Book on Marcos dictatorship wins 2017 National Book Award

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“Marcos Martial Law: Never Again&quot;, investigative journalist <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/list/tag/raissa-robles">Raissa Robles</a>&#x27; history of the dictatorship and its atrocities, has won the 2017 National Book Award in the category of Non-Fiction Prose in English.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5hR8OrI2yAg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>The 36th National Book Awards winners were <a href="http://booksphilippines.gov.ph/36th-national-book-awards-winners/">announced</a> on Friday, November 17 in the National Book Development Board&#x27;s (NBDB) website.The yearly award is jointly administered by the NBDB and the Manila Critics Circle.Edited by Robles&#x27; husband Alan, himself a veteran journalist, &quot;Marcos Martial Law: Never Again&quot; recounts the systematic way then-President Ferdinand Marcos plotted to grab power by declaring martial law in 1972 and installing himself as a dictator. Marcos described martial law as an instrument to reform society but using extensive documents and interviews, Robles writes that the 14-year dictatorship was a regime of oppression and plunder that didn&#x27;t hesitate to round up, torture and murder thousands of Filipinos.The Marcoses have been accused of stealing billions of dollars, which have not yet been fully recovered. A peaceful &quot;people power&quot; uprising chased the Marcoses out of the country in 1986 and Marcos died in exile, but they have since rebuilt their political fortunes.Published by Filipinos for a Better Philippines, an NGO founded by retired businessmen from Ateneo de Manila University, the book was released in 2016 and was on the bestseller list of National Bookstore. It is now on its third printing.American historian Dr. Alfred McCoy, who has written extensively about Marcos, wrote about Robles&#x27; book: “Just at the moment when the collective memory of Marcos’s brutality was fading and his partisans were recasting his Martial Law regime as a bold developmental initiative, Raissa Robles has delivered a powerful corrective. After years of rigorous research, she carefully documents the regime’s orgy of corruption and recovers persuasive eye-witness testimony to its tortures from both the perpetrators and their victims. More than any other work published in the thirty years since the dictator’s downfall, this book inscribes all this evidence of the regime’s excesses in the historical record for future generations of Filipinos.”The book is also a finalist in the National Book Awards&#x27; Book Design category. The winner in this category is “Colonial Manila: 1909-1912: Three Dutch Travel Accounts by Karl Frederick M. Castro, published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press.The Ateneo de Manila University Press is this year’s Publisher of the Year, since it won the most number of awards (eight) in various categories. Among them is a ground-breaking book on the shadow economy of Mindanao which relies heavily on gun-running, drug-dealing and kidnapping. The book, “Out of the Shadows: Violent Conflict and the Real Economy of Mindanao&quot;, is written by Francisco J. Lara, Jr. and Steven Schoofs.Alfred A. Yuson is this year’s winner for Novel in English with “The Music Child and the Mahjong Queen”, published by Anvil Publishing, Inc.Francis A. Macasanto is the winner for Poetry in English with “Snail Fever: Poems of Two Decades” published by the University of the Philippines Press.Below is the complete list of winners in the 36th National Book Awards:Short Fiction in English: &quot;Mariposa Gang and Other Stories&quot; Catherine Torres University of Santo Tomas Publishing HouseShort Fiction in Filipino: &quot;Sangkatauhan, Sangkahayupan: Mga Kwento&quot; Alvin B. Yapan Ateneo de Manila University PressLiterary Division:Novel in English: &quot;The Music Child and the Mahjong Queen&quot; Alfred A. Yuson Anvil Publishing Inc.Novel In Filipino: &quot;Tito O.&quot; Charmaine Lasar PageJump MediaNon-Fiction Prose in English: &quot;Marcos Martial Law: Never Again&quot; Raissa Robles Filipinos for a Better PhilippinesNon-Fiction Prose in Filipino: &quot;Sulyap sa Aking Pinanggalingan&quot; Roque J. Ferriols, SJ Ateneo de Manila University PressPoetry in English: &quot;Snail Fever: Poems of Two Decades&quot; Francis C. Macansantos The University of the Philippines PressPoetry in Filipino: &quot;Banayad: Mga Tula&quot; Rowena P. Festin The University of the Philippines PressPoetry in Waray: &quot;Taburos Han Dagat&quot; Victor N. Sugbo The University of the Philippines PressAnthology (Bilingual): &quot;Remembering/Rethinking EDSA&quot; JPaul S. Manzanilla and Caroline S. Hau Anvil Publishing Inc.Anthology in Filipino: &quot;Batang Rizal at iba pang Dula&quot; Christine S. Bellen Ateneo de Manila University PressAnthology in Waray: &quot;Susmaton: Oral Narratives of Leyte&quot; Merlie M. Alunan Ateneo de Manila University PressGraphic Literature: &quot;Meläg&quot; Bong Redila Adarna House Inc.Literary Criticism/Literary History: &quot;Migrations and Mediations: The Emergence of Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia 1972-2007&quot; Jose Wendell P. Capili The University of the Philippines PressEssays: &quot;To the People Sitting in Darkness... and Other Footnotes of Our Pasts&quot; Jose Victor Torres University of Santo Tomas Publishing HouseTranslation &quot;Shir-Bishaya&quot; Ramon Muzones and Maria Cecilia Locsin-Nava New Day PublishersNon-Literary Division:Food: &quot;Philippine Food, Cooking, and Dining Dictionary&quot; Edgie Polistico Anvil Publishing Inc.History: &quot;Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945&quot; Daniel F. Doeppers Ateneo de Manila University PressScience: &quot;A Field Guide to Flight: Identifying Birds on Three School Grounds&quot; Amado C. Bajarias, Jr. Ateneo de Manila University PressSocial Sciences: &quot;Out of the Shadows: Violent Conflict and the Real Economy of Mindanao&quot; Francisco J. Lara Jr. and Steven Schoofs Ateneo de Manila University PressJournalism: &quot;Peryodismo sa Bingit: Mga Naratibong Ulat sa Panahon ng Digmaan at Krisis&quot; Kenneth Roland A. Guda The University of the Philippines PressLeisure: &quot;Pinoy Manners: A Modern Guide to Delicadeza for All Generations&quot; Joy Lumawig-Buensalido, Christine Jocelyn BuensalidoProfessions: &quot;Gusto Kong Maging Voice Talent: Mga Sikreto sa Likod ng Dubbing, Voice-over at Voice Acting&quot; Pocholo Gonzales PSICOM Publishing Inc.Art: &quot;Eiga: Cinema in the Philippines During World War II&quot; Nick Deocampo Anvil Publishing Inc.Language Studies: &quot;Capampangan Roots&quot; Papa Osmubal (Oscar Balajadia) Holy Angel University PressBook Design: &quot;Colonial Manila, 1909-1912&quot; Karl Fredrick M. Castro Ateneo de Manila University PressPublisher of the Year: Ateneo de Manila University Press

“Marcos Martial Law: Never Again", investigative journalist Raissa Robles' history of the dictatorship and its atrocities, has won the 2017 National Book Award in the category of Non-Fiction Prose in English.

“Marcos Martial Law: Never Again", investigative journalist Raissa Robles' history of the dictatorship and its atrocities, has won the 2017 National Book Award in the category of Non-Fiction Prose in English.

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Book on Marcos dictatorship wins 2017 National Book Award

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