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Benilda S. Santos

Benilda S. Santos

Benilda Santos is an award-winning author, poet, film critic, editor, and professor. Her work has been recognized by the Carlos Palanca Foundation, Talaang Ginto, Manila Critics Circle, and the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas. She is the Dean of the School of Humanities at Ateneo de Manila University. She won a National Book Award in 1996. (Source)

Poems by Benilda S. Santos

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Yevtushenko, On A Rainy Day by Benilda S. Santos

"He is saying between quotation marks / that look like droplets of rain / suspended near the edge / of my windowpane, / he is saying, // “And I run like mad / Never catching up with myself.”"
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Paglikha by Benilda S. Santos

"Ako ang ulap na bilanggo ng liwanag at dilim / na magpahanggang-ngayon lambong lamang ng buwan" — Benilda S. Santos