Ayos Lang Ang Buhay Sa Maynila

AYOS LANG ANG BUHAY SA MAYNILA
BY BIENVENIDO LUMBRERA
Writer
ALL ABOUT BIENVENIDO LUMBRERA
Bienvenido Lumbrera
POET, LITERARY CRITIC, SCHOLAR, AND LIBRETTIST
Date and Place of Birth
Lumbrera was born in April 11, 1932 in
Childhood
At a young age,
he attended local schools
Encouraged, he became an avid

reader and entered the University of
where his teachers remarked on his unusual
Lipa City, Batangas.
Ambition
Santo
facility with language.
Tomas
with
the
hope
of
becoming a creative writer.
Writer in the making
He published his first stories and poems in
His doctoral dissertation Tagalog Poetry,
He joined the English Department of Ateneo de Manila
New literary aesthetic

He introduced a new aesthetic to
University and established himself as a drama critic and
traditional Tagalog literature with
1570-1898: Tradition and Influences on its
leading scholar of Tagalog literature. Aside from a handful
what is known as Bagay Poetry.
Development was eventually published by
of poems, however, everything he published was in
Ateneo University Press in 1986.
English, the medium of instruction at Ateneo and all other
1953,
the
Fulbright
year
before
Fellowship
he
took
graduated.
him
to
the
University of Indiana where he earned a PhD

in Comparative Literature and wrote a now-
Philippine universities.
classic study of Tagalog poetry.
Literary critic
Martial Law declaration

With the declaration of Martial Law, he left
his
post
at
underground.
the
He
Ateneo
was
then
and
went
arrested
in
January 1974. In December of that year, he

was released from jail upon petitions of his
Years of startling productivity

He wrote and lectured prolifically on literature, language,
Language is the key to national identity. Until
Achievements
In electing him to receive the 1993
drama, and film. He composed librettos for new musical
Ramon Magsaysay Award for
dramas such as Rama Hari and Bayani. He published
Journalism, Literature, and Creative
three award-winning books of criticism and, with his wife
Communication Arts, the Board of
Cynthia, an anthology of Philippine literature. He moved
Trustees recognizes his asserting the
actively in
central place of the vernacular
Filipino becomes the true lingua-franca of the

Philippines, he believes, the gap between the well-
educated classes and the vast majority of Filipinos

cannot be bridged. "As long as we continue to use
former student Cynthia Nograles, whom he
literary circles and organizations, edited

English,"and
hecontributed
says, "ourintroductions
scholars and
will
journals,
to academics
dozens of books
later married. In 1977, he became an editor
be dependent
on and
other
thinkers,"
written
by his friends
former
students.and
As a Filipino
teacher
of Diliman Review, which was openly against
literature
will
be judged
by of
Western
standards
and
he
mentored
a new
generation
literary scholars
imbued
the Marcos regime.
not, his
asown
it love
should
be,country's
by the rich
standards
of the
with
for the
artistic traditions
and
languages.
indigenous
tradition itself. Discerning such standards
is an important part of his work. He is learning, say

his students, to see Filipino literature through
tradition in framing a national identity

for modern Filipinos. He was also
awarded many literary awards,
including the National Book Awards
and the Carlos Palanca Memorial

Awards.
Ayos Lang Ang Buhay Sa Maynila

BIENVENIDO LUMBRERA

Bienvenido Lumbrera
Ayos lang ang buhay sa Maynila.

Wala kang paki sa hindi mo pami,
Interpretation
at ika'y pababayaan
ng 'yong kapitbahay.
Singkipot ng inuupahang entresuwelo
ang mundo, tamang-tama:
may banyo, may kusina.
Critical Analysis

Bienvenido Lumbrera
Ma'no kung mayroon man bendor
Interpretation
na nasagasaan ng dyip sa Espina?

Hindi mo alam (di naperyodiko kasi)
ng isang buntis ang naglunod sa Pasig kahapon.
Mabalitaan mo ma'y di mo naman kilala.
Basta ligtas ang eskinitang patungo sa inyo,
malalim man ang baha sa Sta. Cruz, ay ano?
Critical Analysis

Bienvenido Lumbrera
Para sa 'yo, ang pakikisama'y

para nung gripo sa banyo--
Interpretation
tantiyado mo kung kailan

hangin lang ang ihahagok,
at kung anong oras naman
may tutulong tubig
pag binuksan.
Critical Analysis

Bienvenido Lumbrera
Para sa 'yo, ang pakikisama'y

para nung gripo sa banyo--
Interpretation
tantiyado mo kung kailan

hangin lang ang ihahagok,
at kung anong oras naman
may tutulong tubig
pag binuksan.
Critical Analysis
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Date and Place of Birth

Lumbrera was born in April 11, 1932 in

he attended local schools

Encouraged, he became an avid

where his teachers remarked on his unusual

Lipa City, Batangas.

facility with language.

becoming a creative writer.

Writer in the making

He published his first stories and poems in

His doctoral dissertation Tagalog Poetry,

He joined the English Department of Ateneo de Manila

New literary aesthetic

University and established himself as a drama critic and

traditional Tagalog literature with

1570-1898: Tradition and Influences on its

leading scholar of Tagalog literature. Aside from a handful

what is known as Bagay Poetry.

Development was eventually published by

of poems, however, everything he published was in

Ateneo University Press in 1986.

English, the medium of instruction at Ateneo and all other

University of Indiana where he earned a PhD

classic study of Tagalog poetry.

Martial Law declaration

January 1974. In December of that year, he

Years of startling productivity

Language is the key to national identity. Until

drama, and film. He composed librettos for new musical

Ramon Magsaysay Award for

dramas such as Rama Hari and Bayani. He published

Journalism, Literature, and Creative

three award-winning books of criticism and, with his wife

Communication Arts, the Board of

Cynthia, an anthology of Philippine literature. He moved

Trustees recognizes his asserting the

central place of the vernacular

Filipino becomes the true lingua-franca of the

educated classes and the vast majority of Filipinos

former student Cynthia Nograles, whom he

literary circles and organizations, edited

later married. In 1977, he became an editor

of Diliman Review, which was openly against

the Marcos regime.

is an important part of his work. He is learning, say

tradition in framing a national identity

and the Carlos Palanca Memorial