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Ricaredo Demetillo

リカレド・デメティロ

Ricaredo Demetillo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1920-06-02 (Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines)
Died
1998 (Unknown) age 78
Nationality
Filipino
Languages
English
Religion
Protestant
Residence History
Philippines

Career

Occupations
essayist, poet, playwright
Active Years
1939-1998
Affiliations
Silliman University, University of the Philippines
Memberships
Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas

Education

University of Iowa
English and Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Period: 1950年代
Year of Graduation: 1952
Country: United States
Rockefeller scholar
Central Philippine University
Seminary
Period: 1930年代
Country: Philippines
Formerly Protestant Central Philippine College, seminarian

Awards

Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
1973
Work: The Heart of Emptiness Is Black
Category: 戯曲
Organization: Palanca Foundation
Result: 1位
Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
1975
Category:
Organization: Palanca Foundation
Result: 3位
Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
1984
Category: エッセイ
Organization: Palanca Foundation
Result: 2位
UP Golden Jubilee Award for Criticism
1958
Organization: University of the Philippines
Result: 受賞
Jose Rizal Centennial Award
1961
Category: エッセイ
Result: 受賞
Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature
1968
Result: 受賞
Southeast Asian Writers Awards
1985
Result: 受賞
Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas
1992
Organization: Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Barter in Panay: An Epic

1961 Epic

An English-language epic based on the Ilonggo epic Maragtas, claimed to be the first true literary epic in the Philippines.

MythologyHistoryPanay Island

No Certain Weather

1956 Poetry collection

Poetry collection.

La Via: A Spiritual Journey

1958 Poetry collection

Poetry collection.

Daedalus and Other Poems

1961 Poetry collection

Poetry collection.

The Scarecrow Christ

1970 Poetry collection

Poetry collection.

Bibliography

  • No Certain Weather (1956)
  • La Via: A Spiritual Journey (1958)
  • Barter in Panay: An Epic (1961)
  • Daedalus and Other Poems (1961)
  • The Scarecrow Christ (1970)
  • The City and the Thread of Light (1973)
  • Lazarus, Troubadour (1974)
  • The Heart of Emptiness Is Black (1979)
  • The Genesis of a Troubled Vision (1976)
  • Masks and Signature (1984)
  • First and Last Fruits (1989)
  • The Authentic Voice of Poetry (1962)
  • Major and Minor Keys: Critical Essays on Philippine Fiction and Poetry (1987)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
EpicSpiritualCritical
Recurring Motifs
MythologyChristian imageryPhilippine culture

Legacy

One of the most important and prolific literary figures in the Philippines during the Twentieth Century, winner of numerous awards, author of the first true literary epic in English, Barter in Panay.

Trivia

  • Married Angelita Delariarte in 1944; had three children.
  • Former seminarian.