1887 Birth in Talisay, Cebu, of Cebuano fictionist and Talisay Mayor Vicente H. Garces. 1906 Birth in Barili, Cebu, of Manuel A. Zosa, lawyer and multi-term Cebu Congressman. 1916 “Academia Visaya” one of the earliest of the Cebuano language associations, is founded at the residence of Jose Vaño on Colon Street.
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Yu wins the NCCA Writers’ Prize 2014 for Essay in Cebuano Language
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) awarded the NCCA Writers’ Prize 2014 for Essay in Cebuano Language to Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, USC Director of the Cebuano Studies Center and professor of the Department of Languages and Literature, for her entry Naglangoy sa Langit. The NCCA Writers’ Prize is a biennial award given […]