Judge at Branch 77, Regional Trial Court, Quezon City. Legal Adviser of GUMIL Metro Manila. He was studying Law at the Manuel L.Quezon University when his first poem was published in Bannawag. Born in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.
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A native of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Sherma E. Benosa is a writer-editor and researcher-student who dreams of and is working on becoming an educator..
She attended Bambang North Central School (1986–1991) for her elementary education; Nueva Vizcaya State Polytechnic College, now NVSU, (1991–1995) for her secondary education; and University of the Philippines-Diliman for her baccalaureate degree (BA Linguistics, 1995–1999) and masters degree (MA Language Education, 2004 to present).
She has dabbled in fiction writing in English and a little in Iluko, and some of her works had been published in Philippine Graphics and Rimat, but she is more at home with creative non-fiction.
At present, she is the copy editor of Health and Lifestyle, a glossy full color magazine for medical professionals and health enthusiasts, published monthly by Friendly Alliances and Media Expressions, Inc. (FAME, INC); and does occasional editing/proofreading for Phoenix Publishing House, Inc. (PPHI), publisher of academic books for Filipino students.
Although she has been writing since she was in grade school, it was when she decided to walk away from the corporate world in 2002, out of sheer boredom of routine work, that she seriously considered making writing her life and bread and butter. She crossed over to the publishing industry via working as assistant editor at PPHI for a little more than a year, then finally, by joining FAME, Inc. in 2004.
Because of her linkage with FAME, INC., most of her works during the past two years fall under the broad categories of “medical” and lifestyle. She writes feature and news articles, reviews and profiles. But if given a choice, she would want to delve into fiction writing, children’s literature and travel pieces.
Born on March 25, 1978 to Manuel Domingo Benosa and former Sherly Manzano Espino, Sherma is the eldest and the only female among four siblings.
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Naipasngay sadiay Bungro, San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur idi Julio 19, 1947. Inaunaan ken kakaisuna a lalaki iti uppat nga annak da Apo Macario Palcong (pimmusayen) ken ni sigud a Primitiva Palomares.
Adda pay laeng iti maikatlo a tukad iti sekundaria idi maipablaak ti umuna a daniwna a napauluan iti “Sangaraay nga Arapaap.” Adun dagiti sinuratna a daniw, a kaaduanna ti naipablaak iti Bannawag. Adda met sumagmamanon a sarita ken salaysayna a naipablaak iti Bannawag met laeng. Kaaduanna kadagiti salaysayna ti maipanggep iti ipapanna panagtrabaho kadagiti nadumaduma a pagilian ken ti maipanggep iti panagbiag ken kasasaad dagiti kailian nga OFW a nasarakanna kadagitoy a pagilian. Nangabak iti maikatlo a puesto ti saritana napauluan iti “Dagiti Arapaap ni Lakay Belong”, iti salip ti sarita nga inesposoran ti Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-Region I idi 2005.
Nagturpos a Cum Laude iti B.S. in Industrial Education idi 1968. Nalpasna pay ti Master of Arts in Education. Nangisuro iti eskuelas publikas ken nagtrabaho iti daydi sigud a Bureau of Vocational Education. Nagtrabaho pay nga international Expert/Consultant iti sektor ti “Technical-Vocational Education and Training “(TVET) “ken iti Timber Processing/Woodworking Industries, kadagiti proyekto ti International Labour Organization (ILO), Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ken iti United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Naidestino kadagiti pagilian iti East Asia, Middle East, Africa ken iti South Pacific. Nakapanen sadiay Australia, ken kadagiti pagilian iti akin-laud a Europa a kas iti Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy ken England.
Kaingungotna ni sigud a Victoria Castro a tubo iti Manila. Tallo ti bungada, ni Harold , (Electronics & Communication Engineer), ni Heidi (Economist iti Thomson Corporation) ken ni Homer nga adda pay laeng iti haiskul. Agnaedda iti pamiliana iti Lagro Subdivision, Quezon City.
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A Fine Arts graduate, holder of M.A. in Education and a doctorate in Communications from the University of the Philippines, a prolific writer both in Iloko and English and a prize-winning painter and art critic. Born 1938 in Pinili, Ilocos Norte.
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He is at present the in-house editor (part-time) for preschool books of Rex Bookstore, Inc., in Quezon City, and freelance editor and contributor of educational journals and modules. He had worked as subject area editor of Abiva Publishing House, Inc., also in Quezon City from 1998-2006, and as reviewer/evaluator for English Textbooks and Teacher’s Manual for Department of Education in 2006.
He is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts major in English from University of Northern Philippines in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. He was editor-in-chief of their university student paper Tandem for two school years, and chairman of the provincial chapter of College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines. He is currently enrolled in the College of Law of Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Manila.
His first Iluko short story “Homo Frat” was published in Bannawag Magazine in 1990. His stories published in Bannawag from 1990 to 2001 were compiled in the anthology Maysa a Panawen iti Sirok ti Kalunatsi, Antolohia Dagiti Sarita, co-published with GUMIL Metro Manila in 2001. His short novel “Nagsapalan” was published in Bannawag in 2001.
He was born in San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, but grew up in Nanguneg East of the same town. He is married to the former Rosalinda Gundran of Malate, Manila and had three children: Nathaniel, Neyo Martin, and Roseya Gale. He now lives with his family in Marilao, Bulacan.
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A Cultural Center of the Philippines grantee for Iloko poetry in 1992, has won awards in Iloko poetry and short story writing contest; organized the first Ilokano writers cooperative. Born 1950 in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur.
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Philippines grantee for Iloko drama (1994), a multi-awarded writer, co-editor of Sagibo (1993), an anthology of short stories in Iloko by young Ilokano writers, works as staff member of Bannawag. Born 1965 in Sta. Teresita, Cagayan.
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One of his epic poems won in a literary contest sponsored by Gov. Roque Ablan Award for Iloco Literature, a culmination of his long association with his Muse; most of his short stories and essays have been published by Bannawag. Born 1945 in Alcala, Pangasinan.
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Author of two very important books on the Iloko language: English-Iluko-Filipino Dictionary and Simplified Iluko; seved for a long time as editorial director of Liwayway Publishing, Inc. until his retirement in 1991. Born 1931 in Natividad, Pangasinan.
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Scion of the landed gentry in Moncada, Tarlac, attended the Catholic St. Rita College where she earned her BSE and BSEE degrees. She has had her English poetry and essays published by national publications. She used to teach in two Catholic schools in Metro Manila before she started operating a school bus service. Mother of three children including Heracles Lord Bernardo, she is essentially “the wind beneath the wings” of HBC.
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Professor of literature and communication arts, holds a master’s in media management and a diplomate in journalism from the Asian Institute of Journalism. Son of Pinili, Ilocos Norte, he has written several journalism and literature books. A musician, prized debater and orator, logician, speech writer, media relations consultant, editor, international news agency journalist, a past president of GUMIL Metro Manila.
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Is a medical technology graduate from the University of Sto. Tomas, where she was soloist of the award-winning Pharmacy Glee Club. Named managing editor of the university publication Varsitarian for 1994-1995, HMAC won several literary awards while a student at UST, where she helped edit the Purple Gazette, College of Pharmacy publication. She is the youngest member of the Writing Union of the Philippines.
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Director of the Coordinating Center for Literature of the Cultural Center of the Philippines; author of the book of poems, Bayambang:
Tula, Daniw, Poems; president of UP Journalism Club (1974) and editor of the University of the Philippines’ Literary Apprentice(1983); born 1953 in Sta. Cruz, Zambales.
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Judge at Branch 77, Regional Trial Court, Quezon City. Legal Adviser of GUMIL Metro Manila. He was studying Law at the Manuel L.Quezon University when his first poem was published in Bannawag. Born in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.
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Professor at the Department of Humanities in University of the Philippines-Los Baños, Laguna. Textbook writer, stage dramatist and researcher. Born in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya.
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He started to write poems for radio, short story, bucanegan and drama when he was at the Junior High. Presently the Literary Editor of Bannawag. Born December 27, 1971 in Brgy. 10, Tabunay, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.
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1st Prize Winner in the 2006 Short Story Writing Contest sponsored by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Now connected with Philippine Long Distance Company; born 1958 in Sta. Maria, Ilocos
Sur.
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Reynaldo A. Duque (born October 29, 1945) is a multilingual Ilokano writer (he writes in Iloko, Filipino, and English), is the former editor-in-chief of Liwayway magazine, the leading Filipino (Tagalog) weekly magazine in the Philippines. He is a fictionist, novelist, poet, playwright, radio/TV/movie scriptwriter, editor, and translator.
A multi-awarded author, among his numerous literary decorations is the Palanca Hall of Fame Award bestowed on him in 2003 for having won five first prizes in the prestigious Palanca Awards. He is also first prize winner in Filipino Epic in the 1998 Centennial Literary Awards sposored by the Philippine Government.
He is a native of Bagani Ubbog, Candon, Ilocos Sur.
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JUAN S.P. HIDALGO, JR. (July 12, 1936 – ) Born at St. Paul Hospital in Intramuros, Manila, the eldest of three sons of Juan de Peralta Hidalgo, a businessman from Dingras, Ilocos Norte, and the former Felisa Alberto Sanchez, an educator from Tomana, Rosales, Pangasinan (the Sanchezes had their roots in Lapog-Cabugao, Ilocos Sur). During childhood, he was once a sweepstakes and a bocayo and tupig vendor in Carmen, a highway barrio in Rosales.
He studied at the Tomana and Carmen elementary schools but finished his elementary education at the Pacifican Colleges (Villasis, Pangasinan). The family transferred in 1950 to Manila, where he studied at different schools where his mother taught. He finished at the Plaridel High School of the Philippine College of Criminology, Sta. Cruz, Manila, in 1953. He attended the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, where he finished his Advanced ROTC Course and some AB units and later the University of the East in Manila for additional AB units.
He also worked as a caterer, a movie and TV extra, a warehouseman at the National Power Corporation (1958-1961), Diamond Drilling Investigation in Montalban (Rodriguez), Rizal, and in Norzagaray, Bulacan, before he transferred on May 2, 1961 to the Liwayway Publications, Inc. (now Liwayway Publishing, Inc.) as a proofreader and poetry editor of Bannawag. He was promoted to literary editor in 1965, then became circulation manager of all the publications of Liwayway Publishing Inc. from 1970 to 1973. In 1978, he became managing editor of Bannawag, a position he held until his retirement in February 1998.
He taught Philippine Literature as a lecturer at the graduate and undergraduate levels in the U.P. in Diliman (1972-1973).
A master poet, short story writer, essayist, novelist, and translator, his short stories are considered as modern classics of Iluko literature. Bannawag published his novels in serialized form: Tomana (1971), Tarumamis (Sharp-Pointed) (1973), Ti Obra Maestra (The Masterpiece) (1974), Derraas Ken Pannakatnag (The Cliff And The Fall) (1976), Apuy Iti Ubbog Ti Diro (Fire In The Honey Spring) (1977), Dagiti Kulalanti (Fireflies) (1979) and Saksi Ti Kaunggan (Inner Witness) (1986); his novellas: Dayta Langitmo A Kaibatogak (1968), under the pen name of Ruby Peña Rosal, Bileg (Power)(1968) under the pen name of Juliet Zamora, and Dagiti Annak Ti Init Nagsublidan Iti Daga (The Children Of The Sun Have Returned To Earth) (1978).
As a biographer, he wrote Birhen Maria (Virgin Mary)(1980), with long articles about the Virgin, Ti Mensahe Ti La Salette (The Message of La Salette)(1982), Ti Mensahe Ti Fatima (The Message Of Fatima) (1982), Ti Mensahe Ti Garabandal (The Message Of Garabandal) (1982) and Ti Nangisit A Birhen (The Black Virgin)(1982).
As an anthologist, Hidalgo published the following books in Iluko: Napili A Sarita Dagiti Ilokano (Selected Ilokano Stories)(1968), 24 A Napili A Sarita Dagiti Ilokano (24 Selected Ilokano Stories)(1969), and Bituen Ti Rosales Ken Dadduma Pay A Sarita (Star Of Rosales And Other Stories) (1968), a collection of his stories.
He translated from the English version the following books: Napili A Sarita Dagiti Aleman (Selected German Stories)(1970), co-published by Ilokano Publishing House; Ni Emil Ken Dagiti Detektib (Emil And The Detectives)(1973), a novel by Erich Kastner and Dagiti Napili A Sinurat Manipud Iti Literatura Aleman Manipud Media Era Agingga Iti Agdama (Selected Writings From German Literature From The Middle Ages To The Present) (1974), published by Regal Press; Sarsarita Idi Ugma Manipud Iti Asia Para Kadagiti Ubbing Iti Amin A Lugar (Folk Tales From Asia For Children Everywhere) (1988) and Napili A Sarita Dagiti Hapones (Selected Japanese Stories) (1989), published by Solidarity Foundation with the Toyota Foundation.
Four of his translations await publication: Agkakabsat Amin A Tao (All Men Are Brothers) by Mahatma Gandhi, Ti Paskua Ni Uli (Uli’s Christmas: original title, The Flying Classroom), a juvenile novel, and Til Ulinspiegel, a children’s story retold, by Erich Kastner; and Dandaniw Ti Austria Iti Agdama (Austrian Poetry Today).
During his stint at the Bannawag, he translated from Tagalog (Pilipino) twelve novels of Ester Aragon (pen name of Efren R. Abueg), one novel and one one-act play by Manuel Mata (pen name of Edgardo M. Reyes), and two full length and two one-act plays by Benjamin P. Pascual, for the Bannawag.
One of his children’s stories, Ti Puso A Balitok (The Golden Heart), with English parallel texts, won for the Regal Press an award, booklet division, in the 1978 Annual Book Exhibit. His other children’s stories published in Bannawag: Ni Teofilo Ken Ti Tikbalang (Teofilo And The Tikbalang), Rizalina (Rizalina), Ti Raha A Baribar Ti Kararuana (The Crossed-Soul Rajah), Tsk, Ti Lakay A Kuton (Tsk, The Old Ant), Ni Alifdin Ken Ti Tallo A Higante (Alifdin And The Three Giants), Ni Tricia Amor Ti Sangagasut A Puro (Tricia Amor Of Hundred Islands), ‘Maykan, Ponso, Dika Agbatbati! (Come, Ponso, Don’t Stay Behind!), Ti Puraw A Tumatayab Ti Langit (The White Bird of Heaven), Sultan Alifdin, Ti Sangaili Iti Kasar Manipud Iti Adayo A Daya (Sultan Alifdin, The Wedding Guest From The Far East), Dagiti Espiritu iti Burnay (Spirits in a Water Jar),Ti Dumadallot (The Bard), and Loy Guapo (Handsome Loy).
Under his emerging publishing house, the Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr. Creative Enterprises, Inc., he published in 1996 in his Kurditan Samtoy series, four novellas, Susan, by Samuel Corpuz, Ogie & Sher, by Manuel D. Benosa, Saibbek (A Sob), by Guillermo R. Rojas, and Awanen Ti Agarubos Pay A Luak (I Have No More Tears To Shed), by Ruperta VR. Asuncion.
Many of his works were also included in anthologies of short stories and poems like the Napili A Sarita Dagiti Ilokano (Selected Ilokano Stories), 24 A Napili A Sarita Dagiti Ilokano (24 Selected Ilokano Stories), Ballatinaw (Ebony Core), Ferdinand E. Marcos: Kalasag Ti Filipinas (Ferdinand E. Marcos: Philippine Shield), Kutibeng: Iloko Poetry, 1621-1971 (Kutibeng: Lyre), Pamulinawen, Manunulat (Writers), Talugading (Virtue), Mithi (Goal), Lahi (Race), Ani 7 (Harvest 7), and Kurditan: Mga Kuwentong Iluko (Script: Iluko Stories), Talibagok, Batonsileng (Jewels), Bulawen, Linangan, Saguday and Philippines Humanities Review, vol. 4, of U.P. College of Arts and Letters. Five of his poems were translated into Bahasa Indonesia and were read at the Asean Poetry Festival in Jakarta in 1979; two of his poems were translated into Niponggo by the Japanese poet Takane Itoh and published in a literary journal, The Village; and two of his poems translated into English were published in Tenggara 24 of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
But he will be most remembered as the one who initiated and inspired the formation since 1961 of different GUMIL (Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano; Association of Ilokano Writers) chapters in the country and abroad, notably Hawaii, Guam, California, Greece and Hong Kong. The umbrella organization of these chapters, the GUMIL Filipinas, was founded in 1968. The GUMIL Filipinas has recognized Hidalgo as its founder.
Hidalgo is not only a writer but an artist as well. He began painting in 1979 and was co-founder of the U.P. Campus Sunday Group composed by poet Alejandrino G. Hufana, Dr. Zeus Salazar, Virgilio Enriquez, Alex Evangelista, and himself. Many of his paintings were bought by local and foreign art collectors.
In 1991, he was awarded the Gawad CCP Bilang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Panitikan (Cultural Center of the Philippines Awards For The Arts, in Literature) by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
In the same year, he was awarded by the U.P. Vanguard, Inc. the Life Achievement Award in Literature at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. In 1992, he received the GUMIL Filipinas’ Don Cornelio N. Valdez Award; in 1995, the Gawad Pambansang Alagad Ni Balagtas, National Achievement Award for Literature, from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL)(Writers Union of the Philippines); in 1997, the Senator Heherson T. Alvarez Award for Literature from GUMIL Metro Manila; and in 2000, the Bucaneg Award from GUMIL Filipinas and National Fellow for Iluko Literature (2000 – 2001) from Likhaan: U.P. Creative Writing Center.
He was short-listed for the National Artist Award for Literature 2001 with Lazaro Francisco (Tagalog Literature), Ramon Muzones (Ilonggo Literature) and F. Sionil Jose (Philippine Literature in English). Sionil Jose got the Award.
He married the former Namnama Garma Prado of Tanggaoan, Piddig, Ilocos Norte and Alaminos, Pangasinan, a librarian at the U.P. Diliman. They have three children: Maria Bituen (b. 1970), Patricia Amor (b. 1971) and Marie-Sol (b. 1973).
Major works: novels – Tomana (Tomana), Ti Obra Maestra (The Masterpiece), Derraas Ken Pannakatnag (The Cliff And The Fall), and Saksi Ti Kaunggan (Inner Witness); stories – Bituen Ti Rosales (Star Of Rosales), Kampilan (Sword), Tallo A Lallaki Ken Maysa A Kari (Three Men And A Promise), Taraon Dagiti Didiosen (Food Of The Demigods), Umaykanto Koma Iti Kasangayko (May You Come On My Birthday), Anglem (A Burnt Piece of Cloth).
(From GUMIL FILIPINAS DIRECTORY OF ILOKANO WRITERS, compiled by Reynaldo A. Duque, edited by Honor Blanco Cabie. (Manila: El Niño Publishing House, c1992), pp. 93-95. Entries updated.)
(See also CCP ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE ART, Vol. IX, Philippine Literature, c1994, Manila, Philippines, pp. 631-632.) Entry: HIDALGO, JR, JUAN S.P. (Juan Sanchez Peralta Hidalgo, Jr.) by Reynaldo A. Duque.
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Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Metro Manila
