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    This is a short script about the life and works of Virgilio Almario, the current president of the NCCA.

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    On March 9, 1944, in Camias, San Miguel,

    Bulacan, an esteemed educator, cultural manager, and


    poet, was born. That’s me! I am recognized for reviving
    and reinventing traditional Philippine poetic forms
    while championing modernist poetics. My poetry
    ranges from the lyrical to the satirical to the epic, from
    the dramatic to the incantatory, often offering acute
    examinations of the self and the society. It is with no
    doubt when I say that my parents, Feliciana Senadren
    and Ricardo Almario bore a truly magnificent child —
    me, who goes by the moniker Rio alma
    My vision is redefining how the Filipino poetry
    is viewed and paving the way for its discussion. I have
    published numerous books of criticism, literary history and anthologies.
    My intense interest in the Filipino language resulted in the books Filipino ng mga Filipino (1993;
    2009), Tradisyon at Wikang Filipino (1998), Patnubay sa Masinop na Pagsulat (1981), and of
    course, UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino (2001; 2010), which is considered as the most
    comprehensive monolingual dictionary on Filipino.
    I am also a leading academician, guiding innumerable students. In 2003, I was appointed
    Dean of the College of Arts and Letters of the University of the Philippines. I also became the
    director of the UP Institute of Creative Writing, the current chairman of the National
    Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) since 2017, and also chairman of the Komisyon sa
    Wikang Filipino (KWF). Many Filipino writers have come under my wing when I founded
    Galian sa Arte at Tula (GAT) and the Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA).
    My involvement with NCCA started in November 1998, when I became its executive director,
    serving until August 2001. During my term, me and the former NCCA chairman Jaime Laya
    have been instrumental in strengthening and enhancing the structure of the agency. I also
    initiated groundbreaking projects and programs, many of which are now distinctive features of
    the NCCA.
    For my many achievements, I am a recipient of numerous awards including several
    Palanca awards, Ten Outstanding Young Men (1983), Southeast Asia Write Award of Bangkok
    (1989), Dangal ng Lipi Award of Bulacan (1993; 2008), Gawad Patnubay ng Sining of Manila
    (1992), Gantimpalang Quezon of Quezon City (1993), and Gawad Diwa ng Lahi ng Lungsod
    Maynila (2010). On June 25, 2013, I, Virgilio Almario was proclaimed National Artist for
    literature.
    As the NCCA chairman, I expressed my desire for the establishment of a Department of
    Culture. I also highlighted the need to focus on the safeguarding, dissemination, appreciation and
    promotion of the intangible cultural heritage of the country.
    While I believe that efforts on tangible heritage must continue and intensify, I wanted stronger
    direction and efforts in the preservation of our intangible heritage. This stems from the fact that
    the Philippines is very rich in culture, which can be harnessed, but at the same time, if not taken
    care of, could be eventually lost as well.
    “Culture is a way of remembering and memorializing the past,” Almario said. “The more distant
    the past that we know, the richer we are as a people, and the more profound we will be in our
    creative and social endeavors.”

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