Emeniano Acain Somoza Jr

Foremostly a fictionist, Emeniano Acain Somoza, Jr. is also a poet, an essayist and a playwright. He hails from Siquijor Island, an island in Central Visayas, south of the Philippine Archipelago.

Profile

Most of his stories have been published in Philippine Graphic, Philippines Free Press, [http://philstar.com/ The Philippine Star] , and anthologized in ANI Literary Journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the [http://www.poetserv.org/SRR26/srr26_contents.html The Salt River Review Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2006] a literary journal published by the [http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/mupress/aboutus.html Miami University Press] , and in the internationally-refereed [http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/compludoc/W/10605/00317837_1.htm Philippine Studies] of the [http://www.ateneopress.org/phil.asp/ Ateneo University Press] . His stories have also been archived online on [http://1community.tripod.com/basa1.html CCP SANGKOMUNIDAD Ambag-Akda] ,and on [http://www.geocities.com/phil_writers/authors_s.html A Survey of Philippine Literature] . He received a degree in Bachelor of Mass Communication from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila), and masteral units in Creative Writing from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.

Works

*Inroads, " [http://philippinesfreepress.wordpress.com/ Philippines Free Press] , 2002; Philippine Graphic, 2002, [http://www.geocities.com/phil_stories/menu_stories.html A Survey of Philippine Literature] "

*Memories of My Lost Siquijor (Quilt of Dreams), " [http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/compludoc/W/10605/00317837_1.htm Philippine Studies] , Philippine Graphic, 2003, [http://www.poetserv.org/SRR26/srr26_contents.html The Salt River Review Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2006] , Miami University Press, [http://1community.tripod.com/basa1.html CCP SANGKOMUNIDAD Ambag-Akda] "
*Brothers on a Stormy Sea, "Philippine Graphic, 2004"

*The Lady from Buffalo Island, "Philippine Graphic, 2005, [http://www.poetserv.org/SRR26/srr26_contents.html The Salt River Review Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2006] , Miami University Press, ANI 33, Annual Literary Publication of the CCP, 2007"

* My Own Moveable Feast, " [http://philstar.com/ The Philippine Star] , 2006"

* Divina's Luck, "Philippine Graphic, 2007"

* A Yardful of Birds, "Philippine Graphic, 2007"

* One October Ends, "Philippine Graphic, 2008"

Workshops

* [http://www.cegpdiamond.blogspot.com/ CEGP (College Editors Guild of the Philippines)] National Student Press Congress, 1991
*Ricky Lee's 12th Scriptwriting Workshop, 1997

External links

* [http://emeniano.blogspot.com SASTRERIA: Diary of a Dressmaker's Son]
* [http://mnyano.gather.com Gather]