(NOV. 27)鈥擝ooks published in 2016 by Prof. Jose Wendell P. Capili, PhD of the College of Arts and Letters (CAL) and Prof. Nick Deocampo of the College of Mass Communication (CMC), won in two categories of the 36th National Book Awards (NBA).
罢丑别听听is given yearly by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and Manila Critics Circle (MCC) to the best books written, designed and published in the country. According to NBDB, , except for Publisher of the Year, will receive a cash prize of P15,000.
Capili鈥檚 book 鈥淢igrations and Mediations: The Emergence of Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia 1972-2007鈥 published by the UP Press won the Literary Criticism/Literary History category.
鈥淓iga: Cinema in the Philippines During World War II鈥 by Deocampo published by Anvil Publishing Inc. and was chosen as the winner in the Art category.
is currently the UP System Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs and a professor at the CAL Department of English and Comparative Literature. He authored numerous poems, reviews, creative/critical essays, newspaper articles and academic papers, some of which were published in Australia, Austria, China, England, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States, including 鈥淎nagram鈥 (Johns Hopkins University), 鈥淎ni鈥 (Cultural Center of the Philippines), 鈥淎sian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia鈥 and 鈥淎t Home in Unhomeliness: The Philippine PEN Anthology of Postcolonial Poetry in English鈥 (The Philippine PEN Poetry Anthology 2007).
is an associate professor at the UP Film Institute (UPFI). He is a multi-awarded filmmaker, film historian and film literacy advocate. He authored and edited several books on cinema history, some of which are, 鈥淪hort Film: Emergence of a New Philippine Cinema鈥 (Communication Foundation for Asia, Manila 1985), 鈥淏eyond the Mainstream: The Films of Nick Deocampo鈥 (winner, National Book Award for Screenplay, 1997), 鈥淟ost Films of Asia鈥 (commissioned by the South East Asia Pacific Audio-Visual Archive Association and published by Anvil Publishing, Inc., 2006), 鈥淪ineGabay: A Film Study Guide鈥 published by Anvil Publishing, Inc. (winner, National Book Award, 2008) and 鈥淐ine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines鈥 (Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2003), which won another National Book Award in 2003.
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Capili鈥檚 book cover鈥攈ttps://www.facebook.com/UniversityofthePhilippinesPress/photos/a.10154847818572178.1073741875.137328977177/10154960750807178/?type=3&theater
Capili鈥檚 photo鈥攈ttps://www.facebook.com/wendellcapili
Deocampo鈥檚 book cover 鈥 https://www.anvilpublishing.com/shop/entertainment/eiga/
Deocampo鈥檚 photo鈥攈ttp://filminstitute.upd.edu.ph/nick-deocampo/
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