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Teofilo Garcia (born March 27, 1941) [1] is a Filipino hatter who is regarded as a National Living Treasure in the Philippines for making tabungaw hats, a type of Ilocano headwear. Background [ edit ]
Gabriel José García Márquez (Latin American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈmaɾ.kes] ⓘ; [a] 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America.
A book based on conversations between García Márquez and his close friend Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza. [71] [72] La aventura de Miguel Littín clandestino en Chile (Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littín) 1986 A report about the Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín’s clandestine visit to his home country after 12 years in exile. [73]
Salinta Monon (December 12, 1920 – June 4, 2009) was a Filipino textile weaver who was the one of two recipients of the National Living Treasures Award in 1998. She was known for her Bagobo-Tagabawa textiles and was known as the "last Bagobo weaver".
He worked with the Bureau of Nonformal Education, to teach people how to read and write and would promote the tradition of epic chanting despite the initial objection of his children. [ 2 ] He also worked as the manughusay in his local community, an arbiter who helps resolve disputes and conflicts in the community.
Born on August 3, 1928, [2] Lang Dulay was a T'boli princess [3] from the Lake Sebu region in South Cotabato.She first learnt weaving at the age of 12 from her mother, Luan Senig.
This award meant that her story was the best book in children's or juvenile literature published in 2011 in any of the official languages spoken in Spain. [ 2 ] Likewise, in 2011, she was awarded with the ‘Premio Cervantes Chico’ Prize by the City Hall of Alcalá de Henares and the ‘Asociación de Libreros y Papeleros’.
Maccheronee. His first work, under the Latin pseudonym Merlinus Cocaius, was the macaronic narrative poem Baldo (1517), which relates the adventures of a fictitious hero named Baldo ("Baldus"), a descendant of French royalty and something of a juvenile delinquent who encounters imprisonment; battles with local authorities, pirates, shepherds, witches, and demons; and a journey to the underworld.