Yuson is a founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC), Creative Writing Foundation, Inc. He has frequently represented the Philippines in Literary conferences, festivals and reading tours in the United States, Japan, China, Finland, Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Columbia, and his works may be found in many international anthologies. Yuson was conferred the Southeast Asia Write Award (SEA Write) in 1992 in Bangkok, and has been elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippines ‘ most prestigious literary distinction. (Also known as Krip Yuson.) He has authored 23 books, including novels, poetry collections, short fiction, essays, and children's stories, apart from having edited various other titles. Was installed in his hometown on January 21, 1983.īorn on 23 February 1945 in Manila. Qualities and achievements, but treating his subjects with sincerity Manuel Quezon and Sergio Osmeña, Sr., not to Maramag also wrote appraisingly of some eminent Filipinos in Of Maramag’s works in his book of Filipino essays inīecome a standard textbook in English in Philippine schools and He wrote about the history of the English language in the Philippines.Įnabled him to mine the secrets of English poetics, especially its Maramag published countless poems which wereĪtheist,” “A Christ Without a Cross,” “Jose Rizal,” and “The Later, he became technical assistant to then Senate With his credentials, he started to work in the The Philippines Herald and the National Weekly In 1917, he became the editor of Rising Philippines, aĬontests. During this time, he met and married Constancia Ablaza, by whom he had Among his equally brilliantĬlassmates, were Pilar Hidalgo-Lim and Jose Hilario.Īt age 21, he was named principal of the Instituto deīecame an English professor at UP. Insistence of his father, he transferred to the University of theĪt UP he started writing for the school organ. He was 15 when he entered the Philippine Normal School. Ilagan, Isabela, to Rafael Maramag and VictoriaĪ public school in his hometown.
Of life, particularly in its government, economics, education and Writings “exerted great influence on the various phases He had aĪnd deep understanding of human nature – qualities which made Maramag was an excellent poet and journalist in English.