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'{{Cleanup bare URLs|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox writer |name = Peter Nery |image = Peter Solis Nery.jpg |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|1|6}} |birth_place = [[Dumangas]], [[Iloilo]], Philippines |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = |occupation = Poet, writer, author, actor, filmmaker | language = [[English language|English]], [[Filipino language|Filipino]], [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]] | nationality = Filipino | alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines Visayas]]<br /> [[Christ the King Mission Seminary|SVD Christ the King Mission Seminary]] <br /> [[STI West Negros University|West Negros College]] | website = [http://petersolisnery.com/ petersolisnery.com] }} '''Peter Solis Nery''' is a Filipino poet, fictionist, author, and filmmaker. Writing in [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]], he is a [[Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature]] Hall of Fame Awardee,<ref>{{cite news |title=Money –Staff Writer – Blog hosts an Essay Writing Contest |date=March 3, 2008 |url=http://business.inquirer.net/money/announcements/view/20080303-122528/Blog-hosts-an-Essay-Writing-Contest |publisher=Business.inquirer.net |access-date=December 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217143204/http://business.inquirer.net/money/announcements/view/20080303-122528/Blog-hosts-an-Essay-Writing-Contest |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> the [[Cultural Center of the Philippines]] (CCP) Literary Grant, and the All-Western Visayas Literary Contest (National Commission for Culture and the Arts) winner.<ref name="palancaawards.com.ph">{{cite web|url=http://www.palancaawards.com.ph |title=palancaawards.com |publisher=palancaawards.com |date=2013-04-30 |accessdate=2013-06-25}}</ref> In 2015, he became the first Filipino author to be invited to the [[Sharjah International Book Fair]] in the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloilometropolitantimes.com/ilonggo-sets-record-as-first-filipino-author-in-sibf/|title=Ilonggo sets record as first Filipino author in SIBF - Bicol Metropolitan Times|website=www.iloilometropolitantimes.com|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> Writing in [[English language|English]], [[Filipino language|Filipino]], and [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]], he has authored at least 20 books, and has written screenplays. He wrote and edited newspapers in [[Iloilo City]] before becoming a nurse in the United States. As an actor, Nery briefly appeared in [[Tikoy Aguiluz]]'s film on cybersex, ''www.XXX.com'', of which he was also the assistant director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inq7.net/inf/2003/jun/16/inf_2-1.htm|title=inq7.net|website=www.inq7.net|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> He has also written, produced, and directed a full-length feature film in Hiligaynon, ''Gugma sa Panahon sang Bakunawa'' (Love in the Time of the Bakunawa), which was a finalist at the 1st Sineng Pambansa National Film Competition of the [[Film Development Council of the Philippines]]. Nery resides in [[Reisterstown]], [[Maryland]], and continues to write in at least three languages. ==Early life and education== Peter Solis Nery was born on January 6, 1969, and raised in the coastal town of [[Dumangas]], [[Iloilo]], [[Philippines]]. He is the eldest among five siblings and his parents were both public school teachers. Peter attended primary school at the Dumangas Central Elementary School, completed his secondary education at the Dumangas Polytechnic College (now [[Iloilo State College of Fisheries]]), where he was consistently a first honor student from grade school to high school. He finished his bachelor of science degree in Biology from the [[University of the Philippines Visayas|University of the Philippines in the Visayas]], where he was named ''Most Outstanding Student'' (1989) and ''Most Outstanding Graduate of 1990''. He also received the ''President’s Award of Merit as Outstanding Student'' in his graduation year.<ref name="ISBN 971-92146-1-9">{{ISBN|971-92146-1-9}}</ref><ref name="Iloilo_met">{{cite news|last1=Nery|first1=Peter Solis|title=On Gay Marriage and Moronic Boxers|url=http://www.iloilometropolitantimes.com/on-gay-marriage-and-moronic-boxers/|accessdate=3 May 2017|publisher=Iloilo Metropolitan Times|date=March 2, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ISBN 971-92146-1-9"/> Peter also had attended the [[Divine Word Missionaries|SVD]] Christ the King Mission Seminary in [[Quezon City]] where he took an Associate in Philosophy degree in 1992-1993. In 2004, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the West Negros College (now [[West Negros University]]) in [[Bacolod]], [[Negros Occidental]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnu.edu.ph |title=TOP Universities in Negros Occidental - West Negros University |publisher=Wnu.edu.ph |date= |accessdate=2013-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703191412/http://www.wnu.edu.ph/ |archive-date=2013-07-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Writing career== ===Early works=== After the [[People Power Revolution|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 [[Macau]], Peter became more introspective and started his [[memoirs]]. ''The Essential Thoughts of a Purple Cat'' was published by Giraffe Books in 1996; ''Moon River, Butterflies and Me'' in 1997; and ''My Life as a Hermit'' again by Giraffe in 1998. In 1995, he won the NCCA Western Visayas Poetry Competition for his collection ''Umanhon nga Gugma'' (Love of the Rural Folks). Some of the poems were translated, reworked, and included in his provocative collection, ''Rated R'' (Giraffe Books, 1997). 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 [[magical realist]] Hiligaynon Short Story ''Lirio'' about a deaf-mute who is a victim of [[marital rape]].<ref name="petersolisnery.com">{{cite web|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?p=42|title=Lirio • Peter Solis Nery|website=petersolisnery.com|date=14 July 2014 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, his first screenplay, ''Buyong'', about a Katipunero revolutionary from [[Aklan]] won third prize in the screenplay category of the Centennial Literary Prize. Later that year, his second screenplay, ''Tayo na sa Buwan'' (Let’s Go to the Moon), won an honorable mention at the Film Development Foundation of the Philippines. Eventually, he started his own publishing company and produced ''A Loneliness Greater than Love'' (2000), an exploration of [[homoerotic]] themes; and ''Fantasia'' (2000), a collection of his Palanca-winning fiction. In 2001, he published ''Rain as Gentle as Tears'', a [[sequel]] to his 1997 Shorts collection, and ''The Prince of Ngoyngoy'' (The Prince of Sob), a collection of [[lyric poems]] in Hiligaynon that established Peter as the Ilonggo epitome of emotional poetry. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=2&story_id=70506&col=39|title=inq7.net|website=news.inq7.net|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> He won a Palanca in 2006 for his Hiligaynon psycho-thriller short story, ''Ang Kapid'' (The Twins).<ref name="palancaawards.com.ph"/> 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.<ref name="palancaawards.com.ph"/> 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.<ref name="palancaawards.com.ph"/> 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.<ref>http://docstoc.com/docs/2819311 {{Bare URL inline|date=October 2022}}</ref> He went to the [[United States]] in February 2006 and became a Registered Nurse in [[California]] in May of the same year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rn.ca.gov |title=rn.ca.gov |publisher=rn.ca.gov |date= |accessdate=2013-06-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ThePeterSolisNeryFoundation|title=The Peter Solis Nery Foundation|website=www.facebook.com|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref>Peter Solis Nery</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?page_id=402&foundation=true|title=Foundation • Peter Solis Nery|website=petersolisnery.com|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> Following immediately, the foundation created the [[Peter's Prize|Peter’s Prize for Excellence in Hiligaynon Writing]] that first gave out awards in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloilometropolitantimes.com/peters-prize-winners-named|title=Peter's Prize winners named - Iloilo Metropolitan Times|website=www.iloilometropolitantimes.com|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> In May 2014, the foundation sponsored a month-long online Hiligaynon poetry workshop called ''Poem-a-thon with Peter Solis Nery''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloilometropolitantimes.com/poem-a-thon-with-peter-solis-nery|title=POEM-A-THON WITH PETER SOLIS NERY - Iloilo Metropolitan Times|website=www.iloilometropolitantimes.com|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloilometropolitantimes.com/books-of-summer|title=BOOKS OF SUMMER - Iloilo Metropolitan Times|website=www.iloilometropolitantimes.com|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> ==Personal life== Nery is [[gay]], and was married to an American man from 2008 until the latter's death when Nery was 46.<ref name="Iloilo_met" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Nery|first1=Peter Solis|title=Dear Zach|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?p=464|website=petersolisnery.com|date=15 March 2015 |accessdate=3 May 2017}}</ref> Nery is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] despite the [[Homosexuality and the Catholic Church|church’s stand on homosexuality]].<ref name="Iloilo_met" /> ==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 (Hiligaynon) for [[Ang Macatol kag ang “Queen of Relief”]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/853145/here-are-the-winners-of-the-70th-palanca-awards/story/?amp | title=Here are the winners of the 70th Palanca Awards }}</ref> 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]],<ref>http://www.panaynews.net/peter-solis-nery-wins-19th-palanca-award/</ref> 2017 *1st prize, One-Act Play (English) for [[Tic-Tac-Toe (play)|Tic-Tac-Toe]],<ref>http://www.panaynewsphilippines.com/archives/2016/08/27/peter-solis-nery-wins-another-palanca-gold/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> 2016 *1st prize, Poetry for Children (English) for [[The Rainbow Collection]], 2015 *1st prize, One-Act Play (Filipino) for [[Gladiolas (play)|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]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?p=103|title=Si Padre Olan kag Ang Dios • Peter Solis Nery|website=petersolisnery.com|date=11 July 2014 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> 2013 *Hall of Fame Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/Testing3/peter-solis-nery/|title=PETER SOLIS NERY – Carlos Palanca Awards|website=www.palancaawards.com.ph|accessdate=9 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424124109/http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/Testing3/peter-solis-nery/|archive-date=24 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2012 *1st prize, Poetry for Children (English) for [[Punctuation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b_XomsiIVg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/1b_XomsiIVg |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Punctuation: poems by Peter Solis Nery at the Palanca Awards 2012|last=Peter Solis Nery|date=30 December 2012|publisher=|accessdate=9 May 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 2012 *2nd prize, Poetry for Children (Filipino) for [[Sa Mundo ng mga Kulisap]], 2012 *1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for [[Donato Bugtot]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?p=101|title=Donato Bugtot • Peter Solis Nery|website=petersolisnery.com|date=11 July 2014 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> 2011 *2nd prize, Full-length Play (English) for [[If the Shoe Fits: Or, The Five Men Imelda Marcos Meets in Heaven]],<ref>{{cite book|title=If the Shoe Fits: Or, The Five Men Imelda Marcos Meets in Heaven|first=Peter Solis|last=Nery|date=3 August 2012|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1466220331}}</ref> 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]],<ref>{{cite book|title=The Passion of Jovita Fuentes|first=Peter Solis|last=Nery|date=31 July 2015|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=978-1515142423}}</ref> 2008 *1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for [[Candido]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?p=99|title=Candido • Peter Solis Nery|website=petersolisnery.com|date=11 July 2014 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> 2007 *2nd prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for [[Ang Kapid]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?p=96|title=Ang Kapid • Peter Solis Nery|website=petersolisnery.com|date=11 July 2014 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> 2006 *3rd prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for [[Ang Pangayaw]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://petersolisnery.com/?p=94|title=Ang Pangayaw • Peter Solis Nery|website=petersolisnery.com|date=11 July 2014 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> 2000 *1st prize, Short Story (Hiligaynon) for [[Lirio (story)|Lirio]],<ref name="petersolisnery.com"/> 1998 ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Portal|Children's literature}} * {{Official website|http://www.petersolisnery.com}} * [http://www.filipinowriter.com/user/peter-solis-nery Filipino Writer Website: Peter Solis-Nery] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081217032716/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php National Commission on Culture and the Arts -Literature] * [http://www.panitikan.com.ph/newsarchive/tags/contests/htm Panitikan Online] {{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.kabayancentral.com/book/giraffe/poetry.html kabayancentral.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060915071620/http://www.ateneo.edu/kritikakultura/kk01.pdf Ateneo Kritikultura] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nery, Peter Solis}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:20th-century Filipino poets]] 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