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.
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
1981
“Philippine
Poetics: The
Past Eight
Years,” 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
1967
“The Fires of
the Sun, the
Crystalline
Sky…,” Short
Story
1974
“The Cries of
Children on an
April Afternoon
in the Year
1957,” Short
Story
1976
“Janis Joplin,
The Revolution
and the
Melancholy Widow
of Gabriela
Silang Street,”
Short Story
1983
“Rizal, Balaguer
and Teilhard:
Convergence at
the Luneta,”
Essay
1984
“Climate of
Disaster, Season
of Disgrace,”
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
1972
“Si Jesus at si
Magdalena,”
Dulang May Isang
Yugto
1983
“Mga Abong
Pangarap,”
Dulang Ganap ang
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
Baltazar’s 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
1989
“Subersiyon ng
Romansa:
Kamatayang
Balagtas 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
Úlirang Ama Award by the
Ulirang Ina/Ama
Foundation.
Palanca First
Prize Winning
Works
1957
“Play the
Judas,” One-act
Play
1961
“Longer Than
Mourning,”
One-act Play
1966
“The Sign of the
Sea Gulls,”
One-act Play
1973
“Grave for Blue
Flowers,”
One-act Play
1978
“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
1964
“It’s April,
What Are We
Doing Here,”
One-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 dalawampu’t
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,
can’t find bio in
English)
Palanca First
Prize Winning
Works
1980
“Kumbersasyon,”
Dulang May Isang
Yugto
1981
“May Isang
Sundalo,” Dulang
May Isang Yugto
1983
“Huling Gabi sa
Maragondon,”
Dulang May Isang
Yugto
1984
“Sigwa,” Dulang
Ganap ang Haba
1990
“Ang Unang Baboy
sa Langit,”
Maikling
Kuwentong
Pambata
1990
“Tungkung Langit
at Alunsina,”
Maikling
Kuwentong
Pambata
1991
“Nemo, Ang
Batang Papel,”
Maikling
Kuwentong
Pambata
1993
“Kuwento ni
Malinis,”
Maikling
Kuwentong
Pambata
1994
“Kalantiaw,”
Dulang Ganap ang
Haba
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
1984
“Configuring the
Gods and Other
Poems,” Poetry
1993
“Undoing
Secrets,” Essay
1994
“Journey to Luna
and Other Poems
of Passage,”
Poetry
1994
“Reclaiming
Vanished
Geographies and
Identities:
Eduardo Masferre
and the
Philippine
Cordillera,”
Essay
1996
“Translations in
the Wilderness:
The Politics and
Aesthetics of
Subduing
Colonial
Spaces,” Essay
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
2000
ROBERTO T. AÑONUEVO
Si Roberto T. Añonuevo
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
1994
“Kalatong at Iba
Pang Himig ng
Paglalakbay,”
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 children’s
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. Ed’s haikus
also appeared in The
Guardian’s 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
bachelor’s degree in
Foreign Service in 1967
at the state university,
studied for his master’s
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 Luna’s 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 children’s
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
1978
“Ang Panahon ni
Cristy,” Dulang
Ganap ang Haba
1984
“Voyage: Poem,”
Poetry
1989
“Pamana ng
Bundok,”
Maikling
Kuwentong
Pambata
1992
“Island and
Hinterland,”
Essay
2000
“Tabon and Other
Poems,” Poetry
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
1993
“The Man Who
Hated Birds,”
Short Story for
Children
1999
“Medea of
Siquijor,”
One-act Play
2001
“Maragtas: How
Kapinangan
Tricked Sumakwel
Twice,”
Full-length Play
ALFRED A. YUSON
More popularly known as
“Krip.” Has authored
four poetry collections,
two novels, three essay
compilations, two
children’s 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
1975
“Romance and
Faith on Mount
Banahaw,” Short
Story
1978
“Icon Corner,”
Poetry
1985
“Dream of Knives
and Other
Poems,” Poetry
1986
“Great
Philippine
Jungle Energy
Café,” Novel
2001
“Pillage and
Other Poems,”
Poetry
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
1986
“Ang Mga Tattoo
ni Emmanuel
Resurreccion,”
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
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
I’Ordre 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
1987
“Lakas ng Libro/Lakas
ng Tao:
Pagdidiskonstrak
sa Teksto ng
Pebrero,”
Sanaysay
1990
“Ang Buhay ay
Salamin ng
Sining: Ang
Kudeta Bilang
Texto,” Sanaysay
1990
“The Other
Other: Towards a
Post-Colonial
Poetics,” Essay
2004
“The Lovely
Bienvenido N.
Santos,”
Full-length Play
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-CBN’s
“Mga Anghel na Walang
Langit.”
Palanca First
Prize Winning
Works
1988
“Kung Bakit May
Nuno sa Punso,”
Dulang Ganap ang
Haba
1988
“Tumbampreso,”
Dulang May Isang
Yugto
1989
“P’wera Usog,”
Dulang Ganap ang
Haba
1990
“Patay Bata,”
Dulang
Pantelebisyon
2005
“Niños Inocentes,”
Dulang
Pantelebisyon
LUIS P. GATMAITAN,
M.D.
Children’s literature
fictionist, essayist,
medical doctor.
Gatmaitan has authored
more than 30 children’s
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 Writer’s
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 children’s
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
1994
“Si Duglahi,
Isang Patak ng
Dugo,” Maikling
Kuwentong
Pambata
1997
“Reseta at Letra:
Sa Daigdig ng
Isang
Duktor-Manunulat,”
Sanaysay
2001
“Sandosenang
Sapatos,”
Maikling
Kuwentong
Pambata
2002
“Tuwing
Miyerkules,”
Sanaysay
2005
“Tapok at Banlik,”
Sanaysay
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 “Tatlo…Magkasalo”
directed by Carlitos
Siguion-Reyna for Reyna
Films.
