Gregorio C. Brillantes, a

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Hall of Famer and a multi-awarded fiction writer, is one of the

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' most popular writers in English. Known for his sophisticated and elegant style, he has been compared to

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. He often writes about individuals under thirty, adolescent or post adolescent ones who struggle with alienation from family, society and from themselves. His earlier collection of short stories earned him the title of the "Catholic Writer". But elements of the fantastic also come in his works. In the ''2006 Graphic/Fiction Awards'', the main local sponsor of the contest, specialty book shop ''Fully Booked'', acknowledged Brillantes as one of the godfathers of fantastic literature in English by naming the first category the ''Gregorio C. Brillantes Prize for Prose''. Brillantes is a native of

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. He obtained his Litt. B.

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in the

Ateneo de Manila University , mottoeng = Light in the Lord , type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution , established = December 10, 1859 , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Jesuits) , academic_aff ...

. He has edited ''Sunburst'', ''The Manila Review'', ''Focus'', ''Asia-Philippines Leader'' and the ''Philippines Free Press''. Among his published collections of

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are: ''The Distance to Andromeda and Other Stories'', ''The Apollo Centennial'', ''Help'', and ''On a Clear Day in November Shortly Before the Millennium'', ''Stories for a Quarter Century''. He also has published collections of

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: ''Looking for Rizal in Madrid'', ''Chronicles of Interesting Times'', and ''The Cardinal's Sins, the General's Cross, the Martyr's Testimony and other Affirmations''. He acted as one of the judges of the Philippine Graphic Novel Awards in 2007. Lovely

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Full Text: The Apollo Centennial by Gregorio Brillantes
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