1959 Palanca Awards
The 9th 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]
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LIST OF WINNERS
The 1959 winners, the ninth recipients of the awards, were divided into four categories, open only to English and Filipino [Tagalog] short story and one-act play:
English Division
Short Story
- First Prize: F. Sionil Jose, "The God Stealer"
- Second Prize: Kerima Polotan Tuvera, "The Giants"
- Third Prize: N.V.M. Gonzales, "On the Ferry"
One-Act Play
- First Prize: Epifanio San Juan Jr., "In the Tangled Snare"
- Second Prize: No Winner
- Third Prize: Jesus T. Peralta, "Scent of Fear"
Filipino Division
Maikling Kwento
- First Prize: Buenaventura S. Medina Jr., "Dayuhan"
- Second Prize: Pedro L. Ricarte, "Estero"
- Third Prize: Efren Reyes Abueg, "Mapanglaw ang Mukha ng Buwan"
Dulang May Isang Yugto
- First Prize: No Winner
- Second Prize: Amado V. Hernandez, "Hagdan sa Bahaghari"
- Third Prize: No Winner
Sources
- "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1959". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
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