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GREGORIO BRILLANTES

Biography:

-He was born on December 18, 1932, in Camiling, Tarlac.

-He studied at Ateneo De Manila University.

-Known for his sophisticated and elegant style. He often writes about individuals under thirty, adolescent or post adolescent ones who struggle with alienation from family, society and from themselves.

-His earlier collection of short stories earned him the title of the “Catholic Writer”. But elements of the fantastic also come in his works.

-In the 2006 Graphic/Fiction Awards, the main local sponsor of the contest, specialty book shop Fully Booked, acknowledged Brillantes as one of the godfathers of fantastic literature in English by naming the first category the Gregorio C. Brillantes Prize for Prose.

~Source: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/319359.Gregorio_C_Brillantes

Awards:

A multiawarded fictionist and essayist, Brillantes has received numerous literary awards including the Catholic Mass Media Award of Merit for Best Book for The Apollo Centennial in 1981, the Southeast Asian Writers (SEAWRITE) Award in 1982, and the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from the city government of Manila and the Tawid Award for Achievement in Literature from the Ilocano Heritage Awards Foundation, both in 1983. His feature article, “Nik Joaquin/Quijano de Manila and Other Anomalies,” was a second prize winner in the CMMA. He won three first prizes in the Philippine Free Press literary contest for “The Living and the Dead,” “A Wind Over the Earth,” and “The Distance to Andromeda,” and two second prizes in the same contest for “The Light and Shadow of Leaves,” and Faith, Love, Time and Dr. Lazaro.” 

 Palanca First Prize Winning Works: -1967:“The Fires of the Sun, the Crystalline Sky…,” Short Story -1974:“The Cries of Children on an April Afternoon in the Year 1957,” Short Story -1976:“Janis Joplin, The Revolution and the Melancholy Widow of Gabriela -Silang Street,” Short Story -1983:“Rizal, Balaguer and Teilhard: Convergence at the Luneta,” Essay -1984:“Climate of Disaster, Season of Disgrace,” Essay -1987:“The Flood in Tarlac,” Short Story

CONTRIBUTIONS:

-The eminent writer Gregorio C. Brillantes received the Dangal ng Lahi award from the Carlos Palanca Foundation on September 1, 2010 at the Rigodon Ballroom of the Manila Peninsula Hotel. 

-Gregorio C. Brillantes made a great contribution to Philippine Literature through his works. He was also very proficient in English Literature, which made him an all around, versatile writer.