ACTIVITY: Interview with Ma’am Lourdes S. Anonas (EVP)
TOPIC: Bienvenido Nuqui Santos: a peek to his life’s story
WHO IS MR. BIENVENIDO N. SANTOS a.k.a. ‘Bening’?
A husband to Mrs. Beatriz Nidea Santos of Albay, Bicol
With three daughters and one son. The youngest daughter is Mrs. Lourdes S. Anonas. The three daughters didn’t inherit the writing expertise of their father while his son did. His son studied in Colorado State University.
Mang Bening as a FATHER, HUSBAND and as an INDIVIDUAL;
Most of the time, he was in U.S. but though he was always in U.S., he always thinks of his family in the Philippines.
1940 – he went to the U.S. for his Master’s Degree in English at Columbia State University (before world war 2 broke out)
1941 – At the time of Pearl Harbor, he became a Pensionado
1946 – he came back home
All throughout the war, he used to write letter for his family everyday which were never sent because of the war. He gave them all to his wife. He also used to give birthday cards to his daughters and son. When he is in the country, he used to stay at La Salle because he is a member of La Salle brothers. He and his wife were classmates at U.P. All his letters and writings were actually kept by his wife. All his memorabilias were in the University of Nueva Caceres, but most were donated at La Salle. He also stayed and spent 6 months at La Salle with Ma’am Lourdes. He was once a dean of Arts and Sciences of UNC while his wife was also once became the dean of the Graduate Studies. He was a classmate of Diosdado Macapagal in elementary.
1958 – he went back to U.S. for scholarship. His favorite characters in his writing. His favorite characters in his writings were people he knew in life especially in Sulukan days from Antonio Rivera, Tondo Manila – grew up in Tondo.
1981 – death of his wife; his death
Mang Bening’s TRAITS:
Very sentimental person, as also a father, he’s humorous, fun-loving, very generous man, funny, very excellent, good lecturer
His wife – very serious;6 years older than Mang ‘Bening’ - close to Ma’am Lourdes
Has a beautiful eyes, ‘durat’ – fond of embracing , a very good friend, friendly and demonstrative.
Ma’am Lourdes said she thought she inherited her father’s being demonstrative (“when I love , I love….), his fond of embracing, love for friends.
He has a favorite typewriter. Most of his writings are written in long hand like his navel and his autobiography, ‘Memories Fiction”.
Trivias on Mang Bening...
**In La Salle, they have the B.N. Santos creative writing. It was at the age of 12 when he started writing and at the age of 16 when he started writing at U.P. –Philippine Collegian.
**His wife is the one who used to keep everything he wrote from letters to cut-outs on copies of his writings in publications. What makes him a good writer is his habit of reading everyday.
**He’s really fond of reading and reading and reading…His teacher used to see him reading most of the time at Public Library.
**For him, “Rewriting is writing” for as you rewrite, you improve your writing. He write anytime. He can write poems in just a minute.
**Everyday, he asks for 4 newspaper: Manila Standard, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin and Philippine Star and he reads cover to cover. What’s funny and amazing about him is that after an hour, he’s already done reading the four newspaper.
TOPIC: Bienvenido Nuqui Santos: a peek to his life’s story
WHO IS MR. BIENVENIDO N. SANTOS a.k.a. ‘Bening’?
A husband to Mrs. Beatriz Nidea Santos of Albay, Bicol
With three daughters and one son. The youngest daughter is Mrs. Lourdes S. Anonas. The three daughters didn’t inherit the writing expertise of their father while his son did. His son studied in Colorado State University.
Mang Bening as a FATHER, HUSBAND and as an INDIVIDUAL;
Most of the time, he was in U.S. but though he was always in U.S., he always thinks of his family in the Philippines.
1940 – he went to the U.S. for his Master’s Degree in English at Columbia State University (before world war 2 broke out)
1941 – At the time of Pearl Harbor, he became a Pensionado
1946 – he came back home
All throughout the war, he used to write letter for his family everyday which were never sent because of the war. He gave them all to his wife. He also used to give birthday cards to his daughters and son. When he is in the country, he used to stay at La Salle because he is a member of La Salle brothers. He and his wife were classmates at U.P. All his letters and writings were actually kept by his wife. All his memorabilias were in the University of Nueva Caceres, but most were donated at La Salle. He also stayed and spent 6 months at La Salle with Ma’am Lourdes. He was once a dean of Arts and Sciences of UNC while his wife was also once became the dean of the Graduate Studies. He was a classmate of Diosdado Macapagal in elementary.
1958 – he went back to U.S. for scholarship. His favorite characters in his writing. His favorite characters in his writings were people he knew in life especially in Sulukan days from Antonio Rivera, Tondo Manila – grew up in Tondo.
1981 – death of his wife; his death
Mang Bening’s TRAITS:
Very sentimental person, as also a father, he’s humorous, fun-loving, very generous man, funny, very excellent, good lecturer
His wife – very serious;6 years older than Mang ‘Bening’ - close to Ma’am Lourdes
Has a beautiful eyes, ‘durat’ – fond of embracing , a very good friend, friendly and demonstrative.
Ma’am Lourdes said she thought she inherited her father’s being demonstrative (“when I love , I love….), his fond of embracing, love for friends.
He has a favorite typewriter. Most of his writings are written in long hand like his navel and his autobiography, ‘Memories Fiction”.
Trivias on Mang Bening...
**In La Salle, they have the B.N. Santos creative writing. It was at the age of 12 when he started writing and at the age of 16 when he started writing at U.P. –Philippine Collegian.
**His wife is the one who used to keep everything he wrote from letters to cut-outs on copies of his writings in publications. What makes him a good writer is his habit of reading everyday.
**He’s really fond of reading and reading and reading…His teacher used to see him reading most of the time at Public Library.
**For him, “Rewriting is writing” for as you rewrite, you improve your writing. He write anytime. He can write poems in just a minute.
**Everyday, he asks for 4 newspaper: Manila Standard, Inquirer, Manila Bulletin and Philippine Star and he reads cover to cover. What’s funny and amazing about him is that after an hour, he’s already done reading the four newspaper.
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