F. Sionil José
Francisco Sionil José (born December 3, 1924 in Rosales , † January 6, 2022 in Makati City ) was a Filipino writer who wrote in English . His novels and short stories deal with the social foundations of class struggle and colonialism in Filipino society. José's texts have been translated into 22 languages.
Life
childhood
José was born in Rosales in 1924, where many of his stories are set. He spent his childhood in Barrio Cabugawan . It was there that he began to write. His ancestry is Ilokano , but his family moved to Pangasinan to escape poverty before he was born .
An important influence for José was his mother Sofia Sionil, who procured books for him, although she also had to take care of the family's food, which was constantly threatened by poverty. She supported the family by sewing after their father, a Philippine Independent Church priest , left the family. He started writing in elementary school when he was just learning to read. In the fifth grade, one of José's teachers made the school library accessible to her students, where he read novels by José Rizal ( Noli me tangere and El Filibusterismo ), Willa Cather ( My Ántonia ), William Faulkner , John Steinbeck and Miguel de Cervantes ( Don Quixote ) read. These works influenced the content and form of his later works. The portrayal of injustice in Rizal's Noli me tangere moved him to tears. At the age of five, his illiterate grandfather who had been a soldier during the Filipino Revolution had shown him land that had once belonged to the family but was then taken by wealthy landowners. José was one of five children.
Next life
José attended the University of Santo Tomas after the Second World War , but soon dropped out and lived as a writer and journalist in Manila . In the following years he published various literary and journalistic texts, founded the magazine Solidarity and his own publishing house as well as the Philippine branch of the writers' association PEN. He has received numerous prizes for his work. His best-known novel is The Pretenders , the story of a man's alienation from his poor background and the decadence of his wife's rich family.
Throughout his career, José has advocated social justice and improved living conditions for average Filipino families in his texts. Internationally he was one of the most famous Filipino writers. However, he was less popular in his home country because of his use of Filipino English and anti-elite views.
In addition to his writing activities, he also ran a bookstore in the Ermita district of Manila, which sells books and literature that are difficult to obtain in the Philippines and which was very well known among Filipino authors.
Awards
- Ramon Magsaysay Prize in the Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts category (1980)
- National Artist Award for Literature (2001)
- Pablo Neruda Centennial Award (2004)
- Palanca Awards
factories
Rosales saga novels
(A series of five novels spanning three centuries of Filipino history and translated into 22 languages worldwide)
- Po-on (Dusk) (1984) ISBN 971-8845-10-0
- The Pretenders (1962) ISBN 971-8845-00-3
- My Brother, My Executioner (1973) ISBN 971-8845-16-X
- Mass (1974) ISBN 0-86861-572-2 , German: Scenes from Manila , Horlemann, Bad Honnef 1990
- Tree (1978) ISBN 971-8845-14-3
Novels that the Rosales Saga contained
- Dusk (Po-on) (1993) ISBN 0-375-75144-0
- Don Vicente (1980) ISBN 0-375-75243-9 - Tree and My Brother, My Executioner in one volume
- The Samsons ISBN 0-375-75244-7 The Pretenders and Mass in one volume
Other novels
- Gagamba (The Spider Man) (1991) ISBN 971-536-105-6 , German: Gagamba , Horlemann, Berlin 2014
- Viajero (1993) ISBN 971-8845-04-6
- Sin (1994) ISBN 0-517-28446-4
- Ben Singkol (2001) ISBN 971-8845-32-1
- Ermita ISBN 971-8845-12-7
- Vibora! (2007)
- Sherds (2008)
- Muse and Balikbayan: Two Plays (2008)
- The Feet of Juan Bacnang (2011)
Volumes of stories
- The God Stealer and Other Short Stories (2001) ISBN 971-8845-35-6
- Puppy Love and Other Short Stories (March 15, 1998) ISBN 971-8845-26-7 and ISBN 978-971-8845-26-4
- Olvidon and Other Stories (1988) ISBN 971-8845-18-6
- Platinum: Ten Filipino Stories (1983) ISBN 971-8845-22-4 (no longer published; the stories are included in recent editions of Olvidon and Other Stories )
- Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Short Stories (1980) ISBN 99922-884-0-X
- Asian PEN Anthology (as editor) (1966)
Children's books
- The Molave and The Orchid (November 2004)
Poetry
- Questions (1988)
Essays and non-fiction books
- In Search of the Word (De La Salle University Press, March 15, 1998) ISBN 971-555-264-1 and ISBN 978-971-555-264-6
- We Filipinos: Our Moral Malaise, Our Heroic Heritage
- Soba, Senbei and Shibuya: A Memoir of Post-War Japan ISBN 971-8845-31-3 and ISBN 978-971-8845-31-8
- This I Believe: Gleanings from a Life in Literature (2006)
- Termites in the sala, heroes in the attic: why we are poor (2006) ISBN 971-8845-41-0
- Why we are hungry - Rats in the Kitchen, Carabaos in the Closet (2008) ISBN 978-971-8845-49-3
- Literature and Liberation (co-author) (1988)
literature
- Edwin Thuboo (Ed.): Frankie Sionil José: A Tribute . Times Academic Press, Singapore 2005, ISBN 981-210-425-9 and ISBN 978-981-210-425-0
- Miguel A. Bernard (Ed.): Conversations with F. Sionil José . Vera-Reyes Publishing Inc., Philippines 1991
- Alfredo T. Morales: F. Sionil José and His Fiction . Vera-Reyes Publishing Inc., Philippines
- Hergen Albus: The Rosales Saga by Francisco Sionil Jose: Postcolonial Discourses in the Works of a Filipino Author . SEACOM, Berlin 2009
- Rainer Werning : The pen is no more powerful than the sword: the writer Francisco Sionil José. In: Handbook Philippines. Society, politics, economy, culture. Bad Honnef 2006, ISBN 3-89502-218-7 , pp. 294-297
Web links
- Literature by and about F. Sionil José in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about F. Sionil José in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Why Are Filipinos So Poor? Essay by F. Sionil José
- Filipino English: Literature As We Think It Lecture by José at the National University of Singapore (English)
- F. Sionil Jose: We Who Stayed Behind. Many fled the Philippines during the Marcos years, writes F. Sionil Jose. But what about those who remained? ( Memento of April 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), essay (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Artist F Sionil Jose dies at 97. In: rappler.com. January 6, 2022, accessed January 6, 2022 .
- ↑ a b c d e f F. Sionil José: Sense of the City: Manila . BBC News, BBC.co.uk, July 30, 2003, as seen on August 24, 2009
- ↑ a b c d e f Author Spotlight: F. Sionil Jose . Random House, RandomHouse.com, as viewed August 24, 2009
- ↑ a b c d e f Priscilla Supnet Macansantos: A Hometown as Literature for F. Sionil José ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Global Nation / Features, Inquirer, Inquirer.net, April 25, 2007, viewed August 24, 2009
- ↑ a b c d e f Leopoldo Y. Yabes and Judson Knight: Francisco Sionil Jose Biography . Contemporary Novelists, Volume 16, Jrank.org, accessed August 24, 2009
- ↑ Cathy Rose A. Garcia: Author F. Sionil Jose's Insight on Philippines (article on the novel Ermita ) , Arts & Living, The Korea Times, KoreaTimes.co.kr, viewed August 24, 2009
- ↑ Cathy Rose Garcia: Author F. Sionil Jose's Insight on Philippines (article on the novel Ermita ) , BookAsia.org, viewed August 24, 2009
personal data | |
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SURNAME | José, F. Sionil |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | José, Francisco Sionil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino writer |
BIRTH DATE | December 3, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosales , Philippines |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2022 |
PLACE OF DEATH | Makati City |