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Leoncio P. Deriada

レオンチオ・ピー・デリアダ

Reoncio P. Deriada

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-01-13 (Barotac Viejo, Iloilo)
Died
2019-04-03 (Iloilo City) age 81
Nationality
Philippines
Languages
English, Filipino, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Cebuano
Residence History
Barotac Viejo, Iloilo → Davao City → Iloilo City

Career

Occupations
Writer, Professor
Active Years
1959-2019
Affiliations
University of the Philippines Visayas, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, U.P. Institute of Creative Writing, Silliman University
Memberships
Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas

Education

Davao City High School
General
Period: ~1955
Year of Graduation: 1955
Country: Philippines
Graduated
Ateneo de Davao University
English
Degree: BA English
Period: ~1959
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: Philippines
Cum laude honors
Xavier University
English
Degree: MA English
Period: ~1970
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: Philippines
Silliman University
English and Literature
Degree: PhD
Period: ~1981
Year of Graduation: 1981
Country: Philippines
Specialization in creative writing; later professor and chairperson of English Department

Awards

Palanca Awards
1975
Work: The Day of the Locusts
Category: Short Story
Organization: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Foundation
Result: 第一席
Palanca Awards
1987
Work: Mutya ng Saging
Category: Dulaang May Isang Yugto
Organization: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Foundation
Result: 第一席
Palanca Awards
1993
Work: The Man Who Hated Birds
Category: Short Story for Children
Organization: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Foundation
Result: 第一席
Palanca Awards
1999
Work: Medea of Siquijor
Category: One-Act Play
Organization: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Foundation
Result: 第一席
Palanca Awards
2001
Work: Maragtas: How Kapinangan Tricked Sumakwel Twice
Category: Full-Length Play
Organization: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Foundation
Result: 第一席
Palanca Hall of Famer
2001
Organization: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Foundation
Result: 殿堂入り
Gawad CCP para sa Sining
Organization: Cultural Center of the Philippines
Result: 受賞
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas
Organization: Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas
Result: 受賞
Metrobank Outstanding Teachers
2002
Organization: Metrobank
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Road to Mawab and Other Stories

1984 Short story collection

Collection of short stories

The Dog Eaters and Other Plays

1986 Plays

Collection of plays

The Week of the Whales and Other Stories

1994 Short story collection

Collection of short stories

Little Lessons, Little Lectures

2001 Essays

Collection of lessons and lectures

Ang Kalye nga Wala sing Kamatayon: The Palanca Award-winning Short Stories of Leoncio P. Deriada

2019 Short story collection

Posthumous collection of Palanca-winning short stories

Legacy

Filipino multilingual writer with 17 Palanca Awards, inducted into Hall of Fame. Renowned professor of creative writing and literature.