Get Hold Of Diliman: Homage To The Fifties Fashioned By Elmer A. Ordóñez Available As Readable Copy

author of the book, Elmer Ordonez, is the brotherinlaw of my maternal grandmother, This book that he wrote is filled with good essays on Philippine history, literature, and education, The academe in this case, the Diliman campus of the state

university is a congenial place for writing, Here one can write freely despite the University of the Philippines' record of having suspended some writers, notably poets Jose Garcia Villa in the lates and Epifanio San Juan Jr.
, in the mids, or censored editorial opinion in the Philippine Collegian, The period of martial law did not deter writers on campus from expressing themselves in ingenious ways, Paramount was the expression of their ideas and sentiments on issues within and beyond parochial concerns, Elmer Alindugan Ordóñez was born on December,in Juban, Sorsogon, He obtained his BA and MA in English from the University of the Philippines, his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in, and post doctoral studies from Oxford University London in.
He has been professor of English, associate for literary criticism at the UP Creative Writing Center, and chairperson for projects of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Ordóñez edited Introduction to Literatureand Festschriften: Leopoldo Y, Yabes: A Memorial Volume, He has also published a number of books, including Early Joseph Conradand The Other View: Notes on Philippine Writing and Culture.
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