Mindanao Writer

Ricardo “Ricky” M. De Ungria

BAKIAO, FLORY VIC L.

BSBA 2ND YEAR COLLEGE -F
 Ricardo “Ricky” M.
De Ungria
Born on 1951 and originally hails
from Luzon but moved to Davao
City and considered it as his home.
FAMILY BACKGROUND
 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
 He graduated with a BA Literature, cum laude, degree from the
De La Salle University and an MFA in Creative Writing from
Washington University in St. Louis, United States in 1990 when
he was awarded a Fulbright grant.
 He received writing residency fellowships at the Hawthornden
Castle International Retreat for Writers in 1991 and the Bellagio
Study of Conference Center in 1993.
 In 1999, he moved to Davao City to become the first dean of the
College of Humanities and Social Sciences of the newly
established University of the Philippines Mindanao campus.
 LITERARY WORKS
Poetry
 R+A+D+I+O (1986)
 Decimal Places (1991)
 Voideville: Selected Poems, 1974–79 (1991)
 Nudes: Poems (1994)
 Body English (1996)
 Waking Ice: Poems (2000)
 Pidgin Levitations (2004)
 m'mry wire (2014)
Anthology (as editor)
 Luna Caledonia: Five Filipino Writers in Hawthornden Castle (1992)
 Passionate Patience: Ten Filipino Poets on the Writing of Their Poems (1995)[2][3]
 Catfish Arriving in Little Schools (1996)[2][3]
 The Likhaan Anthology of Poetry and Fiction (1996)[2][3]
 The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 1999 (2001)
 The Likhaan Anthology of Philippine Literature in English from 1900 to the Present
(2002)
 Fallen Cradle: Parents on the loss of a child (2006)
 Davao Harvest 2 (2008)
 The Best of Dagmay (2007–2009), (2010)
 Tala Mundi: The Collected Poems of Tita Agcaoili Lacambra Ayala (2011)
 ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

 Academy of American Poets Prize

 Florida State University's State Street Poetry Contest
 Saint Louis Poetry Annual Contest
 Palanca Awards
 Manila Critics' Circle
 CCP Verse-Writing Contest
 Philippine Free Press Awards
 Fulbright Scholarship

He also awarded Gawad Balagtas by the UMPIL in 1999 and the

Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan (Literature) by the City of
Manila in 2007. He was also UP Artist 1 from 2009–11 and 2012 to
the present time and the recipient of seven National Book Awards.
 REFERENCES
• A History of Publishing in the Philippines -1998 116 "Contemporary
Philippine poetry books were also published by Anvil such as
Decimal Places: Poems, a recipient of the National Book Award by
Ricardo M. De Ungria"
• "Fellows: Ricardo M. de Ungria". Likhaan. Institute of Creative
Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman. August 2011.
Retrieved 17 December 2013.
• "Authors: Ricardo M. de Ungria". Panitikan.com.ph. Institute of
Creative Writing, University of the Philippines Diliman. 2005.
Retrieved 17 December 2013.
• "UP Mindanao (History)". University of the Philippines Mindanao.
University of the Philippines Mindanao. 8 November 2013 [28 May
2009]. Retrieved 17 December 2013.