César Ruiz Aquino
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César Ruiz Aquino is a Filipino poet and fictionist. He was born and raised in Zamboanga City
, Philippines
. He was educated at the Ateneo de Manila University
, University of the Philippines
and Silliman University
. He began his writing career when Philippine Graphic published his story Noon and Summer in 1961. At age 19, he received a writing fellowship to attend the 1st Silliman University National Writers Workshop with Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez, Wilfrido Nolledo and Jose Lansang, Jr. in 1962. He studied creative writing under Edilberto Tiempo, Edith Tiempo, Francisco Arcellana
and Nick Joaquin
.
Ruiz Aquino has mentored many students, teachers, artists and writers at Ateneo de Zamboanga
, the University of the Philippines
in Baguio City
, Maryknoll College
, Lyceum of the Philippines University
, Foundation University
and Silliman University
. He earned his Ph.D at Silliman University
in Dumaguete City
, where he has been teaching creative writing and literature since 1981. He is also a regular lecturer-panel member at the Annual Silliman University National Writers Workshop.
Ruiz Aquino has received Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards for poetry (1978, 1997) and short fiction (1979, 1989). He has also received a Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Lifetime Achievement from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (Writers' Union of the Philippines or UMPIL) in 1997. He was also named National Fellow for Poetry by the University of the Philippines
Institute of Creative Writing (U.P. ICW) in 2003.
Ruiz Aquino publications include Chronicles of Suspicion (short stories, Kalikasan Press, 1988), Word Without End (poems, Anvil Publishing,1993) and Checkmeta: The Cesar Ruiz Aquino Reader (poems and stories, Midtown Printing Company, 2004). He is currently working on Mr. Mxyzptlk Pops Into the Room, a novel.
Zamboanga City
The City of Zamboanga : is a highly urbanized, independent and a chartered city located in Mindanao, Philippines....
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. He was educated at the Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
, University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
and Silliman University
Silliman University
Silliman University is a private research university located in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was the first American private school to be founded in the country. The University is named after Dr...
. He began his writing career when Philippine Graphic published his story Noon and Summer in 1961. At age 19, he received a writing fellowship to attend the 1st Silliman University National Writers Workshop with Wilfredo Pascua Sanchez, Wilfrido Nolledo and Jose Lansang, Jr. in 1962. He studied creative writing under Edilberto Tiempo, Edith Tiempo, Francisco Arcellana
Francisco Arcellana
Francisco "Franz" Arcellana was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher. He was born on September 16, 1916. Arcellana already had ambitions of becoming a writer during his years in the elementary. His actual writing, however, started when he became a member of The Torres...
and Nick Joaquin
Nick Joaquín
Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila...
.
Ruiz Aquino has mentored many students, teachers, artists and writers at Ateneo de Zamboanga
Ateneo de Zamboanga University
The Ateneo de Zamboanga University is a Catholic and Jesuit university in Western Mindanao. It is also known by the acronym AdZU. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1912, it is the second oldest Jesuit school in the Philippines. It initially catered to primary and secondary education for boys. It...
, the University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
in Baguio City
Baguio City
The City of Baguio is a highly urbanized city in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 at the site of an Ibaloi village known as Kafagway...
, Maryknoll College
Miriam College
Miriam College is a non-stock, non-profit Filipino Catholic educational institution for girls and young women in Quezon City, Philippines. It offers academic programs from pre-elementary to post-graduate and adult education levels that develop the learning and caring competencies of students and...
, Lyceum of the Philippines University
Lyceum of the Philippines University
The Lyceum of the Philippines University is an institute of higher education located in Intramuros in the City of Manila. It was founded in 1952 by Dr. José P. Laurel, who became the third and one of the most acclaimed presidents of the Philippines...
, Foundation University
Foundation University
Foundation University, sometimes simply called Foundation or FU, is a private non-sectarian university in Dumaguete City, Province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. It was founded by Dr. Vicente Guzman-Sinco, former president of the University of the Philippines and an alumnus of Silliman University...
and Silliman University
Silliman University
Silliman University is a private research university located in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was the first American private school to be founded in the country. The University is named after Dr...
. He earned his Ph.D at Silliman University
Silliman University
Silliman University is a private research university located in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was the first American private school to be founded in the country. The University is named after Dr...
in Dumaguete City
Dumaguete City
The City of Dumaguete is a city in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. It is the capital, principal seaport, and largest city of the province. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 133,470 people. A person from Dumaguete is called a "Dumagueteño"...
, where he has been teaching creative writing and literature since 1981. He is also a regular lecturer-panel member at the Annual Silliman University National Writers Workshop.
Ruiz Aquino has received Carlos Palanca
Palanca
Palanca may refer to:*Palanca Awards*Palanca, Angola a comune in Luanda Province, Angola*Palanca, a commune in Bacău County, Romania*Palanca, a village in Floreşti-Stoeneşti Commune, Giurgiu County, Romania...
Memorial Awards for poetry (1978, 1997) and short fiction (1979, 1989). He has also received a Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Lifetime Achievement from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (Writers' Union of the Philippines or UMPIL) in 1997. He was also named National Fellow for Poetry by the University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines
The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
Institute of Creative Writing (U.P. ICW) in 2003.
Ruiz Aquino publications include Chronicles of Suspicion (short stories, Kalikasan Press, 1988), Word Without End (poems, Anvil Publishing,1993) and Checkmeta: The Cesar Ruiz Aquino Reader (poems and stories, Midtown Printing Company, 2004). He is currently working on Mr. Mxyzptlk Pops Into the Room, a novel.
Books
- Chronicles of Suspicion (short stories, Kalikasan Press, 1988)
- Word Without End (poems, Anvil Publishing,1993)
- Checkmeta: The Cesar Ruiz Aquino Reader (poems and stories, Midtown Printing Company, 2004).
Honors and awards
- Writing Fellow, 1st Silliman University National Writers Workshop (1961)
- Carlos PalancaPalancaPalanca may refer to:*Palanca Awards*Palanca, Angola a comune in Luanda Province, Angola*Palanca, a commune in Bacău County, Romania*Palanca, a village in Floreşti-Stoeneşti Commune, Giurgiu County, Romania...
Memorial Awards for poetry (1978, 1997) and short fiction (1979, 1989) - Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Lifetime Achievement from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (Writers' Union of the Philippines or UMPIL) in 1997
- National Fellow for Poetry by the University of the PhilippinesUniversity of the PhilippinesThe ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...
Institute of Creative Writing (U.P. ICW) in 2003 - S.E.A. Write AwardS.E.A. Write AwardThe S.E.A. Write Award, or Southeast Asian Writers Award, is an award that has been presented annually since 1979 to poets and writers in Southeast Asia....
, 2004
External links
- The Dumaguete Connection by Alfred Yuson
- Writing and Giving in to Dumaguete by Ian Rosales Casocot
- The Son According to Gibson by Cesar Ruiz Aquino
- Dreaming the Real by Cesar Ruiz Aquino
- Cesar Ruiz Aquino at ICW
- THE 'ORIENTAL' IN BANGKOK: WHERE THE TWAIN MEET
- Books for the Love Month
- Philippine Literature in the Post-War and Contemporary Period by Francis C. Macansantos and Priscilla S. Macansantos
- MANOA, University of Hawaii
- Peter Pan of Philippine Lit by Sylvia Mayuga
- Dumaguete National Writers' Workshop