College of Arts and Letters
University of the Philippines Diliman
Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura
Erwin Thaddeus L. Bautista
Associate Professor
French and Spanish - Translation; Philippine Literature in Spanish
He finished a Bachelor of Arts (European Languages) degree major in French and Spanish from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He obtained a Diploma in Spanish Language and Literature from the Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana of Madrid, Spain as a scholar of the aforementioned institution. He earned a Master of Arts degree in Spanish also from UP Diliman. Recipient of the EU-ASEAN Scholarship program for the year 1994-95 and finished one academic year for a graduate degree in Translation (French/English) at the University of Saarland, Germany. He was also twice a former scholar of the Government of Quebec, Canada, which allowed him to pursue a course in Teaching French as a Second Language and another course in Business French at the University of Montreal, Canada. He started teaching French and Spanish in the Department of European Languages of the College of Arts and Letters right after his graduation in 1984. He also served as Department Chair for three terms from 1999 up to 2007.
Translations of books:
Nava, Jose. The Trial of the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite. Translated by Erwin Thaddeus L. Bautista. Quezon City: The Toyota Foundation - UP Press, 2002.
De Veyra, Jaime and Ponce, Mariano. Efemérides. Translation from Spanish into Filipino by Teresita Alcantara, Erwin Thaddeus L. Bautista, and Edgardo Tiamson. Quezon City: Office of Research Coordination, University of the Philippines, Diliman, 1998.
Translations of creative work:
“Mga Beterano ng Rebolusyon."" Salin sa Filipino ni Erwin Bautista ng tulang Los veteranos de la revolución ni Flavio Zaragoza Cano,” Linguae et Litterae, Anni IV-V, University of the Philippines, Diliman. 2001.
“Sa Ilalim ng Bandilang Rebolusyonaryo. Salin sa Filipino ni Erwin Bautista ng tulang Bajo la bandera revolucionaria,” Linguae et Litterae, Anni IV-V. University of the Philippines, Diliman, (2001).
Journal articles:
Bautista, Erwin. “Cosmopolitanism in the Poetry of Manuel Bernabe,” Philippine Humanities Review, Vol.3 No. 1, University of the Philippines, Diliman. 1999.
Bautista, Erwin. “Learning European Languages,” Linguae et Litterae, Vol I. University of the Philippines, Diliman. 1999.
Bautista, Erwin. “Reflections of Impressionism in the Poetry of Manuel Bernabe.” Lingua et litterae I, University of the Philippines, Diliman. 1992