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Manila panorama by Uro de la Cruz
Here at last are the winners of our LitWit Challenge: Gatsby in Filipino: hyacinth and pelikula76. Congratulations! Please post your full names in Comments under this post (they won’t be published), and watch this space for instructions on picking up your copies of Netherland.
Our judge for the translation contest was Uro de la Cruz, novelist (Antyng-Antyng), screenwriter (Scorpio Nights), movie and TV director (Scaregivers, Bubble Gang), photographer (see photo above) and conspiracy theorist (If I told you I’d have to kill you).
The Weekly LitWit Challenge is brought to you by National Bookstore.
The winners of the two most recent LitWit Challenges, Gatsby in Filipino and Revolting Scenarios, can pick up their prizes any time at the second floor Customer Service counter, National Bookstore Glorietta 5, Ayala Avenue, Makati.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
November 4th, 2009 at 00:47
I like the impromptu party in Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby, where Tom, Nick, and Myrtle go to Morningside Heights apartment.
November 4th, 2009 at 02:02
Totally unrelated, but they just pulled out Inglourious Basterds from our theaters. No idea why. Nagsusumbong lang because I don’t know what to do to amend this. :(