This great Filipino poet was a National Artist for Theater and Literature and was in the first group of inductees into the Palanca Hall of Fame in 1995. A native of Tondo, Manila, he was born in 1937 and died in 1997.
SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION IN ENGLISH
Rolando (Santos) Tinio is famous for being a playwright, poet and translator. He was born in Tondo. Date of birth: March 5, 1997. Died in Manila in on July 7, 1997. Belonged to the anti-Romantic group of Tagalog poets known as the Bagay (Object) group who describe things and avoid giving interpretations. The Grandmother describes a senile, cranky grandmother; this poem gives a glimpse into the ways of a typical Filipino household at dusk when the Angelus prayer is announced.
TAGALOG TRANSLATION OF BIOGRAPHY
Si Rolando (Santos) Tinio ay kilala bilang mandudula, makata at tagapagsalin Isinilang siya sa Tondo. Araw ng kapanganakan: Marso 5, 1997. Namatay sa Maynila noong Hulyo 7, 1997. Nabibilang sa grupong “Bagay” ng mga anti-Romantikong makatang Tagalog na naglalarawan ng mga bagay at umiiwas sa pagbibigay ng mga kuru-kuro. Ang Lola ay naglalarawan ng isang matandang ulyanin at bugnutin; ang tulang ito ay nagbibigay ng isang sulyap sa mga gawi ng isang pangkaraniwang tahanang Pilipino sa dapit-hapon sa pagtugtog ng orasyon.
POETRY COLLECTIONS BY ROLANDO TINIO:
Sitsit sa Kulilig (Whistling at Cicadas, 1972); Dunung-Dunungan (Pedantry, 1975); Kristal na Uniberso (Crystal Universe, 1989); Trick of Mirrors (1993)
EXAMPLE OF POETRY TRANSLATION BY ROLANDO TINIO:
Tagalog-English translation of Florante at Laura excerpt
Translations into Tagalog of major works of the Western theater
Laruang Kristal (Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie)
Pahimakas sa Isang Ahente (Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman)
Paghihintay Kay Godo (Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot)
