Clesencio Bugarin Rambaud – Awardee 2010
Cles Rambaud, of Pinili, Ilocos Norte, studied Engineering but his passion for literature led him to his present post as the Managing Editor of Bannawag magazine, published by the Manila Bulletin. He has been with Bannawag for three decades rising in the rank from proof reader to news editor, literary editor and associate editor. He has received numerous writing grants for Ilocano poetry from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He is also a recipient of the Gawad Emmanuel Lacaba for his poems, novels and essays, focusing on the Ilocano culture and customs, which have influenced the young writers of today.
Nagturpos ni Cles iti kina Inhinyero. Ti regget ken panagayatna iti literatura ti nangitunda kenkuana iti agdama nga saad kas Managing Editor ti Bannawag magazine nga iwarwarnak ti Manila Bulletin. Tubo ni Cres ti Pinili, Ilocos Norte ket nangrugi a nagtrabaho a kas proof reader, naitag-ay a kas literary editor ken associate editor aginga iti agdama a posisionna kabayatan ti tallopulo a tawenen a panagtrabahona iti Bannawag.
Dagiti pinutarna nga dandaniw Ilocano, nagun-odna dagiti pammadayaw manipud iti National Commission for Culture and the Arts ken ti Cultural Center of the Philippines. Naiyawat pay kenkuana ti pammadayaw ti Gawad Emmanuel Lacaba gapu kadagiti sinuratna met laeng a dandaniw, nobela, drama ken sarsarita nga mangiladawan iti kannawidan ken kultura ti Ilocano nga mangallokoy kadagiti mannurat nga agtutubo kadagitoy nga pannawen.