Tag: Jaroslav Seifert

Nobel Prize-awarded poems now available in Filipino

  MANILA – A thick selection of the very best poems by 1984 Nobel Prize-awardee Jaroslav Seifert is the most recent addition to the Aklat ng Bayan series—a collection of award-winning literary works from prestigious local and international writers translated in Filipino. Published by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), the 300-page volume Sa Prága: Mga Piling Tula ni Jaroslav Seifert brings the best samples of the work of the prolific Czech poet who has been active […]

“Three Czech Books to be Translated into Filipino”

MANILA – As proof to the continuously strengthening Czech-Philippine ties in the field of culture and the arts, a brand new translation exchange program between the Philippines and the Czech Republic was recently launched. Spearheaded by the Czech Embassy in Manila and the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the sides will initiate the translation and publication of three Czech books in Filipino and reciprocally three books by Philippine writers in the Czech language. The Memorandum of Understanding […]