Edgar Calabia Samar

Samar was born on 18 February 1981 in San Pablo City, Philippines. He attended a diocesan catholic school, the Liceo de San Pablo, from grade school to high school (1988–1998) before he entered the Ateneo de Manila University where he finished his AB in Psychology (2002) and MA in Filipino Literature (2004). In Ateneo, he became a member of Heights for four years (1998–2002). He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, which awarded him the Gawad Antonio Abad for Best Dissertation in 2011. ==Published works==

Books • Si Janus Sílang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon (Adarna House, 2014) • Eight Muses of the Fall (Anvil Publishing, 2013) • Halos Isang Búhay: Ang Manananggal sa Pagsusulat ng Nobela (UST Publishing House, 2012) • Sa Kasunod ng 909 (UST Publishing House, 2012) • Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog (Anvil Publishing, 2009) • Pag-aabang sa Kundiman: Isang Tulambuhay (ADMU Office of Research and Publications, 2006) • Isa na Namang Pagtingala sa Buwan (National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2005) • Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Darna! (Adarna House, 2002). Poetry • "Kuwentong-Bayan" in Literatura 8: Tha Palanca 2004 Issue • "Walang Diwata ng Apoy" in Literatura 8: The Palanca 2004 Issue • "2000" in High Chair 5 (July–December 2005) • "Gnosis" in '''' Volume 35 Essay • "Si Big Brother, Si Boy Bastos, at ang Pagsasalba ng Katawan sa Textong Popular Ayon Kay Antonio Pigafetta" in Malay 20, No. 1 (2007) • "Paghawak sa Panahon: Ang Salaysay Bilang Talinghaga sa Tula" in Loyola Schools Review 6 (2007) Serialized novel • Kasaysayan ng (2019) ==Awards, grants, fellowships==

• 2010 International Writing Program, Fellow • Man Asian Literary Prize, Longlist for "Eight Muses of the Fall" • 2007 Gantimpalang Collantes sa Sanaysay, Second Prize for "Tungo sa Pag-awit ng Inadung" • 2007 46th UP National Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino • 2005 NCCA Writer's Prize, Grand Prize for Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog • 2004 Gawad Surian sa Tula, Grand Prize for "Kung Bakit Tayo Nakikinig sa Alamat" • 2004 PBBY-Salanga Writer's Prize, Honorable Mention for "Magkano Papuntang Antipolo?" • 2004 Palanca Awards for Poetry in Filipino, First Prize for "Tayong Lumalakad Nang Matulin" • 2003 Palanca Awards for Future Fiction in Filipino, Second Prize for "Project: EYOD" • 2003 1st Iyas-La Salle National Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino • 2002 Palanca Awards for Poetry in Filipino, Second Prize for "Pag-aabang sa Kundiman at Iba Pang Tula" • 2002 PBBY-Salanga Writer's Prize, Grand Prize for "Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Darna!" • 2001 38th UP National Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino • 2000 1st UST National Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino • 1999 6th Ateneo-Heights Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino • 1997 National Schools Press Conference, Second Place for Editorial Writing in Filipino ==References==