Veteran author Pablo Tariman dies at 76

Tariman was an award-winning poet, music author, writer, and journalist

MANILA, Philippines – Veteran journalist, poet, music author, and writer Pablo Tariman died on Thursday, October 9. He was 76.

His passing was confirmed to ABS-CBN Information by his shut pal, Elizabeth Lolarga.

Born in Baras, Catanduanes, Tariman was a celebrated author who raked in quite a few awards throughout his profession. He wrote the poem anthology Love, Life and Loss: Poems Through the Pandemic, and printed his second ebook, Encounters within the Arts, in early 2025.

He wrote the poem “Ode to Frontliners,” which is now used as a marker in Pasig Metropolis’s Plaza Familia.

Alongside over 100 different poets, Tariman’s work was included within the anthology, The Finest Asian Poetry 2021-22, printed in Singapore.

In 2018, he obtained a particular quotation from the Aliw Awards for his “contribution to the performing arts as music author and live performance impresario,” in line with a report from VERAFiles. He’s additionally a two-time Graphic Reader Salute awardee for poetry.

Tariman was additionally named excellent citizen in a number of localities: Iloilo Metropolis, Pasig Metropolis, and the Metropolis of Legazpi.

He’s the daddy of slain rebel-poet Kerima Tariman, who handed away in 2021.

In September, roughly a month earlier than his dying, his friends began a web-based fundraiser to assist shoulder his hospital payments. The submit shared that he and his household had been struggling to get him admitted right into a public hospital as a consequence of an absence of obtainable beds.

Upon studying the information of his passing, his pal, pianist Cecile Licad, mentioned she would dedicate her live performance in Virac, Catanduanes to Tariman. – Rappler.com