Get Your Hands On Muling-Pagkatha Sa Ating Bansa: O Bakit Pinakamahabang Tulay Sa Buong Mundo Ang Tulay Calumpit Created By Virgilio S. Almario Provided As Textbook

pinakamahabang tulay sa buong mundo ang Tulay Calumpit

Ang Sagot: "Dahil pagtawid mo mula sa Calumpit, Bulacan, at may dala kang itlog, pagdating mo sa kabila sa Apalit, Pampanga, ang itlog mo ay 'ebon' na.
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"Itinatanghal ng palaisipangbayang ito," ayon sa mayakda, "ang mga espasyong nakapagitan at naghihiwalay sa mga bayan, mga lalawigan, mga rehiyon, at mga pulo sa buong Filipinas.
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Sa kalipunang ito ng mga sanaysay hinggil sa nasyonalismo, kasaysayan, edukasyon, wika, at panitikan, nagmumungkahi ang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining kung paano lilikha ng mga bagong tulay sa pagbuo ng pambansang kultura na higit na magbibigkis sa bayan at magpapaigting ng ating pagkabansa.
Virgilio S. Almario, better known by his pen name, Rio Alma, is a Filipino artist, poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, and cultural manager.
He is a National Artist of the Philippines, Growing up in Bulacan among peasants, Almario sought his education in Manila and completed his degree in A.
B. Political Science at the University of the Philippines, A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry together with Rogelio G.
Mangahas and Lamberto E. Antonio. His earliest pieces of literary criticism were collected in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina, now considered the first book of literary criticism in Filipino.
Later, in the years of martial law, he set aside modernism and formalism an Virgilio S.
Almario, better known by his pen name, Rio Alma, is a Filipino artist, poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, and cultural manager.
He is a National Artist of the Philippines, Growing up in Bulacan among peasants, Almario sought his education in Manila and completed his degree in A.
B. Political Science at the University of the Philippines, A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry together with Rogelio G.
Mangahas and Lamberto E. Antonio. His earliest pieces of literary criticism were collected in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina, now considered the first book of literary criticism in Filipino.
Later, in the years of martial law, he set aside modernism and formalism and took interest in nationalism, politics and activist movement.
As critic, his critical works deal with the issue of national language, Aside from being a critic, Almario engaged in translating and editing, He has translated the best contemporary poets of the world, He has also translated for theater production the plays of Nick Joaquin, Bertolt Brecht, Euripedes and Maxim Gorki.
Other important translations include the famous works of the Philippines' national hero, José Rizal, namely Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
It was deemed as the best translation by the Manila Critics Circle, Almario has been a recipient of numerous awards such as several Palanca Awards, two grand prizes from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Makata ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino,

the TOYM for literature, and the Southeast Asia Write Award of Bangkok.
He was an instructor at the Ateneo de Manila University from, He only took his M, A. in Filipino inin the University of the Philippines, In, he was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Letters in the said university.
In Juneof the same year, he was proclaimed National Artist for Literature, Almario is also the founder and workshop director of the Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo LIRA, an organization of poets who write in Filipino.
Award winning writers and poets such as Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr, Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, and Vim Nadera are but some of the products of the LIRA workshop.
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