The 16th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country.[1]

16th Palanca Awards
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Winners edit

The 1966 winners, the fourteenth recipients of the awards, were divided into six categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story, poetry, and one-act play:

English division edit

Short story edit

  • First Prize: Lilia Pablo Amansec, “Loverboy”
  • Second Prize: Kerima Polotan Tuvera, “A Various Season”
  • Third Prize: Fr. Rodolfo Villanueva, “A Gift of Tongues”

Poetry edit

  • First Prize: Emmanuel Torres, “Angels and Fugitives”
  • Second Prize: Valdemar Olaguer, “A Collection of Poems”
  • Third Prize: Manuel Viray, “After this Exile”

One-act play edit

  • First Prize: Jesus T. Peralta, “The Sign of the Sea Gulls”
  • Second Prize: Wilfrido D. Nolledo, “Flores Para Los Muertos”
  • Third Prize: Mar V. Puatu, “O Lamb ... Poor Lamb”

Filipino division edit

Maikling Kwento edit

  • First Prize: Wilfredo Pa. Virtusio, “Bilanggo”
  • Second Prize: Pedro S. Dandan, “Ang Anino ng Kanyang Ama”
  • Third Prize: Jeremias Victor Lacanieta, “Ang Dalaw”

Tula edit

  • First Prize: Cresenciano C. Marquez Jr., “Ebolusyon”
  • Second Prize: Vict. Dela Cruz, “Logos”
  • Third Prize: Rogelio Mangahas, “Tinig Mula sa Kung Saan”

Dulang May Isang Yugto edit

  • First Prize: Bernardo Del Rosario Jr., “Itim ang Kulay ng Paruparo”
  • Second Prize: Rogelio Sicat, “Mga Kaluluwang Naghahanap”
  • Third Prize: Benjamin P. Pascual, “Anino ng Kahapon”

References edit

External links edit

  • "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1966". Archived from the original on 22 October 2009.