Dr. Bien Lumbera, National Artist

By Danton Remoto

Aug 18, 2022 12:05 am

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DR. Bienvenido Lumbera is one of the writers whose books have been banned by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF). This fascist move makes me recall my memories of this great man who did a lot for the cultural heritage of our country.

Like many other students, I first knew Dr. Lumbera through his essays. In the early 1980s, I was a legal management student at Ateneo de Manila University, but instead of reading my books on financial accounting and business statistics, I would go to PS 9991 every afternoon.

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