Background
He was born on May 9, 1939 in Palasinan, Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
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Rogelio Mangahas
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He was educated at the University of the East where he studied Bachelor of Arts Filipino.
Career
Together they spearheaded the second successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry. He worked as editor-in-chief of Phoenix Publishing House and of SIBS Publishing House and taught Filipino language and literature at De Louisiana Salle University, University of the East, University of the Philippines Manila and Saint Scholastica"s College. He served as a consultant for literature at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and country editor of Tenggara, a literary journal of Southeast Asia published in Malaysia.
Achievements
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Rogelio Mangahas is a Palanca first prize winner for his collection of poems, "Mga Duguang Plakard" and for his critical essay on Edgardo M. Reyes"s novel, "Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag." He co-authored and edited Manlilikha, an anthology of poems, considered by some critics as a monumental achievement in modern Filipino poetry in the 1960s. Winner of the 1986 Palanca Awards under eassay. He was a recipient of "Poet of the Year" award from SWP and Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas from UMPIL (Writers Union of the Philippines).
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Philippines