Here’s Alice Tan Gonzales biography and her life story.
ALICE TAN GONZALES BIOGRAPHY – This is the biography and life story of Regional literary artist Dr. Alice Tan Gonzales.
“In The Womb Of The Earth” writer is Alice Tan Gonzalez, a regional literary artist. She has critically-acclaimed masterpieces written in Hiligaynon and is among those in the roster of literary artists inducted to the Palanca Awards Hall of Fame in 2014. Her goal is to continue being a regional writer and to author stories in Hiligaynon, her native tongue.
SEE: Alice Tan Gonzales Famous Works – Hiligaynon Writer’s Literary Works
And when it comes to writing, she can remember how she started writing in English but not as powerful and effective when she writes in her native tongue, Hiligaynon. In 2014, she won her fifth Palanca first prize in Short Story – Hiligaynon category for her “Balay sang Monyeka” and her 11th win in the prestigious literary contest.
Gonzales is a professor of English Communication and Literature at the University of the Philippines Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo. Recalling, she won her first Palanca award in 1997 and clinched the second time for her short story entitled “Ang Likum Sang Isla San Miguel”, two years after her first win.
Her other winning pieces include “Sa Taguangkan Sang Duta” in 2002, “Esperanza” in 2003 and “Lanton” in 2012.
She was born and raised in Bacolod and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City. She attended her Master of Arts in Literature at the Ateneo de Manila University and doctorate degree in English Studies, Ph. D. in English Studies: Creative Writing, at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
“Father of Contemporary West Visayan Literature” and fellow Palanca Hall of Fame awardee, Dr. Leoncio Deriada was accordingly the one who encouraged her to write.
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