Filipino Author

 CIRILO BAUSTISTA

At first I really don’t know who Cirilo Bautista is but when I read his background he is a multi-awarded Filipino poet, fictionist, critic and writer of nonfiction. He received his basic education from Legarda Elementary School 1st Honorable Mention, and Mapa High School Valedictorian, He received his degrees in AB Literature from the University of Santo Tomas magna cum laude, MA Literature from St. Louis University, Baguio City magna cum laude, and Doctor of Arts in Language and Literature from De La Salle University-Manila. He received a fellowship to attend the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and was awarded an honorary degree the only Filipino to have been so honored there.

I really amaze when Bautista taught creative writing and literature at St. Louis University. He is also a co-founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC) and a member of the Manila Critics Circle, Philippine Center of International PEN and the Philippine Writers Academy.  he has also received Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for poetry, fiction and essay in English and Filipino as well as Philippines Free Press Awards for Fiction, Manila Critics' Circle National Book Awards, Gawad Balagtas from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas, the Pablo Roman Prize for the Novel, and the highest accolades from the City of Manila, Quezon City and Iligan City. He became an Honorary Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa, and was the first recipient of a British Council fellowship as a creative writer at Trinity College, Cambridge. 

Bautista works include Boneyard Breaking, Sugat ng Salita, The Archipelago, Telex Moon, Summer Suns, Charts, The Cave and Other Poems, Kirot ng Kataga, and Bullets and Roses: The Poetry of Amado V. Hernandez. His novel Galaw ng Asoge was published by the University of Santo Tomas Press. His latest book, Believe and Betray: New and Collected Poems, appeared in 2006, published by De La Salle University Press. He inspire me allot because of his works and now I read some of his poem. I hope you’ll inspire to this blog.