Peter Solis Nery

Peter Solis Nery (born January 6, 1969) is a multi-award-winning Filipino poet, fictionist, and playwright from Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines. He has won major acclaim for his poetry and short stories from the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. His screenplays have also won the Philippine Centennial Literary Prize, the 2001 Cinemanila International Film Festival, and the National Film Competition of the Film Development Council of the Philippines. Peter was elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Palanca Awards in 2012, and established The Peter Solis Nery Foundation for Hiligaynon Literature and the Arts.