SOL 2025: Saludo Obra Lunsad
Natividad Galang Fajardo Room, Ateneo de Manila University
07 Mar 2025 12:30 pm
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07 Feb 2025 02:00 pm
In celebration of International Women’s Month, the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (ALiWW), in cooperation with Ateneo de Manila University Press and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, invites you to this year’s SOL: Saludo Obra Lunsad, an awarding, exhibit, and book launch for Soledad S. Reyes, recipient of the Paz Marquez Benitez Award.
This event is on March 7, 1230-2:00pm at the Natividad Galang Fajardo Room, Ground Floor Dela Costa Building, Ateneo de Manila University.
In memory of Paz Marquez Benitez (1894-1983), a trailblazer for Filipino women writers in English, this year’s Saludo entails the Paz Marquez Benitez Award, an event that highlights the contributions of Filipino women writers to Philippine literature in English. This year we are honoring Professor Emeritus Soledad S. Reyes for her countless contributions to literary criticism and women’s writings.
The depth of her contributions, her Obra, will be celebrated through the exhibit Woman of Note: The Life and Legacy of Soledad S. Reyes. This exhibit highlights her journey as a scholar, editor, and advocate for Filipino literature, particularly the exploration of gender, class, and cultural narratives. The exhibit runs from 7-21 March 2025 at the ALIWW Reading Room.
Tied to this event is Lunsad, a book launch of I am a Voice, Soledad S. Reyes’ translation of Genoveva-Edroza Matute’s Ako’y Isang Tinig. I Am a Voice highlights how Edroza-Matute skillfully deployed modern fiction techniques to craft worlds inhabited by three-dimensional characters whose understanding of a complex world is rendered in nontraditional ways—subtle and psychologically nuanced. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at a special launch price of P420 (15% off regular price of P495).
We hope that guests and members of the Ateneo community join us in this event celebrating the life and contributions of Dr. Soledad S. Reyes. A merienda cena will be served outside the ALiWW Reading Room after the event.
Please register via go.ateneo.net/SOL2025