RP teener 1st 'Struga' laureate:
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Filipino poet Angelo V. Suarez is the first laureate of "Bridges of Struga," a new international poetry prize created by the international festival Struga Poetry Evenings in cooperation with the Unesco to reward young poets from all over the world.
Suarez, a fourth-year literature student of the University of Santo Tomas, received the award for his collection of poems, The Nymph of MTV (UST Publishing House). He was chosen from among 24 candidates from 15 Unesco member states.
The prize-giving ceremony was held at the poetry festival from Aug. 25 to 29 in the town of Struga, Macedonia.
Located on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the town is laced with bridges and dotted with delightful architecture -- a romantic setting for the world's largest poetry gathering.
The most spectacular evening of the festival is one simply called "Bridges." This is when the poets address the audience with their poetry from the bridge where the Drim river exits from the Ohrid Lake.
In this perfect setting, visitors listen to verses from almost every part of the world including Portugal, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Croatia, Sudan, India, Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro, Peru and Macedonia. [...]
- Review of The Nymph of MTV
- About the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House
- Profile of Angelo V. Suarez
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