28 Ateneo Press titles are finalists in the 39th National Book Awards
16 Jun 2022
Twenty-eight titles published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press are finalists in the 39th National Book Awards.
The finalists, covering titles released in 2019 and 2020, were announced by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle on Wednesday, 15 June 2022.
The National Book Awards, held yearly, "honors the most prestigious book titles written, designed, and published in the Philippines," according to the NBDB.
The awards night is scheduled to take place in July 2022, the NBDB said.
The titles published by the Ateneo Press are:
Clothing the Colony: Nineteenth-Century Philippine Sartorial Culture, 1820-1896 by Stephanie Coo
- Finalist for Design (design by Felix Mago Miguel, Jr.)
- Finalist for History in Non-Literary Division
The Zanjeras of Ilocos: Cooperative Irrigation Societies of the Philippines by Jose A. Rivera
- Finalist for Science in Non-Literary Division
Asian Place, Filipino Nation: A Global Intellectual History of the Philippine Revolution, 1887-1912 by Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz
- Finalist for History in Non-Literary Division
Philippine Politics and the Marcos Technocrats: The Emergence and Evolution of a Power Elite by Teresa Tadem
- Finalist for History in Non-Literary Division
Making Sense of the City: Public Spaces in the Philippines by Remmon Barbaza
- Finalist for Social Sciences in Non-Literary Division
Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far Right by Walden Bello
- Finalist for Social Sciences in Non-Literary Division
A Capital City at the Margins: Quezon City and Urbanization in the Twentieth Century Philippines by Michael Pante
- Finalist for Social Sciences in Non-Literary Division
School is Life: Progressive Education in the Philippines by Ani Rosa Almario and Tina Zamora
- Finalist for Professions in Non-Literary Division
Creating Sustainable Value in Social Enterprises: Stories of Social Innovation by Maria Assunta Cuyegkeng, Raquel Cementina-Olpoc, and Ana Marina Tan
- Finalist for Professions in Non-Literary Division
The Art of Collecting: A Guide to the Philippine Market by Joseph Sedfrey Santiago
- Finalist for Art in Non-Literary Division
Jose Rizal: Liberalismo at ang Balintuna ng Kolonyalidad ni Lisandro Claudio at salin ni Mikael de Lara Co
- Finalist for Translation in Literary Division
The World Is Still Beautiful by Lazaro Francisco, translated by Mona Highley
- Finalist for Translation in Literary Division
Canal de la Reina by Liwayway Arceo, Translated by Soledad Reyes
- Finalist for Translation in Literary Division
The Last Timawa: A Novel by Servando de los Angeles, translated by Soledad Reyes
- Finalist for Translation in Literary Division
Marawi and Other Poems by Simeon Dumdum, Jr
- Finalist for Poetry in English
Di Achichuk by Dorian Merina
- Finalist for Poetry in English
Sensing Manila by Gary Devilles
- Finalist for Literary Criticism/Literary History in English
Children of the Postcolony: Filipino Intellectuals and Decolonization, 1946-1972 by Charlie Samuya Veric
- Finalist for Literary Criticism/Literary History in English
Virgin (muli) Po Ako: (mga dulang may isang yugto) ni Reuel Molina Aguila
- Finalist for Drama
Two Women as Specters of History: Lakambini and Indigo Child by Rody Vera
- Finalist for Drama
The Philippines Is Not A Small Country by Gideon Lasco
- Finalist for Essay in English
A Pig Was Once Killed In Our Garage by Martin Villanueva
- Finalist for Essay in English
Biyaheng Pinoy: A Mindanao Travelogue by Edilberto Alegre
- Finalist for Non-Fiction Prose in English
City Stories by Angelo Lacuesta
- Finalist for Short Stories in English
A Natural History of Empire by Dominic Sy
- Finalist for Short Stories in English
Tiempo Muerto by Caroline Hau
- Finalist for Novel in English
Broken Islands by Criselda Yabes
- Finalist for Novel in English
The Age of Umbrage by Jessica Zafra
- Finalist for Novel in English
The full list of finalists can be found at the NBDB website.
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