Edgar Calabia Samar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edgar Calabia Samar

FIlipino poet

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1981

Place of Birth: San Pablo, Luzon, Philippines

Profession: poet

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Edgar Calabia Samar (born 1981) is a poet and fictionist from San Pablo City, Philippines.
He has received the Palanca Awards for his poetry collections and futuristic fiction.
He has also been awarded the PBBY-Salanga Writer's Prize, the NCCA Writer's Prize for the Novel, the Gantimpalang Collantes sa Sanaysay, and the Gawad Surian sa Tula.
His poetry book, Pag-aabang sa Kundiman: Isang Tulambuhay, was nominated for the National Book Award.
His award-winning children story Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Adarna has been adapted into play by Job Pagsibigan and was staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines as part of The Virgin Labfest in July 2008.
The same story was also adapted for television in a storytelling segment of GMA-7's Art Angel episode last May 29, 2008.
His book, Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog, was recipient of the 2005 NCCA Writer's Prize; its translation to English as Eight Muses of the Fall was longlisted in the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize.
Samar is also fellow to the 2010 International Writing Program of the University of Iowa.