Efren Abueg

Efren Reyes Abueg is a well-known and recognized Filipino-language creative writer, editor, author, novelist, short story writer, essayist, fictionist, professor, textbook writer, and anthologist in the Philippines. , and Dugo sa Kayumangging Lupa ("Blood on Brown Land").

From 1998 to 1999, Abueg was a National Fellow for Fiction for the LIKHAAN: UP Creative Writing Center. He was the editor of Tulay na Buhangin at iba pang mga akda ["Sand Bridge at other works"].

Teaching career Abueg was a language and literature professor. From 1965 to 1972, Abueg taught at the Manuel L. Quezon University. From 1971 to 1979, Abueg taught at the Philippine College of Commerce. From 1974 to 1977, Abueg taught at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. From 1977 to 1978, Abueg taught at the Ateneo de Manila University. He was also a professor at the De La Salle University.

From 1984 to 1987, Abueg was the Director of the Student Publications Office of De La Salle University. From 1986 to 1988, Abueg was the president of the Kapisanan ng mga Propesor ng Pilipino (KAPPIL) [literally "Organization of Professors of the Filipino Language"), as well as the president of Linangan ng Literatura ng Pilipinas (Literary League of the Philippines). He was also the director of the Philippine Folklore Society.

Awards Liwayway magazine awarded Abueg four literature prizes for his novels, such as in 1964, 1965, and 1967. Abueg had been a recipient of awards for his short stories. The recognition included six Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards, namely in 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, and 1974. In 1957, Abueg received the first prize for short story from KADIPAN. In 1969, he received the Pang-alaalang Gawad Balagtas (Balagtas Memorial Award). In 1969, the Philippines Free Press gave him a third prize for a Filipino-language short story. In 1992, Abueg won the Mangangatha sa Tagalog ("Composer in Tagalog") prize from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas.

For essay writing, Abueg received the first prize during the KADIPAN competition in 1958. Abueg received awards for the textbooks he authored. The other awards Abueg received include the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas and the Gawad Quezon sa Panitikan.

Works by Abueg

Poems Muling Pagsilang ng Isang Pangarap (1964) Dugo sa Kayumangging Lupa (1965) Alimpuyo (1967) Dilim sa Umaga (1968) Malamig na Ningas (1968) Agaw-dilim (1969) Mga Kaluluwa sa Kumunoy (1972) Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko (1973) Maraming Lalaki sa Mundo (1984) Huwag Mong Sakyan ang Buhawi (1985) Mga Haliging Inaanay (1987) Aawitin Ko ang Pag-ibig Mo (1992)

Short stories Si Mark at ako Ang Bagong Paraiso (2011) Ang Kamatayan ni Tiyo Samuel Mapanglaw ang Mukha ng Buwan Ang Saranggola Kanayon Saranggola (1969) Bulaklak (1969)