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The National Book Development Board, abbreviated as NBDB, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Education formed through Republic Act No. 8047 or the Book Publishing Industry Development Act, which was responsible for promoting the continuing development of the book-publishing industry in the Philippines, with the active participation of the private sector.
National Bike Month. National Military Appreciation Month. National Foster Care Month [26] National Guide Dog Month (2008, 2009) National Pet Month (United States) National Smile Month (United Kingdom, May and June) National Stroke Awareness Month. South Asian Heritage Month (Ontario, Canada) Zombie Awareness Month.
The Philippine National Book Awards, or simply the National Book Awards, is a Philippine literary award sponsored by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics' Circle (MCC). It is the national book award of the Philippines. It honours "the most prestigious book titles written, designed, and published in the Philippines."
The National Book Awards ( NBA) are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. [1] [2] At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The National Book Awards were established in 1936 by the American Booksellers Association, [3 ...
Filipino-American Friendship Day. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is celebrated in the United States during the month of October. In 1991, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) board of trustees proposed the first annual Filipino American History Month to commence in October 1992. [1]
Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán [2] ( Spanish: [maɾˈθelojˈlaɾjo ðel piˈlaɾ]; Tagalog: [maɾˈselo ʔɪˈlaɾjo del pɪˈlaɾ]; August 30, 1850 – July 4, 1896), commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plume Pláridel, [3] [4] was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along ...
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (PhD) Genre. Fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction and screenwriting. Website. penmanila .ph. Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (born January 15, 1954) is a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction and screenwriting, including 16 Palanca Awards .
Biography. Born in Tuliao, Santa Barbara, Pangasinan, Villafania graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Pangasinan in 1991. [citation needed] He was a vice president of the Philippine branch of PEN International and the head of its Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee. [3]