The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Awards, are a set of

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for

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writers. Usually referred to as the "

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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. Carlos Palanca Sr., also known as Tan Guin Lay, was a Chinese-Filipino businessman and philanthropist. Early life Palanca was born as Tan Guin Lay in 1869 in Amoy, Qing China (now Xiamen). Career Tan Guin Lay migrated to the Philippines in ...

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.

Palanca Hall of Fame

The Palanca Hall of Fame honors was established in 1995 and is presented to a Palanca awardee who already won five first prizes in the regular categories. *2012 :

Peter Solis Nery Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino poet, fictionist, author, and filmmaker. Writing in Hiligaynon, he is a Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Hall of Fame Awardee, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Literary Grant, and the All-We ...

*2008 : Reuel Molina Aguila : Eugene Y. Evasco *2007 : Nicolas B. Pichay *2006 : Rodolfo Lana Jr. *2005 : Luis P. Gatmaitan, M.D. :

Manuel Buising Manuel "Manny" Buising (May 4, 1951 - May 18, 2020) was a multi-award winning playwright, fictionist and ''komiks'' writer. He studied at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Education, Major ...

*2004 :

Isagani R. Cruz Isagani R. Cruz (born 1945) is a Filipino writer and literary critic. Education Cruz earned his undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he completed a Bachelor of Science in Physics in 1965. He later enrolled at ...

*2003 : Reynaldo A. Duque *2001 : Leoncio P. Deriada : Alfred A. Yuson *2000 : Roberto T. Añonuevo :

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (born January 15, 1954) is a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction and screenwriting, including 16 Palanca Awards. Early life and education Dalisay was born in Romblon ...

Edgardo B. Maranan Edgardo B. Maranan (1946 – May 8, 2019 was a Filipino poet, essayist, fiction writer, playwright, translator and writer of children's stories. He wrote in Filipino and in English. Early life He was born in Bauan, Batangas, Philippines in 1946 ...

*1999 :

Elsa Martinez Coscolluela Elsa Martinez De Coscolluela is a Filipina poet, short-story writer, and playwright from Bacolod. She is married to Jose Orlando H. Coscolluela and has three sons, Jose Orlando Jr, John Paul Rupert, and Jacques Oscar Celerino. She finished her AB ...

*1996 : Ma. Luisa Aguilar Igloria *1995 :

Cirilo Bautista Cirilo F. Bautista (July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018) was a Filipino poet, critic and writer of nonfiction. A National Artist of the Philippines award was conferred on him in 2014. Early life and education Bautista was born in Manila on July 9, 194 ...

Gregorio C. Brillantes Gregorio C. Brillantes, a Palanca Award Hall of Famer and a multi-awarded fiction writer, is one of the Philippines' most popular writers in English. Known for his sophisticated and elegant style, he has been compared to James Joyce. He often writ ...

Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo (born March 30, 1949) is a retired professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was the coordinator for the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program. Her most recent publications were "Balada ni Lola Amonita" and ...

Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (born December 1, 1928) is a Filipino author of more than twenty-five books, mostly novels and books on criticism. In 1974, Medina rediscovered a manuscript of Francisco Balagtas' 19th century play '' Orosman at Zafira' ...

Jesus T. Peralta Jesus Tamayo Peralta (born December 26, 1932 in Ft. William McKinley) is a painter, photographer, graphic artist, poet, anthropologist/archaeologist, essayist, and is also one of the prizewinning playwrights in the Philippines. He burst into the li ...

Rolando Tinio Rolando Santos Tinio (March 5, 1937 – July 7, 1997) was a Filipino poet, dramatist, director, actor, critic, essayist and educator."Philippine Theater", Nicanor G. Tiongson (ed.), CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, Volume VII, 1994 Biography ...

Rene Villanueva Rene O. Villanueva (September 22, 1954 – December 5, 2007) was a Filipino playwright and author. He is famed for his deep involvement in theater and television and in children's literature, whether it be on television, in books or on stage. ...

References

External links

The Official Carlos Palanca Awards website
{{Palanca Awards Philippine literary awards Awards established in 1950 1950 establishments in the Philippines

History

Categories

Palanca Hall of Fame

See also

References

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