Rony V. Diaz is a Filipino writer. He has won several

Palanca Awards The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Memorial Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines," it is the country's highest ...

. He joined ''

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'' in 2001 as executive director. He eventually became publisher and president of the Manila Times School of Journalism. He has taught English at the

University of the Philippines Diliman The University of the Philippines Diliman (also called UPD; ), also referred to as UP Diliman, is a State university and college (Philippines), public, coeducational, Research university, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Ph ...

and has worked for the Philippine government as a foreign service corp. He is the author of the story " The Centipede". He is a recipient of a University of the Philippines Fellowship for Literature, a

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for creative writing and is a member of the University of the Philippines Writers Club.

June 2020

He was born in

Cabanatuan Cabanatuan, officially the City of Cabanatuan (; ; kapampangan language, Kapampangan: ''Lakanbalen/Ciudad ning Cabanatuan''), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Acco ...

Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( ; ; ; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Palayan, while Cabanatuan, its former capital, is the largest Local gove ...

on December 2, 1932.

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