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ALBERT B. CASUGA, a Philippine-born writer, lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write poetry, fiction, and criticism after his retirement from teaching and serving as an elected member of his region's school board. He was nominated to the Mississauga Arts Council Literary Awards in 2007. A graduate of the Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas (now University of Santo Tomas, Manila. Literature and English, magna cum laude), he taught English and Literature (Criticism, Theory, and Creative Writing) at the Philippines' De La Salle University and San Beda College. He has authored books of poetry, short stories, literary theory and criticism. He has won awards for his works in Canada, the U.S.A., and the Philippines. His latest work, A Theory of Echoes and Other Poems was published February 2009 by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House. His fiction and poetry were published by online literary journals Asia Writes and Coastal Poems recently. He was a Fellow at the 1972 Silliman University Writers Workshop, Philippines. As a journalist, he worked with the United Press International and wrote an art column for the defunct Philippines Herald.

Friday, October 8, 2010

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA WINS NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE

NOBEL PRIZE IN LIT WON BY WRITER-POLITICIAN LLOSA


Thursday's The National Post reported and carried a New York Times story on this year's Nobel Prize in Literature winner. Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian, is the second South American to garner the 10 million kroner ($1.5 million) plume. Gabriel Garcia Marquez won the Nobel in 1982.

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A Mario Vargas Llosa: Felicitaciones! Bravo!



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