Faculty by University or College in the Philippines - University of Santo Tomas Faculty, University of the Philippines Faculty, Jose Dalisay (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: University of Santo Tomas Faculty, University of the Philippines Faculty, Jose Dalisay, Jr., Alexander Flor, Nora C. Quebral, Jose Encarnacion, Jr., Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin, James Alexander Robertson, Alfredo Juinio, Virgilio S. Almario, Lucio D. San Pedro, Virgilio Enriquez, Antonio Gonzalez, Clarita Carlos, Josefina Constantino, Marvic Leonen, Alejandro Melchor, Flaudette May V. Datuin, Mariano Yogore. Excerpt: Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (born January 15, 1954) is a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction and screenplay, including 16 Palanca Awards. Dalisay was born in Romblon in 1954. He completed his primary education at La Salle Green Hills, Philippines in 1966 and his secondary education at the Philippine Science High School in 1970. He dropped out of college to work as a journalist after a period of imprisonment when Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. After his release as a political detainee, he also wrote scripts mostly for Lino Brocka, the National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film. Dalisay returned to school and earned his B.A. English degree, cum laude from the University of the Philippines in 1984. He later received an M.F.A. from the University of Michigan in 1988 and a Ph.D in English from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee in 1991 as a Fulbright scholar. Dalisay has authored more than 15 books since 1984. Five of those books have garnered National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle. In 1998, Dalisay made it to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Centennial Honors List as one of the 100 most accomplished Filipino artists of the past century. Among his numerous books are Oldtimer and Other Stories (Asphodel, 1984; U.P. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4294392