Macario D. Tiu (Editor)

MACARIO D. TIU IS A HOMEGROWN MINDANAO SCHOLAR, HISTORIAN, A COMMUNITY POET, FAMOUS WRITER, EDITOR, AND RESEARCHER FOR ENGLISH AND VISAYAN STORY PRIMARILY FICTION IN VERSE. HE HAS A DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION, AND A PROFESSOR IN LITERATURE AT THE ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY, WHOSE GOES IS TO ELUCIDATE, SIMPLIFIES AND MAKES THINGS EASILY TO UNDERSTOOD.

HIS FAMOUS WORKS WERE BALYAN, NANKING STORE, AND ANG BATA NA DILI MUTULOG. HE WAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED TO HAVE THREE PALANCA GOLDS FOR SHORT STORY IN CEBUANO, AND IS A RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN 2005 FOR DAVAO: RECONSTRUCTING HISTORY FROM TEXT AND MEMORY. AS A FICTIONIST, HIS “ANG BATA NA DILI MUTULOG” WON FIRST PRIZE AND “NANKING STORE” WON THIRD PRIZE IN THE SO-CALLED AWARDING OF PALANCA GOLDS. HE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN CALATUNAN GRANDE DAVAO CITY.  NOW HE WRITES FREQUENTLY IN CEBUANO, AND NOT OFTEN IN ENGLISH WHICH WAS APPEARED IN NUMEROUS BOOKS.

HE IS NOW CURRENTLY WORKING AT ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY AS THE CHAIR OF HUMANITIES DIVISION. HIS FICTIONS AND POEMS WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN CEBUANO AND ENGLISH HAVE APPEARED IN PHILIPPINES FREE PRESS, PHILIPPINES GRAPHIC AND BISAYA.