Renowned Writer D. M. Reyes Named Director-in-Residence for the 62nd Silliman University National Writers Workshop

 Sources : OIP Silliman University 


Silliman University  proudly announces the appointment of Danilo Francisco “DM” M.

Reyes as the Director-in-Residence for the upcoming 62nd Silliman University National

Writers Workshop. The appointment, made by Silliman University President Dr. Betty C.

McCann, follows the recommendation of the Advisory Board of the Edilberto and Edith

Tiempo Creative Writing Center, and the endorsement of Vice President for Academic

Affairs Dr. Earl Jude Paul L. Cleope.


D. M. Reyes, a distinguished scholar and educator, was awarded the prestigious

Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Poetry in English by the Unyon ng Mga

Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) in April 2023. This esteemed honor is a testament to

Reyes' exceptional contributions to the field of literature and creative writing.

A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts in Literature (English)

in 1989 and a Master of Arts in Literature (English) in 1995, Reyes is currently pursuing

his Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman.


An accomplished academic and cultural advocate, Reyes curated the Centennial Exhibit

on National Artist Edith L. Tiempo for the Cultural Center of the Philippines in April

2019. His commitment to fostering intellectual exchange extends globally, having

served as Representative Fellow to the Executive Committee of the Asian Public

Intellectuals Program in November 2007.


Recognized for his scholarly pursuits, D. M. Reyes received the ASIA Fellows Awards,

an Asian Scholarship Foundation Research Fellowship in Thailand from The Ford

Foundation in May 2006. Prior to this, in 2003, he was named Junior Fellow for the

Asian Public Intellectuals Fellowship Program of the Nippon Foundation, enabling him

to do extensive cultural research in Indonesia and Thailand.


D. M. Reyes' dedication to academia is further exemplified by his teaching roles,

including positions as Assistant Professor at Ateneo de Manila University from 1989 to

his early retirement in 2023. Currently, he serves as Professorial Lecturer at the

University of the Philippines Diliman in the Department of English & Comparative

Literature and the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature.

In addition to previous administrative responsibilities, D. M. Reyes also taught Literature

and Southeast Asian Studies as visiting professor at Chulalongkorn University in


Thailand and at Universitas Sanata Dharma in Indonesia. He also served as Editor-at-

Large for the Asian Scholarship Foundation Newsletter of the ASIA Fellows Awards

Program in Bangkok, Thailand.


He has consistently demonstrated his commitment to fostering cultural and intellectual

exchange, including joining the Honor's List for Translation of the International Book

Board for Young People (IBBY) in 2001. More importantly, he continues to serve as

periodic panel critic in the annual Silliman University National Writers Workshop from

1997 to the present.


D. M. Reyes continues to inspire and shape the future of literature with his remarkable

accomplishments in creative writing and in academe. 


Danilo Francisco M. Reyes.


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