Vim Nadera
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| Victor Emmanuel Carmelo D. Nadera Jr. | |
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| Other Name/s | Vim |
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Victor Emmanuel Carmelo D. Nadera Jr., also known as Vim, is an award-winning poet, fictonist, playwright, and essayist. He was born in Tayabas, Quezon, but he grew up in Sampaloc, Manila. He introduced Poetry Therapy in the country. He is considered as the “father of performance poetry in the Philippines”.
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[edit] Education
He holds a bachelor of science and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, which he earned from the University of Santo Tomas.
[edit] Career
He conducted a series of free sessions for cancer patients that led to "Asia's first expressive art workshops" at the National Arts Center in 1995. He also initiated an outreach program entitled Three Ps, which is implemented in different hospitals has won support from the Philippine Society of Oncologists.
He is involved with several universities as well as the writer's groups LIRA, UMPIL, and PETA Writer's Bloc. He was the founder of the USTETIKA, which has continued to produce rosters of great young writers since 1989. In 1991, he founded the UST Writer's Workshop and the Moving the Pen Journalism/Literary Seminar. At the University of the Philippines, he organized Gatula in 1996, and other groups known for Performing Poetry to inspire the students to explore and enhance this art.
He has won various prestigious awards for his writing such as the National Book Awards, Rizal International Filipino Poetry Contest, Gawad Collantes, Palanca Awards, Carlos Bulosan Award, Gawad Leopoldo Yabes, Gawad Parangal ng Quezon, Gawad Chancellor, and Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) to name a few.
He is a member of Kapisanan ng May K sa Pilipinas (KMKP), the umbrella organization of support groups of cancer in the Philippines. He was also the Philippines' representative in the Kuala Lumpur World Poetry Reading (2000), International Seminar on Southeast Asian Literature (2001), Asia Arts Net Annual Conference (2001), and Balagtasan sa Singapore (2002).
He is presently the seventh and youngest Director of the UP Institute of Creative Writing.
[edit] Achievements
Listed below are some of his awards:
- Youngest Poet of the Year, Institute of National Language, 1985
- “Mujer Indigena”, Centennial Literary Prize, 1998
- “Historyadora”, Centennial Literary Prize, 1998
- Youngest recipient of the Recognition Award from the Commission on Filipino Language, 1998
Listed below are some of his books:
- The Use of Poetry Therapy in Mutual Support Groups of Cancer Survivors in Metro Manila (2000)
- Asinta: Mga Tula at Tudla (2002)
[edit] Reference
- Panitikan. http://www.panitikan.com.ph/authors/n/vecnadera.htm. (accessed 20 November 2007)
[edit] Citation
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