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Pilandok
Si Pilandok at Ang Manok na Nangingitlog ng Ginto
Pilandok is a well-loved folk hero especially popular in the Muslim areas. His name is the Filipino equivalent for the mousedeer. In folk tales, Pilandok is portrayed as a clever creature who loves to play tricks — and his tricks often land him in difficult situations! However, it is also because of his wit that he is saved, unscathed, every time.
Isang kilalang tauhan si Pilandok sa mga kuwentong bayan ng Timog, lalo na sa lugar ng mga Muslim. Ang kaniyang pangalan ay ang salin para sa ‘mouse deer.’ Sa mga kuwentong bayan, si Pilandok ay matalino at palabiro kaya’t malimit siyang nalalagay sa panganib. Ngunit, ang kaniyang katalinuhan din ang sumasagip sa kaniya.
Isang kilalang tauhan si Pilandok sa mga kuwentong bayan ng Timog, lalo na sa lugar ng mga Muslim. Ang kaniyang pangalan ay ang salin para sa ‘mouse deer.’ Sa mga kuwentong bayan, si Pilandok ay matalino at palabiro kaya’t malimit siyang nalalagay sa panganib. Ngunit, ang kaniyang katalinuhan din ang sumasagip sa kaniya.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Virgilio S. Almario
111 books269 followersVirgilio S. Almario, better known by his pen name, Rio Alma, is a Filipino artist, poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, and cultural manager. He is a National Artist of the Philippines.
Growing up in Bulacan among peasants, Almario sought his education in Manila and completed his degree in A.B. Political Science at the University of the Philippines. A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry together with Rogelio G. Mangahas and Lamberto E. Antonio. His earliest pieces of literary criticism were collected in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina (1972), now considered the first book of literary criticism in Filipino. Later, in the years of martial law, he set aside modernism and formalism and took interest in nationalism, politics and activist movement. As critic, his critical works deal with the issue of national language.
Aside from being a critic, Almario engaged in translating and editing. He has translated the best contemporary poets of the world. He has also translated for theater production the plays of Nick Joaquin, Bertolt Brecht, Euripedes and Maxim Gorki. Other important translations include the famous works of the Philippines' national hero, José Rizal, namely Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. It was deemed as the best translation by the Manila Critics Circle.
Almario has been a recipient of numerous awards such as several Palanca Awards, two grand prizes from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Makata ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the TOYM for literature, and the Southeast Asia Write Award of Bangkok.
He was an instructor at the Ateneo de Manila University from 1969-1972. He only took his M.A. in Filipino in 1974 in the University of the Philippines. In 2003, he was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Letters in the said university. In June 25 of the same year, he was proclaimed National Artist for Literature.
Almario is also the founder and workshop director of the Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA), an organization of poets who write in Filipino. Award-winning writers and poets such as Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, and Vim Nadera are but some of the products of the LIRA workshop.
Growing up in Bulacan among peasants, Almario sought his education in Manila and completed his degree in A.B. Political Science at the University of the Philippines. A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry together with Rogelio G. Mangahas and Lamberto E. Antonio. His earliest pieces of literary criticism were collected in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina (1972), now considered the first book of literary criticism in Filipino. Later, in the years of martial law, he set aside modernism and formalism and took interest in nationalism, politics and activist movement. As critic, his critical works deal with the issue of national language.
Aside from being a critic, Almario engaged in translating and editing. He has translated the best contemporary poets of the world. He has also translated for theater production the plays of Nick Joaquin, Bertolt Brecht, Euripedes and Maxim Gorki. Other important translations include the famous works of the Philippines' national hero, José Rizal, namely Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. It was deemed as the best translation by the Manila Critics Circle.
Almario has been a recipient of numerous awards such as several Palanca Awards, two grand prizes from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Makata ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the TOYM for literature, and the Southeast Asia Write Award of Bangkok.
He was an instructor at the Ateneo de Manila University from 1969-1972. He only took his M.A. in Filipino in 1974 in the University of the Philippines. In 2003, he was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Letters in the said university. In June 25 of the same year, he was proclaimed National Artist for Literature.
Almario is also the founder and workshop director of the Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA), an organization of poets who write in Filipino. Award-winning writers and poets such as Roberto and Rebecca Añonuevo, Romulo Baquiran Jr., Michael Coroza, Jerry Gracio, and Vim Nadera are but some of the products of the LIRA workshop.
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July 19, 2021
Nagustuhan ko na ang bida sa libro isang endangered species na endemic sa bansa, ang Philippine Mouse Deer. Mas magiging pamilyar ang mga bata sa iba't ibang mga uri ng hayop na dito lang makikita sa Pilipinas. Matalino at matapang si Pilandok at lumalaban sa kasakiman ng mga namumuno sa kanila. Exciting ang kuwento at nakakatuwa. Simple ang mga illustrations at naaayon sa mga kultura sa Mindanao. May mala-"Hidden Objects" na game sa huling bahagi ng aklat at puwede ring kulayan ang illustration nito.
September 17, 2010
sa ngayon gusto ko muna mabasa kung anu ang nilalaman ng libro sa kwentong si pilandok at ang manok na nangingitlog ng ginto para maturo ko rin sa mga bata kapag ng chi2ldren kmi tuwing sunday...
i hope na marami akong matotonan dito sa kwentong ito...
i hope na marami akong matotonan dito sa kwentong ito...
June 9, 2011
ang galing naman yan.... :D... mga favurite ko ito since bata ako :D.. taught me alottt :) love ui atee... x
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