Palanca Hall of Famer Leoncio P. Deriada, 81

By Alvin I. Dacanay

Apr 05, 2019 12:02 am

Leoncio P. Deriada (Photo from the Kasingkasing Press Facebook page)

LEONCIO P. DERIADA, the Iloilo province-based author and editor whose works in three genres and five languages, and his efforts in nurturing generations of writers from Panay Island, earned him wide recognition as the father of contemporary West Visayan literature, died on Wednesday. He was 81.

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