Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez (born September 24, 1940[1][2] - May 19, 2016) also known as Ka Roger, was a multi-awarded Filipino fiction writer, poet, activist, journalist and educator.[3] He was one of the authors of the iconic Tagalog literature anthology Mga Agos sa Disyerto in the 1960s. He was a contributor to Liwayway Magazine, Pilipino Free Press, Asia-Philippines Leader, Pilosopong Tasyo, Diario Uno and Pinoy Weekly.
Career[edit]
Ordoñez worked under Nick Joaquin in the Asia-Philippines Leader for a short period of time. He was the former Editor-in-Chief and former chairman of the Editorial Board of the alternative newspaper Pinoy Weekly, a nationalist and progressive newspaper in FILIPINO. Ordoñez has worked as secretary-general of the PUP's Center for Creative Writing, professorial lecturer, and columnist. Sometime in 1995, he served as the Director of Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations in Polytechnic University of the Philippines and is a Professor in the Graduate School of same institution; he also teaches Creative Writing, Literature, History, Works of Rizal, Contemporary Social Problems and Pamamahayag sa Filipinolohiya in the undergraduate programs, also in the said university.
Published Works[edit]
- Ang Mahabang Daan Pauwi: Mga tula na hinugot sa buhay na karanasan ng mga kababayan sa Gitnang Silangan
- Mga Agos sa Disyerto (Co-author)
- Saan Papunta ang mga Putok?
- Hijo y Hija de Puta
- Pluma at Papel sa Panahon ni Gloria
- Ipuipo sa Piging
- Pluma at Papel [sa Panahon ni Erap]
- Sa Pamumukadkad ng mga Talahib
