
Eros S. Atalia
Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Educational Background
Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Filipino
Philippine Normal University, Philippines
MA in Language and Literature major in Filipino
De La Salle University, Philippines
Eros S. Atalia has authored eight best-selling books of fiction and creative nonfiction. He won four first prize awards from Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards (2006, 2013, 2015 and 2019), seven from Talaang Ginto of Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino for his poems and essays, Pandaylipi at Gawad Soc Rodrigo, and was an honorary fellow in the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa, USA, in 2016. He is also a Board Member of Center for International PEN Philippines. He served as consultant and resource person for the PRIMALS for Department of Education sponsored by the Australian Embassy, textbook evaluator for Department of Education and several private publishing companies and a reader/evaluator to some academic publishing house and scholarly journals. Some of his works were adapted to screenplay in Cinemalaya. Aside from teaching creative writing courses with the Department of Literature of De La Salle University, Manila, he also organizes several free writing clinics and workshops to aspiring young writers and literature teachers around the country. He is the Executive Director of The Post (Philippine Online Student Tambayan). He is the recipient of 2021 Gawad Sulo, Philippine Normal University Eminent Alumni.
Research Interest
- Pilipino/Filipino
- Creative Writing – Fiction
- Literary Studies
Selected Publications
- Peskman (Mamatay Ka Man) Nagsisinungaling Ako at mga Kwentong聽
- Di Pa Dapat Paniwalaan, Visprint Enterprise, 2007
- Ligo Na U, Lapit na Me, Visprint Enterprise, 2009
- Wag Lang Di Makaraos (100 Flash Fiction) Visprint Enterprise, 2011
- It鈥檚 Not That Complicated (Bakit Hindi Pa Sasakupin ng mga Alien ang Daigdig sa 2012), Visprint 2012
- Minsan Lang Sila Normal (co-author) Philippine Normal University Press 2012
- Tatlong Gabi, Tatlong Araw, Visprint 2013
- Taguan-Pung at Manwal ng Pagpapatiwakal (Level Up) Visprint 2014聽
- Ang Ikatlong Anti-Kristo, Visprint 2017