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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 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.