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I HAVE a roomful of memories when writer-poet Jose F. Lacaba receives the 2024 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining on the 20th of September 2024, 7 pm, at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts.
The distinguished CCP award is 'for his outstanding works as a poet, essayist, screenwriter and journalist, contributing to the development of Philippine literature.'
It is the highest award given by CCP to artists 'in dance, music, theater, film and broadcast arts, literature, visual arts, architecture, and allied arts and design especially for those who have consistently produced outstanding works or developed a distinct style or technique that enriches their particular art form.'
Lacaba is author of five collections of poetry and translations of poetry, as well as a collection of...