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 from the University of the Philippines in the Visayas. His research and writing interests are in culture and arts and gay literature.

He is the author of "Mga Kanta ni Datu Lubay" (2003), a collection of poems in Kinaray-a, Filipino, and English, and "Agi, agi may putay sa dahi" (Hiraya Media Arts, 2006), a collection of gay stories in Kinaray-a. His latest book "Ugsad kang Kinaray-a" (Hiraya Media Arts, 2007) includes essays on the history of Kinaray-a literature, a guide to writing Kinaray-a, and the ribald tradition in Kinaray-a.

His first recognition as a poet came in 1992 when he was awarded the CCP Literature Grant in Kinaray-a poetry. He won Homelife Magazine's National Poetry Prize in 1994 (Third Prize, English for his poem "Child"), 1995 (Third Prize, Filipino for "Prusisyon"), and in 2001 (Second Prize, English for "Macramé"). He has attended fellowships at the Iligan National Writers Workshop (1995), the Silliman National Writing Workshop in Dumaguete City (2000), and the UP National Writers Workhop in Davao City (2001). His first book is "The Rise of Kinaray-a" (2003), a history of Kinaray-a literature with an anthology of writings in Kinaray-a.