The Palanca Hall of Fame was established in 1995 and is presented to a Palanca awardee who has achieved the

distinction of winning five first prizes in the regular categories. 2009 EUGENE Y. EVASCO Eugene Evasco is a renowned author of many children's literature, authoring a total of 20 books published by Adarna House, Lampara Books, and LG&M, all known for their children's books in Filipino. Some of his works include the well-loved stories of Mariang Sinukuan: Ang Diwatang Tagapag-ingat ng Bundok Arayat, Ang Bisita ni Haya Bilog, Ang Buwan sa Tanghali, Baha!, Hilong Talilong, Apat na Mata, May Leon sa Aking Dibdib, Anina ng mga Alon, Misteryo! and Federico. One of his masterpieces, Si Isem sa Bayang Bawal Tumawa, was even published in Singapore and was translated to English, Bahasa, Tamil, at Mandarin. His works have received numerous recognitions including the Manila Critics Circle (MCC) and the National Book Development Board's (NBDB) National Book Award in 2002 for Anina ng mga Alon, while Baha! was a finalist for the same award in 2005. He also garnered national awards such as the 2002 Pilar Perez Medallion and the 2002 Gawad Chanselor. He was also awarded the Makata ng Taon in 2000 for Kilometro Zero by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino. His book Federico (Adarna House, 1997) was also recognized by the PBBYSalanga Writer's Prize. He was also a veteran Palanca awardee, receiving eight recognitions in different categories such as Tula, Maikling Kuwentong Pambata, at Sanaysay. Evasco currently is an assistant professor and Editor of the journal Lagda at the University of the Philippines Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas, where he also serves as Assistant Department Head. He is taking up his Ph.D in the same university after completing his MA in Filipino (2000) and his BA in Araling Pilipino (1997). He was designated National Fellow for Children's Fiction ng LIKHAAN: UP Institute of Creative Writing in 2005. Palanca First Prize Winning Works 2000 Ang Maisisilid Sa Pandama, Tula Hilong Talilong, Maikling Kuwentong 2000 Pambata 2001 Mga Pilat Sa Pilak, Sanaysay Tag-Araw Ng Mga Ibong Hilaga, Maikling 2005 Kuwentong Pambata May Tiyanak Sa Loob Ng Aking Bag, 2009 Tulang Isinulat Para Sa Mga Bata REUEL MOLINA AGUILA Reuel Molina Aguila is the complete writer who has gone the rounds of all literary genres including poems, song lyrics, essays, and screenplays. He also writes scripts for film, television, radio, documentaries and concerts. Some of his published works include Ligalig at Iba Pang Dula, Ampalaya, Bonsai, Atbp; Magdaragat ng Pag-ibig and Iba Pang Tula ng Pagnanasa. His screenplays, Sakada, Bawal na Pag-ibig, and In This Corner have been made into full-length films by premier directors, including Lino Brocka and Behn Cervantes. For

all his contributions to the literary world, Aguila garnered such distinguished awards as Dangal ng Wikang Filipino and Makata ng Taon for the year 2008, and Mananalaysay ng Taon for the year 2007 from the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. He was also awarded a Life-time Achievement-Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas in 2004 by the Unyon ng Manunulat sa Pilipinas. Over the years, Aguila has also bagged 10 Palancas in Dula, Maikling Kuwento, and Sanaysay, among many other recognitions. Since the 1980s, Aguila has been mentoring young writers as professor at the University of the Philippines where he finished Undergraduate and Masteral degrees in Filipino, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in the same field. Palanca First Prize Winning Works How I Spent My Summer Vacation o Kung Papaano Ko Ipinaliwanag Sa Aking Mga Anak 1992 Ang Pagkatalo Ng Aking Kandidato Sa Nakaraang Eleksyon, Sanaysay 1993 May Katulong Sa Aking Sopas, Sanaysay 2001 Ampalaya, Futuristic Fiction-Filipino 2005 Baligho, Dulang Ganap Ang Haba Ngunit Wala Akong Litrato Noong Nasa 2009 Kolehiyo Ako, Sanaysay 2007 NICOLAS B. PICHAY Merging the best of both worlds, Nicolas Pichay has gained success in the fields of law and literature. While working as a legal practitioner who has authored various publications on government codes and policies, Nicolas has also made his mark as an acclaimed playwright and poet with numerous accolades under his belt. In 1993, he captured his first Palanca award with his entry entitled Ang Lunes na Mahirap Bunuin which placed second on the poetry category. His applauded teleplay Babaeng Tilapia Natagpuan sa Coastal Road was adapted by ABS-CBN through its popular primetime show, Maalala Mo Kaya. Among his other award-winning plays are Pangulo naming Mahal, Psychedelia Apocalypsis, and Almanac for a Revolution/Ang Dalawang Buhay ni Plaridel which went on to be performed in some of the countrys premiere venues such as the Raja Sulayman Theatre and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). His trilogy of monologues dubbed Tres Ataques de Corazon or The Angina Monologues was staged at the Virgin Labfest 2006 under the direction of Vincent de Jesus. Also achieving recognition are his childrens play Uyayi ng Ulan and his adaptation of an epic to theatre The Slanting Dance of the Buliklik Hawks which received the highest honor at the CCP and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts Literary Awards, respectively. Complementing his writing feats, Nicolas also taught business law at the College of St. Benilde and playwrighting in De La Salle University and his alma mater, the Philippine High School for

the Arts. And while securing his place as an esteemed lawyer, lecturer, and consultant, Nicolas continued to make waves as a revolutionary artist celebrated for his directorial and literary masterpieces. Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1994 In the Works Department, One-act Play Babaeng Tilapia, Natagpuan sa Coastal 1999 Road, Teleplay 2004 Pangulo Naming Mahal, One-act Play 2004 Psychedelia Apocalypsis, Full-length Play 2007 Tres Ataques De Corazon, Full-length Play

2006 RODOLFO R. LANA, JR. At age 17, Jun Lana represented the Philippines at the 1991 International Festival of Young Playwrights in Melbourne, Australia. Upon his return, with Rene Villanueva as his mentor, Jun became the resident playwright of TELON Playwrights Circle and the Philippine Education Theater Association or PETA. Among the plays he has written are, Exodo, Mga Pusang Gala, June at Johnny, to name a few, including numerous Palanca-winning plays. While writing plays, he also taught at the English Department of the University of the Philippines-Diliman, and the Communication Arts Department of the University of Santo Tomas. In 1996, Jun won his first place in the Palanca Awards for Mga Bangka sa Tag-araw. Retitled Sa Pusod ng Dagat, the script was eventually produced and directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya for GMA Films and had its world premiere at the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival. It won numerous best screenplay awards, including one for the 1998 Brussels International Film Festival. The film would pave the way for bigger writing opportunities. The TV script Sa Daigdig ng mga Taksil was produced and directed by Bibeth Orteza for GMA Telesine. It was eventually made into a movie in 1998 under the title TatloMagkasalo directed by Carlitos Siguion-Reyna for Reyna Films.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1995 Karinyo-Brutal, Dulang Pampelikula Mga Bangka sa Tag-araw, Dulang 1996 Pampelikula Sa Daigdig ng mga Taksil, Dulang 1996 Pantelebisyon 1997 Pula, Dulang Pantelebisyon

2005 Milagroso, Dulang Pantelebisyon 2005 MANUEL R. BUISING Playwright. Buising has won several awards for his plays in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the CCP Playwriting contest and the 1st FPJ Fellowship in Screenwriting contest sponsored by FPJ and the Screenwriters Guild of the Philippines. His screenplays Ang Alamat ng Lawin, Batas ng Lansangan, Esseng ng Tondo, Ang Probinsyano, and Hagedorn received nominations from the Metro Manila Film Festival, FAMAS and the Film Academy of the Philippines. He has written various screenplays for FPJ Production, Millennium Films, GMA Films Viva Films, Regal Films, etc. He became a columnist of PENTMAG and Patok a Filipino Publication in the United States. He is the writer of ABS-CBNs Mga Anghel na Walang Langit.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works Kung Bakit May Nuno sa Punso, Dulang 1988 Ganap ang Haba 1988 Tumbampreso, Dulang May Isang Yugto 1989 Pwera Usog, Dulang Ganap ang Haba 1990 Patay Bata, Dulang Pantelebisyon 2005 Nios Inocentes, Dulang Pantelebisyon

LUIS P. GATMAITAN, M.D. Childrens literature fictionist, essayist, medical doctor. Gatmaitan has authored more than 30 childrens books, 6 medical advice books, and has anthologized in several textbooks, journals, and trade books. Winner o six Palanca Awards for essays and short stories for children in Filipino, he is also a recipient of the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) ad the PBBY-Salanga Writers Prize. He also received a citation from the Manila Critics Circle in 2002 for his growing storybook series Mga Kuwento ni Tito Dok. Author of the book series Salamat Po Doktor culled from his medical columns in Liwayway Magazine and Balita. He hosts a storytelling program for radio called Wan Day, Isang Araw, aired every Saturday morning over DZAS. A former Chairman of both the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) and the Kwentista ng mga Tsikiting (KUTING), he attended a training course on childrens literature under the Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) program inTokyo, Japan in 1999. His books Sandosenang Sapatos/A Dozen Pairs of Shoes was selected as one of the Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2005 by the International Board on Books for Young People. In 2003, he was named The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines in the field of literature. A graduate of Doctor of Medicine from Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in 1991, he took a training in the field of Pediatrics and Family Medicine, and is now a member of the Makati Medical Society.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works Si Duglahi, Isang Patak ng Dugo, Maikling 1994 Kuwentong Pambata Reseta at Letra: Sa Daigdig ng Isang Duktor1997 Manunulat, Sanaysay Sandosenang Sapatos, Maikling Kuwentong 2001 Pambata 2002 Tuwing Miyerkules, Sanaysay 2005 Tapok at Banlik, Sanaysay 2004 ISAGANI R. CRUZ Essayist, playwright, teacher. Cruz was Undersecretary of Education in 2001. He is a Full Professor and a University Fellow at the De La Salle University. He writes plays, essays, and short stories in English and Filipino for which has won numerous awards including 13 Palanca Awards, a SEAWRITE award, a Centennial Literary Contest award, and a Gawad Balagtas award. He has written and edited more than 30 books. He holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of the Philippines, an M.A. in English from the Ateneo de Manila University, and a PhD. in English from the University of Maryland, U.S.A. He has been a professor or a visiting fellow at the Ateneo de Manila Uniersity, Jundi Shapur University of Iran, Soochow University in Taiwan, Waseda University in Japan, and the University of Oxford in England. He heads the Technical Panel on the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication of CHED and the Graduate Commission of Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). He is a Senior Bibliographer of the Modern Language Association of America. He has been decorated by the Government of France as Chevalier dans IOrdre National du Merite (Knight of the National Order of Merit) and by the Ramain family as Honorary Sultan of Iligan City. He writes weekly columns on books, culture, and education for The Philippine Star and BizNews Asia.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1987 Marissa, Dulang Ganap ang Haba Lakas ng Libro/Lakas ng Tao: 1987 Pagdidiskonstrak sa Teksto ng Pebrero, Sanaysay Ang Buhay ay Salamin ng Sining: Ang Kudeta 1990 Bilang Texto, Sanaysay The Other Other: Towards a Post-Colonial 1990 Poetics, Essay The Lovely Bienvenido N. Santos, Full-length 2004 Play 2003

REYNALDO A. DUQUE Fictionist, playwright, poet. Duque writes in Ilocano, Filipino, and English and has produced works in almost all literary forms. His novels were published in Bannawag. He has also written novels and short stories in comics form published in various weekly magazines. His works have been included in anthologies and textbooks for high school and college students. Has also written scripts for radio programs. Has translated novels by Filipino, Japanese, and Malaysian writers into Ilocano and Filipino and Ilocano works in Filipino. Duque has published Bagani Ubbog, and No Agsuratka, collections of his prizewinning stories. In 1990 he was named The Most Outstanding Son of Candon in the filed of literature and journalism. He was elected president of GUMIL Filipinas (1991-1993) and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Liwayway Magazine.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1980 Kandong, Maikling Kuwento Ang Mga Tattoo ni Emmanuel Resurreccion, 1986 Dulang May Isang Yugto 1997 Colorum, Maikling Kuwento-Iluko 2001 Ysabelo, Maikling Kuwento-Iluko 2003 Leon, 15, Maikling Kuwento-Iluko 2003 Apong Simon, Maikling Kuwento 2001 LEONCIO P. DERIADA Holder of Ph.D. in English and Literature from Silliman University. A full professor of Comparative Literature at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo. Obtained his Master of Arts degree in English at Xavier University and graduated cum laude and class valedictorian with Bachelor of Arts degree, major in English at Ateneo de Davao. He has authored four books and his plays have been presented in many parts of the country.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1975 The Day the Locusts, Short Story 1987 Mutya ng Saging, Dulang May Isang Yugto The Man Who Hated Birds, Short Story for 1993 Children 1999 Medea of Siquijor, One-act Play Maragtas: How Kapinangan Tricked 2001 Sumakwel Twice, Full-length Play

ALFRED A. YUSON More popularly known as Krip. Has authored four poetry collections, two novels, three essay compilations, two childrens stories and short fiction collection. Received various literary distinctions among which is the SEAWRITE (South East Asian Writers) awarded by the Thai Royalty in Bangkok in 1992. Was a fellow at the International Writing Program in Iowa City, U.S.A., in 1978; the International Poetry Conference at the University of Hawaii in 1979; the Cambridge Seminar, University of Cambridge, in 1989 and the International Writers Retreat at Hawthornden Castle in Midlothian, Scotland in 1990. Has participated in various literary conferences, seminars and festivals in Asia and Europe.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works Romance and Faith on Mount Banahaw, 1975 Short Story 1978 Icon Corner, Poetry 1985 Dream of Knives and Other Poems, Poetry 1986 Great Philippine Jungle Energy Caf, Novel 2001 Pillage and Other Poems, Poetry 2000 ROBERTO T. AONUEVO Si Roberto T. Aonuevo ay isinilang sa Maynila ngunit lumaki sa Pasig at kung saan-saang panig ng bansa ipinadpad ng mga lagalag na paa. Iginawad sa kanya ang Hall of Fame Award ng Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards para sa kanyang kalipunan ng mga tula . Sumungkit ng mga gantimpala ang kanyang mga tula sa Talaang Ginto: Gawad Collantes (1990, 1993, 1999) Panorama Poetry Contest (1993) at Diyaryo Filipino (1990). Kabilang siyang kumatawan sa Filipinas noong Second ASEAN Poetry Conference Workshop (1995). Inilathala ng DLSU ang kanyang unang aklat ng tula , ang Paghipo sa Matang-tubig (1994) at ng ADMU ang Pagsiping sa Lupain . Naging pangulo siya ng Linangan sa Imahen sa Retorika at Anyo (LIRA) noong 1994; at kasaping tagapagtatag ng ORAGON, ang samahan ng mga premyadong makata ng bansa. Kasalukuyan siyang Vice Chairman ng UMPIL, ang pinakamalaking unyon ng mga manunulat sa Pilipinas. (NOTE: For translation in English)

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1993 Pangunungkan at Iba Pang Saliksik, Tula Kalatong at Iba Pang Himig ng Paglalakbay, 1994 Tula 1996 Lupain ng Kapangyarihan, Tula 1997 Pink Guba at Iba Pang Alunignig, Tula 2000 Ang Resureksiyon, Sanaysay

JOSE Y. DALISAY, JR. As of January 2006, he had published 15 books of his stories, plays, and essays, with five of those books receiving the National Book Award from the Manila Critics Circle. In 1998, he was named to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Centennial Honors List for his work as a playwright and fictionist. He graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1984 (AB English, cum laude ), the University of Michigan (MFA, 1988) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (PhD English, 1991). He teaches English and Creative Writing as a full professor at the University of the Philippines, where he also serves as coordinator of the creative writing program and as an Associate of the UP Institute of Creative Writing. After serving as chairman of the English Department, he became Vice President for Public Affairs of the UP System from May 2003 to February 2005. Among his distinctions, he has won 16 Palanca Awards in five genres (entering the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2000), five Cultural Center of the Philippines awards for playwriting, and Famas, Urian, Star and Catholic Film awards and citations for his screenplays. He was named one of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of 1993 for his creative writing. He has been a Fulbright, Hawthornden, David TK Wong, Rockefeller, and British Council fellow.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1982 Heartland, Short Story 1983 Old Timer, Short Story 1986 Merlie, Short Story 1993 Killing Time in A Warm Place, Novel 2000 The Woman in the Box, Short Story

EDGARDO B. MARANAN A poet, essayist, fictionist, playwright, writer of childrens stories, and translator. He was the Philippine fellow at the Iowa International Writing Program in 1985, National Fellow for Poetry of the UP Creative Writing Center in 1988, and participant in the International Writers Residence at Lavigny, Switzerland in 2006. He has won a total of thirty prizes for his works in English and Filipino, in the Philippines most prestigious literary competition, the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. He was inducted into the Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame (for multiple-First Prize winners), in 2000. He has also won in other literary competitions such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines Annual Literary Contest, Amado V. Hernandez Playwriting Competition, Institute of National Language poetry competition, and the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY)-Alfrredo Navarro Salanga Writers Prize, which he won three years in a row, from 1989 to 1991. From 1993 to 2006, Ed worked as information officer of the Philippine Embassy in London, and edited The Philippine Newsletter. While living and working in London, he wrote for various Filipino publications, contributing articles, news features, short stories and poems. He co-edited, and contributed to the book Hinabing Gunita (Woven Memories: The Story of Filipinos in the

UK) published in London in May 2004 by the Centre for Filipinos, a UK charity. He also became active as an adviser of a writers group, UMPUK, composed of Filipinos who have been long-time residents in the United Kingdom but continue to propagate their national language, Filipino, while honing their literary skills in English. Eds haikus also appeared in The Guardians weekly online haiku competition, which encourages terse, poetic reflections on themes of topical importance and relevance. Before his stint in the Philippine diplomatic service, Ed taught graduate courses in Philippine Studies at the University of the Philippines Asian Center in Diliman, Quezon City. He finished his bachelors degree in Foreign Service in 1967 at the state university, studied for his masters degree in political science, at the same time that he taught undergraduate courses in political theory and international relations, also at the UP. In 1992, he won a British Council fellowship which enabled him to participate in the International Summer Programme of Birkbeck College and Oxford University, taking courses in contemporary British poetry and modern literary theory. Ed came back to the Philippines in December 2006. That year, his short story Lunas Land about the oppression of Filipino peasants during the colonial period won a prize in the annual Nick Joaquin literary competition of the Philippine Graphic magazine. In 2007, he won second place in the Filamore Tabios Sr. Memorial Prize for Poetry sponsored by Meritage Press in the United States, with his retrospective collection of works entitled Star Maps & other poems. His current literary projects include a full-length play on the martial law period in the Philippines, during which he was a political prisoner of the Marcos regime for more than two years; a series of works for children focusing on the theme of environmental awareness; and more poetry and fiction. Bookmark Inc. will be putting out several childrens titles by him sometime this year. Ed has also ventured into art writing, and has produced brochures for Filipino visual artists such as finger-painter and sculptor Rafael Pacheco, leading expressionist Prudencio Lamarroza, and marine naturalist Neil Caral. Back in his homeland after years of experiencing first hand the Filipino diaspora, he now makes a living as a freelance writer.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works Ang Panahon ni Cristy, Dulang Ganap ang 1978 Haba 1984 Voyage: Poem, Poetry Pamana ng Bundok, Maikling Kuwentong 1989 Pambata 1992 Island and Hinterland, Essay 2000 Tabon and Other Poems, Poetry

1999 ELSA M. COSCOLLUELA

She finished her AB and MA for Creative Writing at the Siliman University, a school noted for training writers in the Philippines, and also a doctorate in Language and Literature from the De La Salle University. Her career as a poet lasted between 1965 and 1973 and these poems are published in a book entitled "Katipunera and Other Poems" published in 1998. In 1973 she focused her writing efforts to writing plays and also to pursue an academic career. Her best known play that earned her great acclaim as a playwright is "In My Father's House" which staged production both in the University of the Philippines and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in the year 1988. This play was also the official Philippine entry to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Drama Festival held in Singapore in 1989. In My Father's House was also staged in New York, San Francisco, Kyoto, and the Philippines. As an academician she held the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod and also manages annual Negros Summer Workshops for artists and writers with Peque Gallaga since 1991. She is also a multi-awarded writer. Her achievements include winning the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for more than twenty times,the prestigious Cultural Center Award in playwrighting, as well as the Philippine Free Press Award. In 1996 she was named National Fellow for Drama by the University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1968 All About Me, Short Story 1992 After Long Silence, Teleplay 1993 The Comfort of Women, Full-length Play 1995 Katipunera and Other Poems, Poetry 1999 Original Grace, Full-length Play 1996 MA. LUISA AGUILAR-IGLORIA Was a finalist in the 1999 Rainer Maria Rilke International Poetry Competition. Has received numerous grants and honors including the 1998 George Kent Prize for Poetry, and a 1998 Illinois Arts Council Award. She has also been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, three National Book Awards form the Manila Critics Circle, the 1997 Leo Benesa Award for art Criticism from the Arts Association of the Philippines, a 1997 cambridge Summer Fellowship, and a spring 1998 writing residency at the Hawthornden Castle Interantional Retreat for Writers in Scotland. The National Centennial Commission of the Philippines recently conferred on her, together with a select number of outstanding Filipino women nominated for their national and international contributions to Philippine art and culture, the Kababaihang Makasaysayan (Historic Women) Centennial Award in June 1999.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works Configuring the Gods and Other Poems, 1984 Poetry

1993 Undoing Secrets, Essay Journey to Luna and Other Poems of 1994 Passage, Poetry Reclaiming Vanished Geographies and 1994 Identities: Eduardo Masferre and the Philippine Cordillera, Essay Translations in the Wilderness: The Politics 1996 and Aesthetics of Subduing Colonial Spaces, Essay 1995 CIRILO F. BAUTISTA Teaches poetry and creative writing at De La Salle University, Manila where he is full professor and writer-in-residence. His books on poetry, fiction, and essays have won many literary awards. He has taught at Waseda University in Japan and Ohio University in the United States. He was also visiting writer at Cambridge University, England. Mr. Bautista holds an honorary fellowship in creative writing form the State University of Iowa, United States, and a doctorate in language and literature from De La Salle University.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1971 The Archipelago, Poetry 1971 The Ritual, Short Story 1973 Charts, Poetry 1975 Telex Moon, Poetry 1979 Crossworks, Poetry Philippine Poetics: The Past Eight Years, 1981 Essay

GREGORIO C. BRILLANTES A multiawarded fictionist and essayist, Brillantes has received numerous literary awards including the Catholic Mass Media Award of Merit for Best Book for The Apollo Centennial in 1981, the Southeast Asian Writers (SEAWRITE) Award in 1982, and the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from the city government of Manila and the Tawid Award for Achievement in Literature from the Ilocano Heritage Awards Foundation, both in 1983. His feature article, Nik Joaquin/Quijano de Manila and Other Anomalies, was a second prize winner in the CMMA. He won three first prizes in the Philippine Free Press literary contest for The Living and the Dead, A Wind Over the Earth, and The Distance to Andromeda, and two second prizes in the same contest for The Light and Shadow of Leaves, and Faith, Love, Time and Dr. Lazaro.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works The Fires of the Sun, the Crystalline Sky, 1967 Short Story The Cries of Children on an April Afternoon 1974 in the Year 1957, Short Story Janis Joplin, The Revolution and the 1976 Melancholy Widow of Gabriela Silang Street, Short Story Rizal, Balaguer and Teilhard: Convergence at 1983 the Luneta, Essay Climate of Disaster, Season of Disgrace, 1984 Essay 1987 The Flood in Tarlac, Short Story

RUTH ELYNIA S. MABANGLO Mabanglo is coordinator of Filipino and Philippine Literature Program, Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literature at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Hawaii. She obtained her M.A. at the Philippine Normal University in 1980 and her Ph.D., with honors, at the Manuel L. Quezon University in 1985. In June 2006, she was awarded the Gawad Patnubay sa Sining (for Literary Arts) on the occasion of the 434th anniversary of the City of Manila. She became the president of the Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL) from 1999 to 2001. She was also the president of the Hawaii Association of Language Teachers (HALT) from 1998 to 1999. She is currently a Board Member of the Honolulu International Film Festival.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works Si Jesus at si Magdalena, Dulang May Isang 1972 Yugto Mga Abong Pangarap, Dulang Ganap ang 1983 Haba 1987 Mga Liham ni Pinay at Iba Pang Tula, Tula 1990 Anyaya ng Imperyalista, Tula 1995 Bayan ng Lunggati, Bayan ng Pighati, Tula

BUENAVENTURA S. MEDINA, JR. Critic, essayist and fiction writer. He obtained his BA and MA in English from the Far Eastern University and his Ph.D. in Southeast Asian Studies from the Centro Escolar University in 1975. He was professor at the FEU, Ateneo and De La Salle universities as well as editor in such magazines as the Free Press. A Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas awardee for literary criticism, Medina also garnered several awards for his essays and short stories. His published works

include Pintig (1969), Gantimpala (1972), Confrontations, Past and Present in Philippine Literature (1974), The Primal Passion, Tagalog Literature in the Nineteenth Century (1976), Francisco Baltazars Orosman at Zafira (1991) and Moog and Alaga (1993).

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1953 Kapangyarihan, Maikling Kuwento 1959 Dayuhan, Maikling Kuwento 1963 Himaymay, Maikling Kuwento Subersiyon ng Romansa: Kamatayang Balagtas 1989 ng Teatro Popular sa Pilipinas, Sanaysay 1993 Moog, Nobela 1994 Dalawang Alon sa Iisang Agos, Sanaysay

JESUS T. PERALTA A Bachelor of Philosophy graduate from the University of Sto. Tomas, with a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of the Philippines, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology from the University of California, Davis Campus, Jesus T. Peralta was Director III of the National Museum until he retired in 1997. Presently, he is a Consultant of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). He is the Program Director of the UNESCO project in conserving the Ifugao Epic Chant, the hudhud, which was declared an Intangible Heritage of Humanity, and member of the Intangible Heritage Committee of the NCCA (IHC/NCCA). Among the recognition he has earned are: the 1967 Leader and Specialist from the State Department of USA in the field of Theatre; a Ford Foundation grant for graduate studies in 1872; the 1965 Golden Sto. Nino Award for Cultural Contributions in the country; Outstanding Alumnus in the field of Literature from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran; 1964; Award of Merit in the field of Literature from the University of Sto. Tomas; Meritorious Honor Award from the National Museum, and Civil Service Commission; and a 1985 Outstanding Professional Award in the field of Literature and Anthropology from Letran College. He is a Gawad Bantayog ng Museo awardee in 1993 and in 2001, received the Dangal ng Haraya award for lifetime achievements in cultural conservation from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He was awarded the Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas by the Union ng Manunulat ng Pilipinas (UMPIL- Writers Union of the Philippines) in 31 August 2001 and four days later in September 3, he was awarded by the Manila Critics Circle as editor of the Best Anthology for the book, Reflections on Philippine Culture and Society; Rubi Awards for Arts and Culture, by the University of Sto. Tomas, 2004; and Most Distinguished Alumnus, Colegio Awards, by Colegio de San Juan the Letran, 2005. On 24 June he was awarded the lirang Ama Award by the Ulirang Ina/Ama Foundation.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works 1957 Play the Judas, One-act Play

1961 1966 1973 1978

Longer Than Mourning, One-act Play The Sign of the Sea Gulls, One-act Play Grave for Blue Flowers, One-act Play Exit No Exit, Full-length Play

ROLANDO S. TINIO + Playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critic and translator, marked his career with prolific artistic productions. His chief distinction was as a stage director whose original insights into the scripts he handled brought forth productions notable for their visual impact and intellectual cogency. Subsequently, after staging productions for the Ateneo Experimental Theater (its organizer and administrator as well), he took on Teatro Pilipino. It was to Teatro Pilipino which he left a considerable amount of work reviving traditional Filipino drama by re-staging old theater forms like the sarswela and opening a treasure-house of contemporary Western drama. It was the excellence and beauty of his practice that claimed for theater a place among the arts in the Philippines in the 1960s.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works Its April, What Are We Doing Here, One1964 act Play 1975 A Life In the Slums, One-act Play 1984 Claudia and Her Mother, One-act Play 1989 Himutok at Iba Pa, Tula 1993 Ang Kuwento ni A, Dulang Pantelebisyon 1994 Kulay Luha ang Pag-ibig, Screenplay

RENE O. VILLANUEVA Isa sa pinakamasigasig na manunulat na Filipino si Rene O. Villanueva. Nagsimula siyang kumatha ng mga dula, kuwentong-pambata at sanaysay noong magtatapos ang dekada 70. Noong 2004, ginawaran siya ng Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Literatura); nahirang siyang Pinakamahusay na Alagad ng Sining sa 2005 Gawad Chanselor sa UP. Kabilang siya sa unang batch ng manunulat na iniluklok sa Hall of Fame ng Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature; bukod sa may hawak ng dalawamput siyam, pinakamaraming bilang ng natamong karangalan mula sa Palanca sa buong kasaysayan ng timpalak. Sa kasalukuyan, naglilingkod siya bilang assistant professor sa Departamento ng Filipino at Philippine Literature sa University of the Philippines. (NOTE: For translation in English, cant find bio in English)

Palanca First Prize Winning Works

1980 Kumbersasyon, Dulang May Isang Yugto 1981 May Isang Sundalo, Dulang May Isang Yugto Huling Gabi sa Maragondon, Dulang May 1983 Isang Yugto 1984 Sigwa, Dulang Ganap ang Haba Ang Unang Baboy sa Langit, Maikling 1990 Kuwentong Pambata Tungkung Langit at Alunsina, Maikling 1990 Kuwentong Pambata Nemo, Ang Batang Papel, Maikling 1991 Kuwentong Pambata Kuwento ni Malinis, Maikling Kuwentong 1993 Pambata 1994 Kalantiaw, Dulang Ganap ang Haba