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1984 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1984 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author). __NOTOC__ English division Novel *Grand prize: ''“Vaya Con Virgo”'' by Wilfrido D. Nolledo Short story *First prize: ''“The Reprieve”'' by Susan Lara *Second prize: ''“The Tangerine Gumamela”'' by Sylvia Mendrez Ventura *Third prize: ''“Stranger in an Asian City”'' by Gregorio Brillantes; and ''“The Little Wars of Filemon Sayre”'' by Lemuel Torrevillas Poetry *First prize: ''“Configuring the Gods and Other Poems”'' by Ma. Luisa A. Igloria; and ''“Voyage: Poem”'' by Edgardo B. Maranan *Second prize: ''“Gossamer”'' by Simeon Dumdum, Jr.; ''“Port of Entry”'' by Felix Fojas; and ''“Waiting for Lobregat”'' by Fidelito Cortes *Third prize: ''“February 1899”'' by Alfredo N. Salanga; ''“Moving with the Wind”'' by Susan Pe; and ''“Songs in Three Continents”'' by Bing Caballero Essay *First prize: ''“Climate of Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards For Literature
The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines", it is the country's highest literary honor in terms of prestige. Winning works are entered in the competition either as previously published pieces or in manuscript form. The Palanca Awards, organized by the Carlos Palanca Foundation, is one of the Philippines' longest-running awards programs. It was named after Carlos Palanca Sr. History Palanca Awards was established in 1950 to inspire and recognize Philippine writers, including poets, playwrights and screenwriters, and writers for children. In the 1960s, the Palanca Awards Committee started to fund the publication of Palanca Award-winning plays, and production funds were committed in 1975. In 2009, it added a category for poetry for children, in both Filipino language, Tagalog and English. Categories Starting on the 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |