Peter Solis Nery
Peter Solis Nery | |
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Born | Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines | January 6, 1969
Occupation | Poet, writer, author, actor, filmmaker |
Language | English, Filipino, Hiligaynon |
Nationality | Filipino |
Alma mater | University of the Philippines Visayas SVD Christ the King Mission Seminary West Negros College |
Website | |
petersolisnery.com |
Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino poet, fictionist, author, and filmmaker. Writing in
As an actor, Nery briefly appeared in
He was awarded the UP Distinguished Alumnus Award in Championing Hiligaynon Literature and Regional Culture in 2023.[5]
Early life and education
Peter Solis Nery was born on January 6, 1969, and raised in the coastal town of
While at school, Peter honed his talent for writing. Under his editorship, he led the UPV College of Arts and Sciences' official publication, Pagbutlak (Sunrise) to become the region’s best at the 1989 College Press Awards.
Writing career
Early works
After the EDSA Revolution of 1986, Peter found himself in a new wave of Philippine literature. There was a resurgence of interest in nationalistic writing. At U.P., Peter was lucky to meet Leoncio Deriada (2001 Palanca Hall of Fame awardee) who encouraged him to write in Hiligaynon. Peter won his first national award in writing for his poetry in Hiligaynon, Mga Ambahanon kag Pangamuyo sang Bata nga Nalimtan sa Wayang (Songs and Prayers of a Child Forgotten in the Fields)in 1992. For his performance poetry Si Eva, si Delilah, si Ruth, kag ang Alput (Eva, Delilah, Ruth, and the Prostitute) at the Premio Operiano Italia, he was named Hari sang Binalaybay (King of Hiligaynon Poetry) in 1993, a title he held until 1998. During his student activism days at the university, he wrote his first book, I Flew a Kite for Pepe, in 1993. He admits, “I cringe now at my boldness to call it poetry then but I always thought that the book had a big heart. I still cry when I read it.” It was followed by his earth song and hymn to the planet, First Few Notes of a Green Symphony.
Transition
While working as a religious missionary in
Peter published four titles in 1997: the playful poetry collection Shy Evocations of Childhood and Other Poems that Came under Hypnosis, and Rated R for Giraffe; Shorts, a collection of haiku-like poems, and the memoir Moon River, Butterflies and Me for New Day.
He won his first Palanca gold medal for his
Eventually, he started his own publishing company and produced A Loneliness Greater than Love (2000), an exploration of
In 2003, he launched Pierre: The Magazine of Peter Solis Nery. It delivered three monthly issues.
When opportunity came in 2006, he went to the United States to work as a nurse. For 100 days in 2005, Peter endeavored to write 100 erotic sonnets in Hiligaynon. He called it Kakunyag (Thrill). It was launched during the National Arts Month 2006 in Iloilo, and was serialized in a newspaper.[10] He won a Palanca in 2006 for his Hiligaynon psycho-thriller short story, Ang Kapid (The Twins).[2] The win provided him another encouragement to persevere in writing in the Hiligaynon. In 2007, Peter won his second Palanca gold for his historical Hiligaynon Short Story Candido, about the anting-anting (amulet) of the revolutionary Candido Iban.[2] The following year, he won his third Palanca gold for his play in English, The Passion of Jovita Fuentes, about the tragic love of the first Filipino international opera diva and first female National Artist in Music.[2] Peter also completed translation of his 100 Erotic Sonnets in the Hiligaynon into English in 2008.
Nursing career
Nery enrolled in Nursing as he continued to write for the newspaper. He graduated his Bachelor of Science in Nursing in October 2004.[11] He went to the United States in February 2006 and became a Registered Nurse in California in May of the same year[12] and started working as an orthopedic nurse in Los Angeles in 2007. In October 2008, he was given various awards for his commitment to his nursing profession including the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
Peter Solis Nery Foundation
The Peter Solis Nery Foundation, or The Peter Solis Nery Foundation for Hiligaynon Literature and the Arts, Inc. was established in September 2012 by Nery, right after his induction into the Palanca Awards Hall of Fame.[13][14] The foundation, which aims to promote, preserve, and propagate Hiligaynon literature, and Filipino art and culture, through research, publications, productions, education, and cultural dissemination, was incorporated by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2012.[15] Following immediately, the foundation created the Peter’s Prize for Excellence in Hiligaynon Writing that first gave out awards in September 2013.[16] In May 2014, the foundation sponsored a month-long online Hiligaynon poetry workshop called Poem-a-thon with Peter Solis Nery.[17] In August 2014, the foundation published five anthology books of new Hiligaynon writings culled from the Peter’s Prize competitions and the Poem-a-thon workshop.[18]
Personal life
Nery is gay, and was married to an American man from 2008 until the latter's death when Nery was 46.[7][19]
Nery is a
Published works
- I Flew a Kite for Maria (New Day Publishers. Quezon City: 1993.) ISBN 971-10-0542-5
- First Few Notes of a Green Symphony (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1994.) ISBN 971-8967-06-0
- The Essential Thoughts of a Purple Cat (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1996.) ISBN 971-8967-31-1
- Rated R (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-8967-62-1
- Shorts (New Day Publishers. Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-10-1012-7
- Moon River, Butterflies, and Me (New Day Publishers. Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-10-1013-5
- Shy Evocations of Childhood (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1997.) ISBN 971-8967-67-2
- My Life as a Hermit (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1998.) ISBN 971-8967-74-5
- Fireflies for a Yuppie (Giraffe Books. Quezon City: 1998.) ISBN 971-8967-75-3
- A Loneliness Greater than Love (DreamWings Publishing. Iloilo: 2000.) ISBN 971-92146-0-0
- Fantasia (DreamWings Publishing. Iloilo: 2000.) ISBN 971-92146-1-9
- Rain as Gentle as Tears (DreamWings Publishing. Iloilo: 2001.) ISBN 971-92146-2-7
- The Prince of Ngoyngoy (DreamWings Publishing. Iloilo: 2001.) ISBN 971-92146-3-5
- The Passion of Jovita Fuentes (New Day Publishers. Quezon City: 2009.) ISBN 978-971-10-1206-9
- 100 Erotic Sonnets from the Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2010.) ISBN 1-4537-1071-X
- Love in the Time of the Bakunawa (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012.) ISBN 1-478-13998-6
- If the Shoe Fits: Or, The Five Men Imelda Marcos Meets in Heaven (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012.) ISBN 1-466-22033-3
- Cory, Full of Grace (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012) ISBN 1-478-14075-5
- Kakunyag: Erotic Sonnets in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012) ISBN 1-481-01687-3
- Stories in a Mellifluous Language (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2012) ISBN 1-481-04307-2
- Peter’s Prize Very, Very Short Stories in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-24030-3
- Peter’s Prize Love Poems in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-26138-6
- Peter’s Prize Children’s Stories and Poems in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.:2014) ISBN 1-500-33582-7
- Peter’s Prize The Saddest Love Stories Ever Told in Hiligaynon (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-38056-3
- The Poem-a-thon Anthology: Mga Binalaybay sang Mayo 2014 (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2014) ISBN 1-500-65312-8
- The Passion of Jovita Fuentes: International edition (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2015) ISBN 1-515-14242-6
- Welcome to Grindr (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2016) ISBN 1-515-14343-0
- Creative Writing: DIWA Senior High School Series (Diwa Learning Systems, Inc. Makati City: 2017) ISBN 978-971-46-0995-2
- At My Father's Wake: 10 Elegies in 3 Languages (CreateSpace. U.S.A.: 2019) ISBN 1-537-10540-X
- After: Prose Poems (KDP. U.S.A.: 2019) ISBN 1-071-32117-X
- Funny, Sad, and Dangerous (KDP. U.S.A.: 2019) ISBN 1-089-03104-1
- Nothing’s Lost: Stories by Peter Solis Nery (KDP. U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-863-71-5686-3
- The (Almost) Fabulous: a self-portrait in bits and pieces (KDP. U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-866-98-9222-7
- 7: Palanca Award-winning Stories in Glorious Hiligaynon (KDP. U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-858-35-6120-9
- We Begin in Awe: Close Encounters with the PSN Corpus (KDP. U.S.A.: 2020) ISBN 979-858-49-5704-9
Palanca Awards won
- 1st prize, Short Story (Filipino) for Ang Tariktik,[20] 2023
- 1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Ang Macatol kag ang “Queen of Relief”,[21] 2022
- 2nd prize, Poetry for Children (English) for Picnic, Symphony & Other Concepts a 4th Grader Needs to Know, 2022
- 2nd prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Ang Milagro sa Ermita,[22] 2017
- 1st prize, One-Act Play (English) for Tic-Tac-Toe,[23] 2016
- 1st prize, Poetry for Children (English) for The Rainbow Collection, 2015
- 1st prize, One-Act Play (Filipino) for Gladiolas, 2014
- 3rd prize, Full-length Play (Filipino) for Agimat, 2014
- 3rd prize, Poetry for Children (English) for Those Colorful Parts, 2014
- 1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Si Padre Olan kag ang Dios,[24] 2013
- Hall of Fame Award,[25] 2012
- 1st prize, Poetry for Children (English) for Punctuation,[26] 2012
- 2nd prize, Poetry for Children (Filipino) for Sa Mundo ng mga Kulisap, 2012
- 1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Donato Bugtot,[27] 2011
- 2nd prize, Full-length Play (English) for If the Shoe Fits: Or, The Five Men Imelda Marcos Meets in Heaven,[28] 2011
- 2nd prize, Poetry for Children (English) for The Shape of Happiness & Other Poems, 2011
- 3rd place, One-Act Play (English) for The Wide Ionian Sea, 2010
- 1st prize, Full-length Play (English) for The Passion of Jovita Fuentes,[29] 2008
- 1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Candido,[30] 2007
- 2nd prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Ang Kapid,[31] 2006
- 3rd prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Ang Pangayaw,[32] 2000
- 1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for Lirio,[9] 1998
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- ^ https://www.upv.edu.ph/index.php/news/ilonggo-artist-writer-feted-with-2023-upaa-distinguished-alumnus-award
- ^ ISBN 971-92146-1-9
- ^ a b c Nery, Peter Solis (March 2, 2016). "On Gay Marriage and Moronic Boxers". Iloilo Metropolitan Times. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ^ "TOP Universities in Negros Occidental - West Negros University". Wnu.edu.ph. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
- ^ a b "Lirio • Peter Solis Nery". petersolisnery.com. July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
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- ^ "Peter's Prize winners named - Iloilo Metropolitan Times". www.iloilometropolitantimes.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "POEM-A-THON WITH PETER SOLIS NERY - Iloilo Metropolitan Times". www.iloilometropolitantimes.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "BOOKS OF SUMMER - Iloilo Metropolitan Times". www.iloilometropolitantimes.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ Nery, Peter Solis (March 15, 2015). "Dear Zach". petersolisnery.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- ^ "Palanca Hall of Famer Peter Solis Nery shares his secrets to his award-winning writings".
- ^ "Here are the winners of the 70th Palanca Awards".
- ^ "Peter Solis Nery wins 19th Palanca award". September 2017.
- ^ Peter Solis Nery wins another Palanca Gold panaynewsphilippines.com August 27, 2016 [dead link]
- ^ "Si Padre Olan kag Ang Dios • Peter Solis Nery". petersolisnery.com. July 11, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "PETER SOLIS NERY – Carlos Palanca Awards". www.palancaawards.com.ph. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ Peter Solis Nery (December 30, 2012). "Punctuation: poems by Peter Solis Nery at the Palanca Awards 2012". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Donato Bugtot • Peter Solis Nery". petersolisnery.com. July 11, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ISBN 978-1466220331.
- ISBN 978-1515142423.
- ^ "Candido • Peter Solis Nery". petersolisnery.com. July 11, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Ang Kapid • Peter Solis Nery". petersolisnery.com. July 11, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Ang Pangayaw • Peter Solis Nery". petersolisnery.com. July 11, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2017.