Ricaredo demetillo biography examples

Filipino essayist, poet and playwright

Ricaredo Demetillo (June 10, 1920 – 1998) was a Filipino essayist, poet, and playwright.

Demetillo was born on June 10, in Dumangas, Iloilo, where he obtained his elementary education, graduated from Iloilo High School.

Demetillo was born on June 10, in Dumangas, Iloilo, where he obtained his elementary education, graduated from Iloilo High School.

Nationality: Filipino.

Ricaredo Demetillo (June 10, – ) was a Filipino essayist, poet, and playwright.

Ricaredo Demetillo (born 2 June ) is a Filipino poet, essayist and playwright.

Ricaredo Demetillo (born June 10, – died ) was a Filipino essayist, poet, and playwright.

Demetillo was one of the most important and prolific literary figures in the Philippines during the Twentieth Century and has won numerous awards for his writing.^[1]

Biography

Demetillo was born in Dumangas, Iloilo.

He first realized that he had a talent for writing in 1939 while he was a seminarian at the Protestant Central Philippine College (now Central Philippine University). He was able to seriously pursue his talent at Indiana University as a Rockefeller scholar.

In 1952 he completed his master's degree in fine arts in English and creative writing at 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