Melchor F. Cichon


Melchor F. Cichon is presently a librarian at Aklan Catholic College Library, Kalibo, Aklan. He used to work at Great Savior College Library and at St. Therese-MTC College Library in Iloilo City after retiring from the position of head librarian, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Library, University of the Philippines Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo. He is a former lecturer in management at the U.P. College of Management.

Cichon's poetry has been recognized by the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), which awarded him with the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas on 25 August 2001.[1] He is a recipient of the 2006 Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Grants, awarded by the Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Institute(FLDCWI), Coordinating Center for Research and Publications of the University of San Agustin.[2] His manuscript is entitled "Siniad-Siad nga Kaeangitan/Strips of Heaven" and is a collection of Aklanon haiku with English translations.

Education

Awards, Recognition, Honors

Professional Affiliations

Writing

Cichon has promoted Aklanon literature through his writing and several blogs that he maintains. Cichon's blogs include, Events in My Life, Dawn to Dawn, Profile of Filipino Fisheries Scientists, Fisheries Librarian and Aklanon Literature

Poetry

Kinaray-a

At the time of the Spanish conquest, writing was a new import and the use of organic medium such as leaf and bamboo, ultimately lead to the absence of extant pre-Hispanic accounts of Iloilo today. However, oral history – via oral epics has survived to a small degree, as only a few recordings were made from the last known surviving binukots.

The earliest written historical accounts concerning the province relates to Spain’s conquest of the island of Panay by Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi moving his headquarters from the island of Cebu and creating the first Spanish settlement in the island in Ogtong in 1566. In 1581 the encomienda in Ogtong was moved to La Villa Rica de Arevalo, however, because of frequent coastal raids by Moro and Dutch privateers, this was again moved near the mouth of the Irong-irong river founding what is now Iloilo City and constructing Fort San Pedro to defend it in 1616.

Irong-Irong appears in the Maragtas legend of the coming of ten Bornean datus (Chieftains) to Panay who bartered gold for the plains and valleys of the island from a local Ati chieftain. One datu, Paiburong by name, was given the territory of Irong-Irong (now Iloilo). For 300 years before the coming of the Spaniards, the islanders live in comparative prosperity and peace under an organized government and such laws as the Codes of Kalantiaw.

Filipino

Akeanon(some)

English

Fiction

Books and pamphlets

Articles

References

  1. Unknown (24 July 2004). "SOME AKLANON WRITERS". Aklanon Literature. Geocities. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. "Vol. 1, No. 7 June 2006" (Blog). Bueabod It Akeanon Literary Circle. Google. 15 June 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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