Louie Jon Agustin Sanchez

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Poet, Fictionist, Critic and Journalist, Louie Jon Agustin Sanchez hails from Flora, Apayao, Philippines. He lives in Novaliches, Quezon City, in Metro Manila.

He has won prizes for his poetry, including the Makata ng Taon (Poet of the Year) in 2006 from the state-run Gawad Komisyon sa Tula-Gantimpalang Collantes of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. He has also won an award for his fiction from the Catholic Mass Media Awards in 2004.

Sanchez currently works for Business Mirror, the biggest business newspaper in the Philippines, and the longest-running news magazine, the Philippine Graphic.

He holds a master of fine arts degree in Creative Writing from the De La Salle University-Manila. He finished journalism from the University of Santo Tomas. He teaches literature at the Department of Literature, De La Salle University.