Background
Demetillo was born in Dumangas, Iloilo.
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Ricaredo Demetillo
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In 1952 he completed his masters degree in fine arts in English and creative writing at the State University in Iowa.
Career
He was able to seriously pursue his talent the Iowa Creative Writing Center and at Indiana University as a Rockefeller scholar. That same year, he returned to teach in his alma mater, Silliman University, where he also served as the adviser of Sands and Coral, the literary journal of the university. Three years later, he left his post at Silliman University to teach literature and the humanities at the University of the Philippines.
He is the author of poetry collections, including Number Certain Weather (1956), Louisiana Via: A Spiritual Journey (1958), Barter in Panay: An Epic and Daedalus and Other Poems (1961), The Scarecrow Christ (1970), The City and the Thread of Light (1973), Lazarus, Troubadour (1974), Masks and Signature (1984) and First and Last Fruits (1989).
He also published a play, The Heart of Emptiness Is Black, (1979). A novel, The Genesis of a Troubled Vision (1976), and literary criticisms, The Authentic Voice of Poetry (1962) and Major and Minor Keys: Critical Essays on Philippine Fiction and Poetry (1987).
Demetillo"s Barter in Panay, an English language epic based on the Ilonggo epic Maragtas, is claimed to be the first true literary epic in the Philippines.
Achievements
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His numerous awards include first prize for play in the 1973 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, third prize for poetry in the 1975 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, second prize for essay in the 1984 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, Uttar Pradesh Golden Jubilee Award for Criticism (1958), Jose Rizal Centennial Award for essay (1961), Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature (1968), Southeast Asian Writers (1985) and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (1992).
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His numerous awards include first prize for play in the 1973 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, third prize for poetry in the 1975 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, second prize for essay in the 1984 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, Uttar Pradesh Golden Jubilee Award for Criticism (1958), Jose Rizal Centennial Award for essay (1961), Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature (1968), Southeast Asian Writers (1985) and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (1992).His numerous awards include first prize for play in the 1973 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, third prize for poetry in the 1975 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, second prize for essay in the 1984 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial for Literature, Uttar Pradesh Golden Jubilee Award for Criticism (1958), Jose Rizal Centennial Award for essay (1961), Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature (1968), Southeast Asian Writers (1985) and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (1992).