Notable People

Lakambini “Bing” Sitoy Lakambini “Bing” Sitoy is a Filipino writer, journalist, editor, and teacher with a long connection to Dumaguete and Silliman University. Her fiction has received national recognition in the Philippines and has also reached international readers through publication in Europe and North America. Biography Name: Lakambini A. Sitoy Also known as: Bing Sitoy

Merlie Alunan-Wenceslao Merlie M. Alunan is a Filipina poet, fictionist, essayist, editor, educator, and cultural worker whose career has been closely connected with Visayan literature. Although born in Dingle, Iloilo, she has an important connection to Dumaguete through Silliman University, where she studied creative writing under Edilberto K. Tiempo and Edith L. Tiempo and later

Edilberto K. Tiempo Edilberto K. Tiempo was a Filipino fiction writer, literary critic, educator, and one of the central figures in the development of Dumaguete’s literary culture. His long association with Silliman University and his role in founding the Silliman University National Writers Workshop gave him a lasting influence on generations of Filipino writers. Biography

César Ruiz Aquino César Ruiz Aquino is a Filipino poet, fiction writer, educator, and literary figure closely associated with Dumaguete City and Silliman University. Through decades of writing, teaching, and mentoring at the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, he has become an important figure in the literary culture of Dumaguete and Negros Oriental. Biography Name: