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Aklanon Writer Part of the Philippine Team for Italy’s Venice Biennale
KALIBO, Aklan- Writer-legislator Phillip Yerro Kimpo contributed to the official representation of the Philippines at the ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฎ (๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ).
His written work appears in the publication which accompanies the exhibition, which is on view from April 20 to November 24, 2024 at the Philippine Pavilion at the Artiglierie in Arsenale, a major art space in Venice, Italy.
P.Y. Kimpo, currently the Senior Councilor of Kalibo, Aklan, is the author of 10 books, several of which were published by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He has won national awards and fellowships for his literary works.
He has been commissioned to translate books of National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario, as well as the Philippine folk epic “Ullalim: Nibalya da Kalinga.”
Before going home to Kalibo, he was the editor-in-chief of ABS-CBN Choose Philippines, then a major property of the media network, with 1.7 million followers.
Prior to this, he had written the first-ever complete travelogue on all of Aklanโs 17 towns for the nationwide Sidetrip magazine.
He is the creator of the โFeel Alive, Feel Aklanโ official tourism tagline, and the author of Aklanโs tourism coffeetable book.
In 2021, the Province of Aklan recognized him as โAklanโs Poet Laureate of His Generationโ in a Resolution of Commendation.
[Writeup by The Aklan Literati.]
