Edgar Maranan (born 1946) is a prominent contemporary Philippine
poet and writer. He writes often in Filipino (Tagalog) as well as English.
The difference between Maranan’s Filipino and English poetry is most discernible
in the author’s choice of themes and poetic forms. In his many Filipino poems
dedicated to various aspects of Philippine life, Maranan focuses on the social
problems of his motherland. In the Filipino poetry, the author’s hero is not
simply a dispassionate observer but an empathizing party. Here Maranan employs
a large variety of versification – from traditional Philippine to European;
he freely uses different types of prosody and rhyme. The subject seems like his
cosmopolitan observer and traveler in his English poems. The natural difference
in Maranan’s native and foreign language proficiency may account for the lesser
prosodic variety in his English poetry than than in the Filipino (e.g. vers libre is
employed more often).
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