National Book Awards
ANNUAL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING PHILIPPINE BOOKS
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REFERENCE
2001 A Cultural
Worker’s First Manual, by Felice Prudente Sta. Maria (Anvil
Publishing)
2005 100
Questions Filipino Kids Ask, by Liwliwa Malabed and Emylou Infante,
Adarna House and Liwayway Marketing
S
SCIENCES
1995 A Pictorial
Cyclopedia of Philippine Ornamental Plants, by Domingo Madulid
Pinatubo and the Politics of Lahar, by Kelvin Rodolfo
1997 Field Guide
to the Common Mangroves, Seagrasses and Algae of the Philippines, by
Hilconida P. Calumpong and Ernani G. Meñez
1998 Straight
Talk on Everyday Mysteries, by Queena N. Lee
2001 Disturbing
Climate, edited by Jose T. Villarin, SJ (Manila Observatory)
2003 Fishes of
the Philippines: A Guide to Identification of Families, by Genevieve
Broad (Anvil Publishing)
SCREENPLAY
1981 Salome /
Brutal, by Ricardo Lee
1985 Soltero,
by Bienvenido Noriega Jr.
1997 Beyond the
Mainstream: The Films of Nick Deocampo, edited by Lolita R. Lacuesta
1999 Ang
Screenplay ng Jose Rizal, by Ricardo Lee, Jun Lana, and Peter Ong Lim,
edited by Ricardo Lee (GMA Network Films)
2000 Rizal,
Bayaning 3rd World: 2 Dulang Pampelikula, by Mike de Leon and
Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. (De La Salle University Press)
2003 Tatlong
Dulang Pampelikula, by Pedro C. Laurel Jr., Ramonfelipe A. Sarmiento,
and Rodolfo C. Vera (University of the Philippines Press)
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
1983 Casa
Gorordo in Cebu: Urban Residence in a Philippine Province, by Resil B.
Mojares
1990 Tao Po!
Tuloy!: Isang Landas ng Pag-unawa sa Loob ng Tao, by Albert E. Alejo
SJ
1992 Phenomena
and Their Interpretation: Landmark Essays, 1957-1989, by Jaime Bulatao
SJ
1994 The Songs
of Salanda and Other Stories of Sulu, by H. Arlo Nimmo
1996 Landlords
and Capitalists: Class, Family, and State in Philippine Manufacturing,
by Temario Rivera
1998 America’s
Boy: The Marcoses and the Philippines, by James Hamilton Paterson
Population and History: The Demographic Origins of the Modern
Philippines, edited by Daniel F. Doeppers and Peter Xenos
1999 The Bikol
Blend: Bikolanos and Their History, by Norman G. Owen (New Day
Publishers)
2000 Cuaresma,
edited by Gilda Cordero Fernando and Fernando N. Zialcita (Bookmark)
2001 Fellow
Traveler: Essays on Filipino Communism, by Patricio N. Abinales
(University of the Philippines Press)
Reflections on Sociology and Philippine Society, by Randolf S.
David (University of the Philippines Press)
To Suffer Thy Comrades: How the Revolution Decimated Its Own, by
Robert Francis B. Garcia (Anvil Publishing)
2002 Nation,
Self and Citizenship: An Invitation to Philippine Sociology, by
Randolf S. David (University of the Philippines)
Texting Selves: Cellphones and Philippine Modernity, by Raul
Pertierra, Eduardo R. Ugarte, and others (De La Salle University
Press)
2004 Ginto:
History Wrought in Gold, by Ramon N. Villegas (Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas)
2005 Authentic
Though Not Exotic: Essays on Filipino Identity, by Fernando Nakpil
Zialcita, Ateneo de Manila University Press
SPECIAL
INTEREST
1997
Entertaining with Ease: Etiquette and Protocol for the Modern Filipino,
by Ada Ledesma Mabilangan
2005 Huling Ptyk:
Da Art of Nonoy Marcelo, by Pandy Aviado, Sylvia Mayuga, and Dario
Marcelo, Anvil Publishing
T
THEOLOGY
AND RELIGION
1988 The
Christology of the Inarticulate: An Inquiry into the Filipino
Understanding of Jesus the Christ, by Benigno P. Beltran SVD
1993 Making
Choices in Good Faith: A Challenge to the Catholic Church's Teachings on
Sexuality and Contraception, by Marilen J. Danguilan
1998 The Beast,
the Harlot and the Lamb: Faith Confronts Systemic Evil, by Ma.
Christina A. Astorga
2000 The
Shepherd’s Voice: Gospel Reflections for All Seasons, by Joseph V.
Landy SJ (Tahanan Books for Young Readers)
2001 Leaving the
Priesthood: A Close Reading of Priestly Departures, by Emmanuel R.
Fernandez (Ateneo de Manila University Press)
2004 Mga Aral sa
Daan: Dulog at Paraang Kultural sa Kristolohiya, by Jose M. de Mesa
(De La Salle University Press)
2005 Pagsubok sa
Ilang: Ikaapat na Mukha ni Satanas, by Tony Perez, Anvil Publishing;
and A Pilgrim’s Notes: Ethics, Social Ethics, Bioethics, by Fausto
B. Gomez, O.P., University of Santo Tomas Publishing House
TRANSLATION
1983 Journey to
Majayjay, by Paul P. de la Gironiere, translated by E. Aguilar Cruz
1985 The Recto
Valedictory, by Claro M. Recto, translated by Nick Joaquin
1988 55 Poems,
by Jose Garcia Villa, translated by Hilario S. Francia
1991 Sa Daigdig
ng Kontradiksiyon: Mga Saling-Wika, by Jose F. Lacaba
1992 The
Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General, with the Original
Tagalog Text, by Santiago V. Alvarez, translated by Paula Carolina S.
Malay
1993 Nasa Puso
ang Amerika: Kasaysayang Buhay ni Carlos Bulosan, translated by
Carolina S. Malay and Paula Carolina S. Malay
1994 The
Rizal-Pastells Correspondence: The Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Jose
Rizal and Portions of Fr. Pablo Pastells's Fourth Letter and Translation
of the Correspondence Together with a Historical Background and
Theological Critique, edited by Raul J. Bonoan SJ
1996 El
Filibusterismo: Subversion, by Jose Rizal, translated by Ma. Soledad
Lacson Locsin
Noli Me Tangere, by Jose Rizal, translated by Ma. Soledad Lacson
Locsin
1997 La
Solidaridad, translated by Guadalupe Fores Ganzon and Luis Antonio
Mañeru
1998 Conquistas
de las Islas Filipinas / Conquest of the Philippine Islands, by Gaspar
de San Agustin, OSA, translated by Luis Antonio Mañeru
1999 Noli Me
Tangere at El Filibusterismo, by Jose Rizal, translated by Virgilio S.
Almario (National Centennial Commission)
2001 Spiritual
Register: The News Columns of Teodoro M. Kalaw in La Vanguardia, 1926-1927,
translated by Nick Joaquin (Anvil Publishing)
2002 The Tayabas
Chronicles: The Early Years (1886-1907), by Ma. Concepcion Herrera Vda.
de Umali, translated by Nita Umali Berthelsen (Anvil Publishing)
History of the Bisayan People in the Philippine Islands: Evangelization
and Culture at the Contact Period, by Ignacio Francisco Alcina, S.J.,
Part One, Book 1, Volume 1, translated by Cantius J. Kobak, O.F.M., and
Lucio Gutierrez, O.P. (UST Publishing House)
2003 Ang Etika
ni Santo Tomas de Aquino, translated by Tomas G. Rosario Jr. (UST
Publishing House)
Gloria: Roman Leoncio’s Kapampangan Translation of Huseng Batute’s
Verse Novel Lost and Found, edited by Virgilio A. Reyes Jr. (Holy
Angel University Press)
2004 Cuentos
Filipinos, by Jose Montero y Vidal, translated by Renan S. Prado,
Evelyn C. Soriano, Heide V. Aquino, and Shirley R. Torres (Ateneo de
Manila University Press)
2005 Fr.
Francisco Coronel’s Arte y Reglas, Kapampangan Grammar and Rules, circa
1621, translated by Edilberto V. Santos, Holy Angel University Press
TRAVEL
1998 Two for the
Road, by Anita Feleo and David Sheniak
1999 Islander:
Travel Tales, by Elizabeth V. Reyes (Anvil Publishing)
2000 Philippine
Ecodestinations, by Amadis Ma. Guerrero (Anvil)
Why I Travel & Other Essays by Fourteen Women, edited by Cristina
Pantoja Hidalgo and Erlinda Panlilio (Anvil)
2001 Cabinet of
Wonders and Other Laguna Stories, by Anita Feleo and David Sheniak
(Anvil Publishing)
Riding Towards the Sunrise and other Travel Tales, by Alice Sun-Cua
(Anvil Publishing)
2004 Ilocos
Norte: A Travel Guidebook (Gameng Foundation)
2005 Ciudad
Murada: A Walk Through Historic Intramuros, by Jose Victor Z. Torres,
Intramuros Administration & Vibal Publishing House
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YOUNG
ADULT LITERATURE
2002 Anina ng
mga Alon, by Eugene Evasco (Adarna Publishing House)
2003 Almost
Married: A Novel about Love, Longing, and Last Hurrahs, by Tara FT
Sering (Summit Books)
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