Born on May 25, 1921
in Tacloban City, Leyte, the poet Carlos A. Angeles graduated from Rizal
High 1938 and went on to study at various universities, first in pre-medicine
and next pre-law. He had one semester at Ateneo de Manila, two at UP in 1941
(where he became a member of the UP Writers' Club), and one quarter at Central
Luzon Colleges. He did not return to school after World War II, but he led an
impressive career as chief of the Philippine bureau of International News
Service from 1950 to 1958, guest of the US State Department on a Smith-Mundt
leader grant, press assistant under the Garcia administration, and public
relations manager of PanAm Airlines from 1958 to 1980. He also served in the
board of directors of International PEN, Philippine chapter.
In 1964, the same year
that poetry was first considered in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for
Literature, Angeles' collection of poems, A Stun of Jewels(Manila: Alberto
S. Florentino, 1963), received first prize in the prestigious contest.
Comprised of 47 poems and dedicated to Angeles' wife, A Stun of Jewelsalso
won the Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature.
Angeles has been
living in the USA since 1978. Married to Concepcion Reynoso, he has seven
children and 18 grandchildren, all residing in the States.
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