Greg Brillantes
Filipino writer (1932–2025)
Biography
Gregorio Concepcion Brillantes (December 18, 1932 – September 26, 2025) was a Filipino writer best known for his English-language short stories. His 1980 short story “The Apollo Centennial” is particularly considered a "pathbreaking story" in Philippine Science Fiction.
Widely considered one of the most influential voices in Philippine English fiction, he received numerous awards during his lifetime, including the Free Press Literary Awards, the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, the writers’ union of the Philippines, the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas' Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, and the Ateneo De Manila University's Tanghal ng Lahi Award; and was inducted to the hall of fame of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. In 2026, he was posthumously proclaimed National Artist for Literature.
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- Greg Brillantes died on September 26, 2025 at the age of 92.
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