New Filipino publication in Spanish launched
Perro Berde, the only cultural Philippine magazine in Spanish at present, was recently launched at the Instituto Cervantes in Manila.
The magazine was initiated by a group of Filipino and Spanish writers residing in Manila. Sponsored chiefly by the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines and the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional y Desarollo (AECID), Perro Berde is the most recent attempt to revive the tradition of Spanish language periodicals in the country.
In addition to Spanish, the magazine is written in Filipino and in some 16 languages spoken in the Philippines. The first issue of Perro Berde features the illustrations of Spanish artist Cesar Caballero, as well as major contemporary Filipino writers such as Bienvenido Lumbera, Marjorie Evasco, Marra Lanot, Joi Barrios, Roland Tolentino, Francis Macansantos, and Sid Hildawa. A special tribute is rendered in the magazine to the latter, who passed away in 2008, in the first ever publication of Spanish translations of his poems. The first issue also gives credit to Argentinian poet Juan Gelman in an interview and a bilingual (Filipino-Spanish) selection of his poetry.
Amongst the contributors in Spanish are Juan Echanove, Jaroslav Ludva, Gabriel Munuera, Eva Pastrana, and Juan Sanz del Alamo.
The magazine also offers an academic section, dedicated to Fil-Hispanic literature and its place in Filipino literary canon, with articles by Pedro Aulion de Haro, David Hernandez, and Wystan de la Peña.
Manila Bulletin, July 4, 2009, p. F-2.
The magazine was initiated by a group of Filipino and Spanish writers residing in Manila. Sponsored chiefly by the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines and the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional y Desarollo (AECID), Perro Berde is the most recent attempt to revive the tradition of Spanish language periodicals in the country.
In addition to Spanish, the magazine is written in Filipino and in some 16 languages spoken in the Philippines. The first issue of Perro Berde features the illustrations of Spanish artist Cesar Caballero, as well as major contemporary Filipino writers such as Bienvenido Lumbera, Marjorie Evasco, Marra Lanot, Joi Barrios, Roland Tolentino, Francis Macansantos, and Sid Hildawa. A special tribute is rendered in the magazine to the latter, who passed away in 2008, in the first ever publication of Spanish translations of his poems. The first issue also gives credit to Argentinian poet Juan Gelman in an interview and a bilingual (Filipino-Spanish) selection of his poetry.
Amongst the contributors in Spanish are Juan Echanove, Jaroslav Ludva, Gabriel Munuera, Eva Pastrana, and Juan Sanz del Alamo.
The magazine also offers an academic section, dedicated to Fil-Hispanic literature and its place in Filipino literary canon, with articles by Pedro Aulion de Haro, David Hernandez, and Wystan de la Peña.
Manila Bulletin, July 4, 2009, p. F-2.
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