Bob Ong
Bob Ong | |
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Born | DOB unknown Philippines |
Occupation | Author |
Genre | Humor |
Bob Ong, or Roberto Ong, is the pseudonym of a contemporary Filipino author known for using conversational Filipino to create humorous and reflective depictions of Philippine life.[2][3] His actual name is unknown.
Website
The pseudonym Bob Ong came about when the author was working as a web developer and a teacher, and he put up the Bobong Pinoy website in his spare time. The name roughly translates it "Dumb Filipino," used fondly as a diminutive term.[4] "Although impressed," Bob Ong notes, "my boss would've fired me had he known I was the one behind it." When someone contacted him after mistaking him as an actual person named Bob Ong, his famous pseudonym was born.[2] The site received a People's Choice Philippine Web Award for Weird/Humor in 1998, but was taken down after former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada was ousted after the Second People Power Revolution.[5]
Pseudonym
There have been occasional confusions between Bob Ong and Chinese-Filipino author Charlson Ong. However, Bob Ong himself refutes this in his account in Stainless Longganisa, saying his surname is not "Ong" and neither is he even Filipino-Chinese. The family name was instead derived from wordplay on the name of his website.[2]
The poet Paolo Manalo has also been put forward as Ong, but he has denied this.[2]
Published Works
Year | Title | |
2001 | ABNKKBSNPLAko?! | |
2002 | Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino? | |
2003 | Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas | |
Alamat ng Gubat | ||
2005 | Stainless Longganisa | |
2007 | Macarthur | |
2009 | Kapitan Sino | |
2010 | Ang mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan | |
2011 | Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin | kung laging ididiin ang kasalanan ng iba pano mo makikitang bumabangon ang sarili mo kung ikaw mismo ang nag pipilit dumapa sa sakit na tapos nang nangyari}
AcclaimThe six books he has published thus far have surpassed a quarter of a million copies.[2] One reviewer notes (translated from vernacular Filipino):
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