Ariel S. Tabag

Who is Ariel S. Tabag?

Ariel S. Tabag, is a bilingual Ilokano fictionist, poet, editor, translator, and musician. He has received the Palanca Awards for his Ilokano short stories. He has also been awarded the Talaang Ginto-Gantimpalang Collantes. He has received awards from Ilokano literary contests such as AMMAFLA, GUMIL California, SABALI, RFAAFIL, ATILA, Tugade Awards. He is the author of Karapote, an anthology of Ilokano short stories. Tabag is also a fellow to the 41st UP National Writers Workshop.

As a musician, he plays bass guitar for the underground band Pilo and the Ilocano rock band Manong Diego. With Mighty C. Rasing, another Ilokano writer-musician, they started Danirock, a poetry performance with rock music.