Screenshot of the event celebrating National Artist for Literature Bien Lumbera’s 89th birthday.Poet, social commentator and literary scholar Bienvenido Lumbera only had two words when asked what birthday present he would like to receive from the president, “Go away!”
By DAWN CECILIA PEÑA
MANILA National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera celebrated his 89th birthday today, April 11, with an online event titled ‘Sa Panahon ng Pandemya: Lugaw, Pagdiriwang, at Protesta’. The virtual get-together was organized by the poet’s family members and long-time friends with Concerned Artists of the Philippines.
Poet, social commentator and literary scholar Ka Bien only had two words when asked what birthday present he would like to receive from the president, “Go away!”