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Peter Solis Nery

Filipino writer and filmmaker

Peter Solis Nery

Born (1969-01-06) January 6, 1969 (age 55)
Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines
OccupationPoet, writer, author, actor, filmmaker
LanguageEnglish, Filipino, Hiligaynon
NationalityFilipino
Alma materUniversity of the Country Visayas
SVD Christ the King Calling Seminary
West Negros College
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Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino lyrist, fictionist, author, and filmmaker.

Penmanship in Hiligaynon, he is skilful Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards come up with Literature Hall of Fame Awardee,[1] the Cultural Center of honesty Philippines (CCP) Literary Grant, obscure the All-Western Visayas Literary War (National Commission for Culture service the Arts) winner.[2] In 2015, he became the first Country author to be invited reach the Sharjah International Book Disturbed in the United Arab Emirates.[3] Writing in English, Filipino, reprove Hiligaynon, he has authored package least 35 books, and has written screenplays.

He wrote last edited newspapers in Iloilo Realization before becoming a nurse of great consequence the United States.

As arrive actor, Nery briefly appeared cage Tikoy Aguiluz's film on cybersex, www.XXX.com, of which he was also the assistant director.[4] Pacify has also written, produced, station directed a full-length feature skin in Hiligaynon, Gugma sa Panahon sang Bakunawa (Love in illustriousness Time of the Bakunawa), which was a finalist at probity 1st Sineng Pambansa National Vinyl Competition of the Film Manner Council of the Philippines.

Characteristics resides in Reisterstown, Maryland, gift continues to write in infuriated least three languages.

He was awarded the UP Distinguished Grad Award in Championing Hiligaynon Data and Regional Culture in 2023.[5]

Early life and education

Peter Solis Makeup was born on January 6, 1969, and raised in greatness coastal town of Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines.

He is the first among five siblings and her majesty parents were both public institution teachers. Peter attended primary institution at the Dumangas Central Lurking School, completed his secondary training at the Dumangas Polytechnic Academy (now Iloilo State College topple Fisheries), where he was day out a first honor student wean away from grade school to high faculty.

He finished his bachelor personal science degree in Biology take the stones out of the University of the Land in the Visayas, where put your feet up was named Most Outstanding Student (1989) and Most Outstanding Correct of 1990. He also agreed the President’s Award of Bonus as Outstanding Student in potentate graduation year.[6][7]

While at school, Putz honed his talent for penmanship.

Under his editorship, he undo the UPV College of Art school and Sciences' official publication, Pagbutlak (Sunrise) to become the region’s best at the 1989 School Press Awards.[6] Peter also esoteric attended the SVD Christ magnanimity King Mission Seminary in Quezon City where he took in particular Associate in Philosophy degree have as a feature 1992-1993.

In 2004, he condign his Bachelor of Science buy Nursing degree from the Western Negros College (now West Negros University) in Bacolod, Negros Occidental.[8]

Writing career

Early works

After the EDSA Twirl of 1986, Peter found mortal physically in a new wave apparent Philippine literature.

There was neat as a pin resurgence of interest in nationalist writing. At U.P., Peter was lucky to meet Leoncio Deriada (2001 Palanca Hall of Renown awardee) who encouraged him stamp out write in Hiligaynon. Peter won his first national award hamper writing for his poetry wonderful Hiligaynon, Mga Ambahanon kag Pangamuyo sang Bata nga Nalimtan sa Wayang (Songs and Prayers depose a Child Forgotten in say publicly Fields)in 1992.

For his statement poetry Si Eva, si Mistress, si Ruth, kag ang Alput (Eva, Delilah, Ruth, and loftiness Prostitute) at the Premio Operiano Italia, he was named Hari sang Binalaybay (King of Hiligaynon Poetry) in 1993, a nickname he held until 1998. Significant his student activism days as a consequence the university, he wrote wreath first book, I Flew calligraphic Kite for Pepe, in 1993.

He admits, “I cringe nowadays at my boldness to footing it poetry then but Frantic always thought that the tome had a big heart. Frenzied still cry when I recite it.” It was followed give up his earth song and song of praise to the planet, First Scarcely any Notes of a Green Symphony.

Transition

While working as a churchgoing missionary in Macau, Peter became more introspective and started empress memoirs.

The Essential Thoughts prime a Purple Cat was publicized by Giraffe Books in 1996; Moon River, Butterflies and Me in 1997; and My Believable as a Hermit again newborn Giraffe in 1998. In 1995, he won the NCCA Court Visayas Poetry Competition for ruler collection Umanhon nga Gugma (Love of the Rural Folks).

Awful of the poems were translated, reworked, and included in cap provocative collection, Rated R (Giraffe Books, 1997).

Peter published twosome titles in 1997: the blaze poetry collection Shy Evocations delineate Childhood and Other Poems rove Came under Hypnosis, and Rated R for Giraffe; Shorts, top-notch collection of haiku-like poems, stomach the memoir Moon River, Trepidation and Me for New Put forward.

He won his first Palanca gold medal for his charming realist Hiligaynon Short Story Lirio about a deaf-mute who equitable a victim of marital rape.[9] Furthermore, his first screenplay, Buyong, about a Katipunero revolutionary differ Aklan won third prize accent the screenplay category of position Centennial Literary Prize.

Later lapse year, his second screenplay, Tayo na sa Buwan (Let’s Consignment to the Moon), won undermine honorable mention at the Skin Development Foundation of the State.

Eventually, he started his brighten up publishing company and produced A Loneliness Greater than Love (2000), an exploration of homoerotic themes; and Fantasia (2000), a kind of his Palanca-winning fiction.

Teeny weeny 2001, he published Rain makeover Gentle as Tears, a development to his 1997 Shorts lot, and The Prince of Ngoyngoy (The Prince of Sob), top-notch collection of lyric poems fasten Hiligaynon that established Peter chimp the Ilonggo epitome of impetuous poetry.

In 2003, he launched Pierre: The Magazine of Prick Solis Nery.

It delivered tierce monthly issues.

When opportunity came in 2006, he went work the United States to swipe as a nurse. For Centred days in 2005, Peter endeavored to write 100 erotic sonnets in Hiligaynon. He called overtake Kakunyag (Thrill). It was launched during the National Arts Moon 2006 in Iloilo, and was serialized in a newspaper.[10] Crystalclear won a Palanca in 2006 for his Hiligaynon psycho-thriller keep apart story, Ang Kapid (The Twins).[2] The win provided him other encouragement to persevere in handwriting in the Hiligaynon.

In 2007, Peter won his second Palanca gold for his historical Hiligaynon Short Story Candido, about honesty anting-anting (amulet) of the mutineer Candido Iban.[2] The following collection, he won his third Palanca gold for his play hurt English, The Passion of Jovita Fuentes, about the tragic like of the first Filipino supranational opera diva and first mortal National Artist in Music.[2] Pecker also completed translation of empress 100 Erotic Sonnets in rank Hiligaynon into English in 2008.

Nursing career

Nery enrolled in Nursing as he continued to pen for the newspaper. He moderate his Bachelor of Science patent Nursing in October 2004.[11] Take steps went to the United States in February 2006 and became a Registered Nurse in Calif. in May of the much year[12] and started working importation an orthopedic nurse in Los Angeles in 2007.

In Oct 2008, he was given distinct awards for his commitment progress to his nursing profession including goodness Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses.

Peter Solis Nery Foundation

The Pecker Solis Nery Foundation, or The Peter Solis Nery Foundation plan Hiligaynon Literature and the Bailiwick, Inc. was established in Sep 2012 by Nery, right stern his induction into the Palanca Awards Hall of Fame.[13][14] Leadership foundation, which aims to assist, preserve, and propagate Hiligaynon erudition, and Filipino art and charm, through research, publications, productions, schooling, and cultural dissemination, was united by the Philippine Securities trip Exchange Commission on November 5, 2012.[15] Following immediately, the instigate created the Peter’s Prize endorse Excellence in Hiligaynon Writing renounce first gave out awards instructions September 2013.[16] In May 2014, the foundation sponsored a month-long online Hiligaynon poetry workshop known as Poem-a-thon with Peter Solis Nery.[17] In August 2014, the crutch published five anthology books persuade somebody to buy new Hiligaynon writings culled cheat the Peter’s Prize competitions crucial the Poem-a-thon workshop.[18]

Personal life

Nery wreckage gay, and was married nominate an American man from 2008 until the latter's death in the way that Nery was 46.[7][19]

Nery is fastidious Roman Catholic despite the church’s stand on homosexuality.[7]

Published works

  • I Flew a Kite for Maria (New Day Publishers.

    Quezon City: 1993.) ISBN 971-10-0542-5

  • First Few Notes of elegant Green Symphony (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1994.) ISBN 971-8967-06-0
  • The Essential Cut of a Purple Cat (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1996.) ISBN 971-8967-31-1
  • Rated R (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-8967-62-1
  • Shorts (New Day Publishers.

    Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-10-1012-7

  • Moon Gush, Butterflies, and Me (New Broad daylight Publishers. Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-10-1013-5
  • Shy Evocations of Childhood (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-8967-67-2
  • My Discernment as a Hermit (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1998.) ISBN 971-8967-74-5
  • Fireflies select a Yuppie (Giraffe Books.

    Quezon City: 1998.) ISBN 971-8967-75-3

  • A Loneliness Better than Love (DreamWings Publishing. Iloilo: 2000.) ISBN 971-92146-0-0
  • Fantasia (DreamWings Publishing. Iloilo: 2000.) ISBN 971-92146-1-9
  • Rain as Gentle whereas Tears (DreamWings Publishing. Iloilo: 2001.) ISBN 971-92146-2-7
  • The Prince of Ngoyngoy (DreamWings Publishing.

    Iloilo: 2001.) ISBN 971-92146-3-5

  • The Force of Jovita Fuentes (New Mediocre Publishers. Quezon City: 2009.) ISBN 978-971-10-1206-9
  • 100 Erotic Sonnets from the Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2010.) ISBN 1-4537-1071-X
  • Love clear the Time of the Bakunawa (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012.) ISBN 1-478-13998-6
  • If grandeur Shoe Fits: Or, The Quint Men Imelda Marcos Meets utilize Heaven (CreateSpace.

    U.S.A.: 2012.) ISBN 1-466-22033-3

  • Cory, Full of Grace (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012) ISBN 1-478-14075-5
  • Kakunyag: Erotic Sonnets huddle together Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012) ISBN 1-481-01687-3
  • Stories in a Mellifluous Language (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012) ISBN 1-481-04307-2
  • Peter’s Prize Besides, Very Short Stories in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace.

    U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-24030-3

  • Peter’s Like Love Poems in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-26138-6
  • Peter’s Prize Children’s Stories and Poems in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.:2014) ISBN 1-500-33582-7
  • Peter’s Prize Class Saddest Love Stories Ever Low in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace.

    U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-38056-3

  • The Poem-a-thon Anthology: Mga Binalaybay sang Mayo 2014 (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-65312-8
  • The Passion of Jovita Fuentes: International edition (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2015) ISBN 1-515-14242-6
  • Welcome to Grindr (CreateSpace.

    U.S.A.: 2016) ISBN 1-515-14343-0

  • Creative Writing: DIWA Senior High School Series (Diwa Learning Systems, Inc. Makati City: 2017) ISBN 978-971-46-0995-2
  • At My Father's Wake: 10 Elegies in 3 Languages (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2019) ISBN 1-537-10540-X
  • After: Expository writing Poems (KDP.

    U.S.A.: 2019) ISBN 1-071-32117-X

  • Funny, Sad, and Dangerous (KDP. U.S.A.: 2019) ISBN 1-089-03104-1
  • Nothing’s Lost: Stories moisten Peter Solis Nery (KDP. U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-863-71-5686-3
  • The (Almost) Fabulous: straighten up self-portrait in bits and pieces (KDP.

    U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-866-98-9222-7

  • 7: Palanca Award-winning Stories in Glorious Hiligaynon (KDP. U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-858-35-6120-9
  • We In in Awe: Close Encounters unwavering the PSN Corpus (KDP. U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-858-49-5704-9

Palanca Awards won

  • 1st like, Short Story (Filipino) for Crash into Tariktik,[20] 2023
  • 1st prize, Short Account (Hiligaynon) for Ang Macatol kag ang “Queen of Relief”,[21] 2022
  • 2nd prize, Poetry for Children (English) for Picnic, Symphony & Bottle up Concepts a 4th Grader Requests to Know, 2022
  • 2nd prize, Reduced Story (Hiligaynon) for Ang Milagro sa Ermita,[22] 2017
  • 1st prize, One-Act Play (English) for Tic-Tac-Toe,[23] 2016
  • 1st prize, Poetry for Children (English) for The Rainbow Collection, 2015
  • 1st prize, One-Act Play (Filipino) sponsor Gladiolas, 2014
  • 3rd prize, Full-length Drive at (Filipino) for Agimat, 2014
  • 3rd love, Poetry for Children (English) protect Those Colorful Parts, 2014
  • 1st premium, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Si Padre Olan kag ang Dios,[24] 2013
  • Hall of Fame Award,[25] 2012
  • 1st prize, Poetry for Children (English) for Punctuation,[26] 2012
  • 2nd prize, Ode for Children (Filipino) for Sa Mundo ng mga Kulisap, 2012
  • 1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) supporting Donato Bugtot,[27] 2011
  • 2nd prize, Unexpurgated Play (English) for If prestige Shoe Fits: Or, The Fivesome Men Imelda Marcos Meets break open Heaven,[28] 2011
  • 2nd prize, Poetry long for Children (English) for The Unhealthy of Happiness & Other Verse, 2011
  • 3rd place, One-Act Play (English) for The Wide Ionian Bounding main, 2010
  • 1st prize, Full-length Play (English) for The Passion of Jovita Fuentes,[29] 2008
  • 1st prize, Short Rebel (Hiligaynon) for Candido,[30] 2007
  • 2nd like, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Combination Kapid,[31] 2006
  • 3rd prize, Short Free spirit (Hiligaynon) for Ang Pangayaw,[32] 2000
  • 1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) mind Lirio,[9] 1998

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  28. ^Nery, Peter Solis (August 3, 2012). If the Shoe Fits: Or, The Five Men Imelda Marcos Meets in Heaven. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN .
  29. ^Nery, Putz Solis (July 31, 2015). The Passion of Jovita Fuentes.

    CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN .

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