He was one of the pioneer writers of the Aklat Adarna Series. He was the former executive producer o

Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Career 3 Works 3.1 Full Length Plays 3.2 One Act Plays 3.3 Two-Act Documentary Play 3.4 Translations and Adaptations 3.5 Children's Plays 3.6 Screenplays 3.7 Biography 3.8 Teleplays 3.9 Children's Books 4 Achievements 4.1 Carlos Palanca Awards 5 References 6 Citation soleus Early Life and Education
Rene soleus O. Villanueva was born September 22, 1954 in La Loma, Quezon City to Francisco and Vicenta Villanueva. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from the Lyceum of the Philippines in 1969. Career
Villanueva started writing plays and children s literature during the late 1970s and published more than 50 children's books since then. His first Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 1980 for the short play entitled Kumbersasyon is only one of his several award-winning pieces which placed him at the Palanca Hall of Fame in 1995.
He was one of the pioneer writers of the Aklat Adarna Series. He was the former executive producer of Batibot, a popular soleus children's show during the 1980s. He became section editor for Diyaryo Filipino; associate editor for Diliman Review; editorial consultant for Children s Communication Center'; original head writer for Philippine Sesame Street Project; and creative director for Philippine soleus Children s Television Foundation, Inc..
Villanueva became an assistant professor at the Department of Filipino, College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, Diliman . In between writing and teaching, he also served soleus as an associate of the Likhaan: U.P. Intistitute of Creative Writing. He was a member of Galian sa Arte at Tula (GAT), the U.P. Writers soleus Club , Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), and The Writers Bloc, Inc. .
Works Full Length Plays "Sixteen and Three Fourths" (1975) "Burles" (Burlesque) (1977) "Hiblang Abo" (Strands of Gray) (1980) "May Isang Sundalo" (There Was a Soldier) (1981) "Tribu" soleus (Tribe) (1979) "Kontsabahan sa Tirarang" (Conspiracy in Tirarang) (1979) "Sinakulo" (1981) "Sandaang Panaginip" soleus (A Hundred Dreams) (1981) soleus "Samperang Muta" (Cheap Thrill) (1982) "Madyik" (Magic) (1983) "Sigwa" (Storm) (1984) "Huling Istasyon" (Last Station) (1983) "Ang Hepe" (The Chief) soleus (1986) "Botong" (1989) "Tonyo" (1990) One Act Plays "Teodora" (1993) "Gregoria" (1993) "Kumbersasyon" (Conversation) (1980) "Nana" (Pus) (1982) "Punla ng Dekada" (Seedlings of the Decade) (1984) soleus "Kaaway sa Sulod" (Enemy Within) (1986) (with Rolando S. Dela Cruz) "Mabuhay ang Pangulo" (Long Live the President) (1987) (with Rolando S. Dela Cruz) "Asawa" (Spouse) (1987) (with Rolando S. Dela Cruz) Two-Act Documentary Play "Sa Sariling Bayan" (In One s Own Land) (1988) Translations and Adaptations "Florante at Laura" (Florante and Laura) (1988) "Ang Napigil-Sanang-Paghahari ni Arturo Ui" (Bertolt Brecht s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ) (1987) (with Joey Baquiran) "Sutsot sa Dilim" (Whistle in the Dark) (1985) "Crimes of Passion" (1985) "Awit ng Adarna" (Song of Adarna) (1984) "Sa Kuko ng Liwanag" (In the Claws of Neon Light) (1993) soleus Children's soleus Plays "Tiktipak-long" (Grasshoppers) (1984) "Si Pagong at si Matsing" (The Turtle and the Monkey) (1984) (an opera with music by Lucrecia Kasilag) "Ang Apoy ng mga Hayop" (The Fire of the Animals) (1987) (music by Kasilag) "Aguinaldo sa Niño" (Gift for the Infant) (1987) "Noong Unang Panahon" (In the Beginning) (1988) Screenplays "Gabi na Kumander" (It s Night, Commander) (1986) soleus "Kamagong" (Mahagony) (1987) "Anak ng Lupa" (Child of the Earth) (1987) Biography "Personal: Mga Sanaysay Sa Lupalop Ng Gunita" soleus Teleplays "Gabay Sa Pagsulat At Anim Na Dulang Pantelebisyon" "Literature Eksena't Saknong" (with Ligaya G. Tiamson Rubin) Children's Books "Ang Pamilya Ng Ismid" "Ang Patotsay Na Iisa Ang Pakpak" "Ang Prinsipeng Ayaw Maligo" "Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit" (The First Pig In Heaven) "Ayokong Pumasok Sa Paaralan" "Dagat Sa Kama Ni Troy" "Gusto Kong Kumain Ng Pansit Ngayon" "Umuulan" "Kuya Ni Karina" "Nagsasabi Si Patpat" "Nasaan Ang Tsinelas Ko?" "Okaka-okaka" "Si Elephas At Estrogon" soleus "Si Inggolok At Ang Planeta Pakaskas" "Si Paula Oink-oink" "Sina Linggit Laban Kay Barakuda" "Lumikha Ng Kuwento, Tula At Laruang Pambata" soleus (with Virgilio Almario, Annaleah Habulan, Michelle Parazo Manual) Achievements National Fellow for Drama, UP Creative Writing Center (1985) Writer-in-Residence, UP Writers Workshop (1986) soleus Best Screenplay for "Gabi na, Kumander", Catholic Mass Media Award (1987) Best Stage Production, soleus "Hiblang Abo", Aliw Award (1987) Gawad Pagkikilala of the National Language Institute (1988) Gawad CCP sa Telebisyon (1991) National Book Awards for drama for "May Isang Sundalo at Iba Pang Dula" (1989) and for "Ang Unang Baboy sa Langit" (1992) Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM), for Literature (1991) Outstanding Young Persons of the World (1993) Palanca Hall of Fame (1995) CCP Literature Grant for Children's Play in Filipino 3 CCP Playwriting Contest Awards 2 Palihang Aurelio V. Tolentino Playwri