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1960 Palanca Awards
The 10th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country.http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/history LIST OF WINNERS The 1960 winners, the tenth recipients of the awards, were divided into four categories, open only to English and Filipino agalogshort story and one-act play: English Division Short Story * First Prize: Kerima Polotan Tuvera, "The Tourists" * Second Prize: Gregorio Brillantes, "Faith, Love, Time and Dr. Lazaro" * Third Prize: Wilfrido D. Nolledo, "In Caress of Beloved Faces" One-Act Play * First Prize: No Winner * Second Prize: Adrian Cristobal, "The Largest Crocodile in the World" * Third Prize: Estrella D. Alfon, "Forever Witches" Filipino Division Maikling Kwento * First Prize: Eduardo B. Reyes, "Luntiang Bukid" * Second Prize: Andres Cristobal Cruz, "Kinagisnang Balon" * Third Prize: Edgardo M. Reyes, "Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palanca Awards
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 Tagalog and English. Categories Starting on the 60th awards year, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Palanca Awards
The 9th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. LIST OF WINNERS The 1959 winners, the ninth recipients of the awards, were divided into four categories, open only to English and Filipino agalogshort story and one-act play: English Division Short Story * First Prize: F. Sionil Jose, "The God Stealer" * Second Prize: Kerima Polotan Tuvera, "The Giants" * Third Prize: N.V.M. Gonzales, "On the Ferry" One-Act Play * First Prize: Epifanio San Juan Jr., "In the Tangled Snare" * Second Prize: No Winner * Third Prize: Jesus T. Peralta, "Scent of Fear" Filipino Division Maikling Kwento * First Prize: Buenaventura S. Medina Jr., "Dayuhan" * Second Prize: Pedro L. Ricarte, "Estero" * Third Prize: Efren Reyes Abueg, "Mapanglaw ang Mukha ng Buwan" Dulang May Isang Yugto * First Prize: No Winner * Second Prize: Amado V. Hernandez, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Palanca Awards
The 11th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. The 1961 winners, the eleventh recipients of the awards, were divided into four categories, open only to English and Filipino agalogshort story and one-act play: English Division Short Story * First Prize: Kerima Polotan Tuvera, "The Sound of Sunday" * Second Prize: Bienvenido N. Santos, " The Day the Dancers Came" * Third Prize: Wilfrido D. Nolledo, "Adios Ossimandas" One-Act Play * First Prize: Jesus T. Peralta, "Longer Than Mourning" * Second Prize: Julian E. Dacanay Jr., "The Celebrants" * Third Prize: Wilfrido D. Nolledo, "Amour Impossible" Filipino Division Maikling Kwento * First Prize: Genoveva Edroza-Matute, "Parusa" * Second Prize: Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr., "Binhi" * Third Prize: Efren Reyes Abueg, " Mabangis Na Lungsod" Dulang May Isang Yugto * First Prize: Amad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerima Polotan Tuvera
Kerima Polotan-Tuvera (December 16, 1925 – August 19, 2011) was a Filipino fiction writer, essayist, and journalist. Some of her stories were published under the pseudonym "Patricia S. Torres". Personal life Born in Jolo, Sulu, she was christened Putli Kerima. Her father was an army colonel, and her mother taught home economics. Due to her father's frequent transfers in assignment, she lived in various places and studied in the public schools of Pangasinan, Tarlac, Laguna, Nueva Ecija and Rizal. She graduated from the Far Eastern University Girls' High School. In 1944, she enrolled in the University of the Philippines School of Nursing, but the Battle of Manila put a halt to her studies. In 1945, she transferred schools to Arellano University, where she attended the writing classes of Teodoro M. Locsin and edited the first issue of the ''Arellano Literary Review''. She worked with ''Your Magazine'', ''This Week'' and the ''Junior Red Cross Magazine''. In 1949, she married newsm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Cristobal
Adrian E. Cristobal (February 20, 1932 – December 22, 2007) was a Filipino writer who frequently touched on political and historical themes. Perhaps best known to the public for his "Breakfast Table" newspaper column, he was also a Palanca Award-winning playwright, fictionist and essayist. He likewise held several positions in government during the administration of President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Upon his death from lung cancer on December 22, 2007, a Resolution was proposed in the Philippine SenateAuthored by Senator Mar Roxas. citing Cristobal as ''"a prolific journalist, a political satirist, a historical writer and lecturer, a well-respected columnist, a brilliant fictionist and essayist, a creative playwright, a literary genius and a hardworking publisher."'' Biography Cristobal studied at the University of the East, though he would drop out of college. By age 15, he had won literary prizes for his fiction, and by 17, his byline was appearing in the pages of the country's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrella D
Estrella or La Estrella (Spanish for "the star") may refer to: Places * Estrella Freeway, Arizona State Route 303 in metropolitan Phoenix * Estrella, Goodyear, a planned community in Arizona * Estrella (Madrid), a ward in the Retiro district of Madrid, Spain * Estrella (Madrid Metro) * Estrella River, San Luis Obispo County, California * Estrella River (Costa Rica) * Estrella Street, Metro Manila, Philippines * La Estrella, Chile * La Estrella, Chiriquí, Panama * La Estrella, Colombia ** La Estrella station * La Estrella, Spain, a village in the province of Toledo * Estrella, Colorado, a community in the United States * Estrella, Belize, a village in the Corozal District People Given name * Estrella Alfon (1917–1983), Filipina author * Estrella Archs (born 1974), Spanish fashion designer * Estrella del Valle (born 1971), Mexican poet * Estrella Durá (born 1963), Spanish academic and politician * Estrella Lin (born 1980), Taiwanese singer * Estrella María Benzo Blas ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |