About the Author of 'SAMAD

SamadHi-D Palapar

About the author:

Hi-D Palapar

-Haidee Emmie K. Palapar-34 years old-born on December 27, 1977-Status:Single-has no children

Hi-D Palapar's ultimate dream is to spend the rest of her life just reading and writing. She cannot see home without books. She mainly writes poetry, but tinkers with other genres. She has been to the Faigao, Iligan, UP and Iyas workshops. She also writes heritage and art articles for local newspapers.

She teaches Humanities, Literature and Writing courses at the University of San Carlos, where she is finishing her M.A. in Literature.

Haidee Palapar is a product of such writing workshops. A member of the Women in Literary Arts Inc. (WILA) and Bathalad.

Haidee Palapar is a product of such writing workshops.

Haidee Emmie Palapar is the Communications Officer of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI). RAFI is a non-stock non-profit organization with a 44-year history and background in social development work in the Visayas and Mindanao

In the years that Ms. Palapar has joined the foundation, it has aggressively worked in publicizing and promoting the foundation’s advocacies and initiatives, aligning with RAFI’s brand of collaboration, knowing that to effect positive change all citizens must be engaged in working for their communities.

At the same time, RAFI’s programs have gained

recognition in national P.R awards.

On her own capacity, Ms. Palapar is active in the Cebuano literary scene, currently serving as the Coordinator for Region 7

in the Committee on Literary Arts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Sources:

http://cebuwila.multiply.com/reviews/item/5

http://pcij.org/blog/2007/06/23/for-the-one-who-left-a-cebuano-poem

http://vbs2011.cebubloggers.com/speaker-haidee-emmie-palapar/