Lilia pablo amansec biography examples

AN ALMOST forgotten Palanca award-winning fictionist was last year’s Parangal Hagbong honoree in the Varsitarian-sponsored 17th Ustetika Annual Literary Awards last Dec. 15 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium.

The Ustetika recognized Lilia Pablo Amansec for her valuable contributions to Philippine literature. Some of her most memorable literary worksinclude her Palanca award-winning pieces “Lilies of Yesterday” (2nd place, 1957), “Dream Tiger” (2nd place, 1963), and “Loverboy” (1st place, 1964).

Previous winners of the Parangal Hagbong, an award given by the Varsitarian to the UST alumni who have made signifant contributions to the growth and development of Philippine Literature, include National Artist for Theater Rolando Tinio; National Artist for Visual Arts J.

Elizalde Navarro; Tagalog fictionist Genoveva Matute, Cebuana fictionist Erma Cuizon, Philippine Centennial Literary prize winner Reynaldo Duque, Tagalog social realist Rogelio Sicat, and linguist and