Alex C. Delos Santos

Who is Alex C. Delos Santos?

Alex C. Delos Santos born on September 24, 1967 in San Jose, Antique is a Karay-a writer and theater artist based in San Jose, Antique, the Philippines. He completed his Master of Education with an academic excellence award from the University of the Philippines in the Visayas. His research and writing interests are in culture and arts and gay literature.

His first recognition as a poet came in 1992 when he was awarded the CCP Literature Grant in Kinaray-a poetry for his collection "Dandansoy: Mga Kanta kang Pagbiya kag iban pa nga Panghayhay", which contained poems about the plight of the "layas nga Antiqueños" - Antiqueños who, by choice or by circumstance, leave home in search of greener pasture. This collection included the poem "Sulat," about a son writing his mother not to write anymore because his mother's one page letters are so heavy with the sad news about home. He won Homelife Magazine's National Poetry Prize in 1994 for his poem "Child", in 1995 for "Prusisyon", in 2001 for "Macramé", and in 2008 for "Kurbata".