Fire, by Conrado de Quiros
(Anvil).
FICTION: Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street, by Benjamin Pimentel (ADMU Press).
HISTORY: Kolonyal na Patakaran at Nagbabagong Kamalayang Filipino:
Musika sa Publikong Paaralan sa Pilipinas, 1898-1935, by Raul C.
Navarro (ADMU Press); The Saga of La Naval: Triumph of a People’s
Faith, edited by Lito B. Zulueta (Dominican Province of the
Philippines).
JOURNALISM: The Rulemakers: How the Wealthy and Well-Born Dominate
Congress, by Sheila S. Coronel, Yvonne T. Chua, Luz Rimban, and Booma
B. Cruz (Anvil).
LAW: A Living Constitution: The Troubled Arroyo Presidency, by Joaquin G. Bernas SJ (ADMU Press).
LITERARY CRITICISM: Sipat Kultura: Tungo sa Mapagpalayang Pagbabasa,
Pag-aaral at Pagtuturo ng Panitikan, by Rolando B. Tolentino (ADMU
Press).
MEDICINE: Bone Tumors in Filipinos: A Collection of 876 Cases from
the University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital, by
Edward H. M. Wang and Ariel Vergel de Dios (Bookmark).
POETRY: Antisi*Pasyon asin iba pang Rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Ingles /
Anticipation and Other Poems in Bikol and English, by Victor Dennis T.
Nierva, translated by Marne L. Kilates and H. Francisco V. Peñones Jr.
(Goldprint); Mostly in Monsoon Weather: Poems New & Revisited, by
Marne L. Kilates (UP Press); Passage: Poems, 1983-2006, by Edgar B.
Maranan (Bookmark).
SCIENCES: Living with Nature in Our Times, by Abercio V. Rotor (UST).
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine,
Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines, by Warwick Anderson (ADMU Press);
The Dynamics of Regional Development: The Philippines in East Asia,
edited by Arsenio M. Balisacan and Hal Hill (ADMU Press).
THEOLOGY & RELIGION: Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the
Transformation of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines, by Katharine
L. Wiegele (ADMU Press).
TRANSLATION: Lagalag sa Nanyang, translated by Joaquin Sy from Nanyang Piaoliuji, by Bai Ren (UP Press).
TRAVEL: Baler, Aurora, by Edgardo J. Angara, Jesus T. Peralta, Domingo
Madulid, Jose Maria A. Cariño, Xavier Brisset, Enrique Quezon Avanceña,
Manuel L. Quezon III, Ricardo T. Jose, and Juan Edgardo M. Angara
(Rural Empowerment Assistance and Development Foundation).
PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR: Ateneo de Manila University Press
A citation was given to Vocabulary of the Kapampangan Language in
Spanish and Dictionary of the Spanish Language in Kapampangan,
translated by Venancio Q. Samson from Vocabulario de Pampango en
Romance, y Diccionario de Romance en Pampango (1732), by Diego Bergaño
(Holy Angel University Press).
The finalists were chosen by the following professional organizations
and academic institutions: American Hospitality Academy, Ateneo
Institute of Literary Arts and Practices, Bienvenido N. Santos Creative
Writing Center, DLSU Business Management Department, DLSU Department of
Communications, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Kuwentista ng mga
Tsikiting, NBDB, National Historical Institute, Philippine Economics
Society, University of Asia and the Pacific Filipino Department, UP
Institute of Creative Writing, UP College of Fine Arts, UP Department
of Psychology, UP-NCPAG, UP-NISMED, Philippine Literary Arts Council,
Philippine Travel Agencies Association, and Women’s Studies Association
of the Philippine.
The winners were chosen jointly by the Manila Critics Circle and the
National Book Development Board’s appointed judges. Aside from members
of the Manila Crtiics Circle, the following were the NBDB’s appointed
judges per category: Dr. Mario Miclat (Anthology), Cid Reyes
(Art/Architecture), Dr. Priscelina Legasto (Biography/Autobiography),
Usec. Elmer Hernandez (Business and Economics), Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz
(Children’s Literature), Chef Richard Cordova (Cook Books and Food),
Alvin Yapan (Drama), Dr. Nona Ricafort (Education), Wendell Capili
(Essay), Jun Cruz Reyes (Fiction in a Vernacular Language), Charlson
Ong (Fiction in a Foreign Language), Prof. Ambeth Ocampo (History),
Malou Mangahas (Journalism), Ret. Supreme Court Justice Santiago
Kapunan (Law), Dr. Pamela Constantino (Linguistics), Prof. Gary
Devilles (Literary Criticism), Dr. Francisco Altarejos (Medicine), Dr.
Gemino Abad (Poetry), Dr. Merle Tan (Science), Dr. Zosimo Lee (Social
Science), Quinito Henson (Sports), Dr. Dennis Gonzalez (Theology and
Religion), Marne Kilates (Translation), Emily Abrera (Travel), and
Francisco Doplon (Design).
The 27th National Book Awards is sponsored by the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts, Yuchengco Museum, Manila Bulletin, Galerie
Joaquin, Fuji Xerox, and Senator Mar Roxas.
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