Ricardo M. de Ungria

Filipino poet, Ricardo M. de Ungria earned his A.B. Literature from the De La Salle University, and later obtained an M.F.A. in the Creative Arts from the Washington University in Missouri, U.S.A in 1990. He is a founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC) and the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (UMPIL). He is an associate professor of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing; the incumbent Chancellor of the U.P. Mindanao; and the Head of the Committee on Literary Arts under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

His works are:

· R+A+D+I+O (1986)

·   Decimal Places (1991)

·   Passionate Patience: Ten Filipino Poets on the Writing of Their Poems (1995)

· Catfish Surviving in Little Schools (1996)

·    The Likhaan Anthology of Poetry and Fiction (1996)

·    Pidgin Levitations (2004)

·    m'mry wire (2014)

He was also awarded:

·    Academy of American Poets Prize

·    Saint Louis Poetry Annual Contest

·    Florida State University's State Street Poetry Contest

·    Manila Critics' Circle

·    Palanca Awards

·    CCP Verse-Writing Contest

·    Philippine Free Press Awards