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}} | image = Virgilio Almario.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Virgilio Almario at a poetry reading in June 2011 | pseudonym = Rio Alma | birth_name = Virgilio Senadren Almario | birth_date = | birth_place = San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Poet, literary critic, lecturer, editor | nationality = Filipino | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = University of the Philippines | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = Philippine Modernism | notableworks = | spouse = Emelina B. Soriano | partner = | children = Asa Victoria, Ani Rosa, Agno Virgilio | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Philippine National Artist, University of the Philippines Centennial Award, Amado V. Hernandez Award, Balagtas Award for Poetry and Essay | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = Poetry }} Virgilio S. Almario, (born March 9, 1944) better known by his pen name, RIO ALMA, is a Filipino artist, poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, and cultural manager.〔(UP Newsletter; 4 April 2008; Volume xxviii Number 03 )〕 He is a National Artist of the Philippines and currently serves as the chairman of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), the government agency mandated to promote and standardize the use of the Filipino language. Growing up in Bulacan among peasants, Almario sought his education at Manila and completed his degree in A.B. Political Science at the University of the Philippines. His life as a poet started when he took master’s course in education at the University of the East where he became associated with Rogelio G. Mangahas and Lamberto E. Antonio. A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry together with Rogelio Mangahas and Teo 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''. For these two, he was awarded the 1999 award for translation by the Manila Critics Circle.〔http://nbdb.gov.ph/nbdb-awb/index.php?filter=E〕〔http://nbdb.gov.ph/nbdb-awb/index.php?filter=N〕 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 Lagao Central Elementary School 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. On June 25 of the same year, he was proclaimed National Artist for Literature.〔Biography - RioAlma.com http://rioalma.com/about/ retrieved at August 27, 2009, 10:39PM〕 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. He was a founding member of the Gallan sa Arte at Tula (GAT), along with fellow poets Teo Antonio and Mike Bigornia. ==Works== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virgilio S. Almario」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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