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Ricaredo Demetillo, a multi-awarded post-World War II poet, essayist and playwright, was one of the most prolific writers in the Philippines,〔http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?igm=1&i=138〕 While a seminarian at the Protestant Central Philippine Colleges in 1939, Demetillo discovered his writing talent, which he seriously pursued at the Iowa Creative Writing Center and at Indiana University as a Rockefeller scholar. In 1952, he finished his masters degree in fine arts in English and creative writing from the State University in Iowa. That same year, he returned to teach in his alma mater, Silliman University, where he also served as the adviser of ''Sands and Coral'', the literary journal of the university. Three years later, he left his post at Silliman University to teach literature and the humanities at the University of the Philippines. As an author, he published poetry collections, including ''No Certain Weather'' (1956),〔http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21256132?selectedversion=NBD2617023〕 ''La Via: A Spiritual Journey'' (1958),〔http://www.amazon.com/La-Via-A-Spiritual-Journey/dp/B004JXUEBY〕 ''Barter in Panay: An Epic'' and ''Daedalus and Other Poems'' (1961),〔http://www.amazon.com/Barter-Panay-epic-Ricaredo-Demetillo/dp/9711001691〕 ''The Scarecrow Christ'' (1970),〔http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007321912〕 ''The City and the Thread of Light'' (1973), ''Lazarus, Troubadour'' (1974),〔http://www.amazon.com/Lazarus-Troubadour-Ricaredo-Demetillo/dp/B0000E7ZTG〕 ''Masks and Signature'' (1984) and ''First and Last Fruits'' (1989). He also published a play, ''The Heart of Emptiness Is Black,'' (1979);〔http://entertainment.inquirer.net/tag/the-heart-of-emptiness-is-black〕 a novel, ''The Genesis of a Troubled Vision'' (1976), and literary criticisms, ''The Authentic Voice of Poetry'' (1962) and ''Major and Minor Keys: Critical Essays on Philippine Fiction and Poetry'' (1987).〔http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Ricaredo_Demetillo〕 Demetillo's ''Barter in Panay,'' an apic based on the Ilonggo epic ''Maragtas,'' is claimed to be the first true literary epic in the Philippines.〔http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Ricaredo_Demetillo〕 ==Awards== His numerous awards include first prize for play in the 1973 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, third prize for poetry in the 1975 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, second prize for essay in the 1984 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, UP Golden Jubilee Award for Criticism (1958), Jose Rizal Centennial Award for essay (1961), Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature (1968), Southeast Asian Writers Awards (1985) and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (1992).〔http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Ricaredo_Demetillo〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricaredo Demetillo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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