PALANCA AWARDS HALL OF FAME YEAR 2019

LAMBERTO E. ANTONIO

Opposite Mario O'Hara, he co-wrote the screenplay for Lino Brocka's film Insiang (1976), the first Philippine film to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books - Hagkis ng Talahib (1971), Pagsalubong sa Habagat (1986 National Book Award for Poetry), and Pingkian at Apat Pang Aklat ng Tunggalian (1997 National Book Award for Poetry). A Palanca awardee 10 times over, he has also won the grand prize for the Epic Narrative in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Literary Competition, and was hailed Makata ng Taon by the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa. He also received the Gawad Manuel L. Quezon and Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas. His other accomplishments include the translation of the literary works of Gabriel García Márquez, Dylan Thomas, Octavio Paz, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Conan Doyle, Leopold Senghor, Salvatore Quasimodo, Usman Awang, Rabindranath Tagore, and Leo Tolstoy.

Palanca First Prize Winning Works
First Prizes

1976 - “Sangkipil na Uhay,” Tula
1977 - “Sa Bibig ng Balon at Iba pang Tula,” Tula
1999 - “Lilok ng Lilo,” Tula
1999 - “Bakasin Mo sa Bakasyon,” Sanaysay
2019 - “Turno kung Nokturno at iba pang Tiyempo ng Rilyebo sa
Pagberso,” Tula

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  HALL OF FAME AWARDEES

The Palanca Hall of Fame was established in 1995 and is presented to a Palanca awardee who has achieved the distinction of winning five first prizes in the regular categories.