About C. E. Gatchalian
Born 1974. C. E. Gatchalian is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter.
C.E. "Chris" Gatchalian (born June 5, 1974) is a Canadian author who writes in multiple genres. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Filipino parents, he holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Theatre from the University of British Columbia. In 2019, his memoir Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man was published by Arsenal Pulp Press.
Personal life He is openly gay, and is a three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, including in 2013 for Falling in Time.
Plays Motifs & Repetitions (1995) Claire (1999) Crossing (2004) Star (2005) Hands (2005) Broken (2006) People Like Vince (2011) Falling in Time (2012)
Non-fiction Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man (2019)
Poetry tor/sion (2005)
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Who is C. E. Gatchalian?
Canadian playwright
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C. E. Gatchalian was born on 5 June 1974 in Vancouver.
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C. E. Gatchalian is a playwright and screenwriter.
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C. E. Gatchalian is Canadian.
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