Damiana L. Eugenio was a renowned Filipino folklorist and professor known as the "Mother of Philippine Folklore." She received her bachelor's degree from the University of the Philippines cum laude and had a prolific academic career, publishing several landmark anthologies of Philippine folktales, myths, and oral traditions. Eugenio received many honors over her career, including being designated professor emeritus at the University of the Philippines, and awards from the Manila Critics Circle, Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas, and the University of the Philippines, in recognition of her contributions to documenting and preserving Philippine folklore.

1. Damiana L. Eugenio
Damiana L. Eugenio is a Filipino folklorist renowned for her
scholarly anthologies of Philippine epics, folktales, myths and
proverbs. She was a professor, writer and researcher from
the University of the Philippines and was responsible for
landmark publications on Philippine oral and epic literature. She
received a bachelor's degree in education from UP, cum laude.
Her dissertation was on the awit andcorrido of the Philippines.
Eugenio continued her masteral studies in English literature at
Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts and received her
doctoral degree from the University of California in Los Angeles,
United States. She was designated professor emeritus of the UP
Department of English and Comparative Literature.
Eugenio has been honored with awards from the Manila Critics
Circle, Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), and UP.
Damiana Eugenio
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Damiana L. Eugenio
Born September 27, 1921
San Miguel, Bulacan,
Philippines
Died October 10, 2014 (aged 93)
Philippines
Education University of the
Philippines,Mount Holyoke
College,University of
California, Nueva Ecija High
School

2. Occupation Professor, author
Damiana Ligon Eugenio (September 27, 1921 – October 10, 2014) was a Filipino female
author and professor who was known as theMother of Philippine Folklore, a title she
received in 1986.[1]
Apart from teaching at theUniversity of the Philippines, she has several
publications in the field of Philippine folklore, among them a series of seven books which she
compiled and edited.[2][3]
Biography[edit]
Education[edit]
Eugenio was a BSE degree holder and a cum laude
graduate from the University of the Philippines. She
obtained her M.A. degree in English Literatufolklore. She
was a professor at the Department of English and
Comparative Literature for the College of Arts in Diliman:
Vol. III, The Legends, Philippine Folk Literature, University
of the Philippines Press. ISBN 971-542-357-4
Authorship[edit]
Description[edit]
Eugenio’s works were described as volumes that are
thorough and professional in presentation and as being
valuable resources for scholars studying
the Philippines and comparative folklore. Written in
the English-language, her Philippine Folk Literature: The
Myths (1993) served as a compendium that promotes
"national and international access to Filipino folklore," were
gathered from written sources rather than collected oral
variants, and was intended to foster interest in the subject

3. matter. In this work, Eugenio also presented the collected
narratives in a proper scholarly context that also justified
the inclusion of thelegends of saints, as opposed to being
a pure collection of myths. This particular volume was also
described as a recommended work for "any individual
interested in issues of Filipino worldviews and value
systems, to any scholar investigating myths across
cultures, and to anyone who enjoys the insights that a
culture's narratives provide."[2]
Awards and recognitions[edit]
Eugenio was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award
from the Philippine Board on Books for Young People
(PPBY Awards) for her significant contributions to the
growth of literacy for children in 1991.[3][4]
Apart from being
designated as the Mother of Philippine Folklore (Ina ng
Folklor ng Pilipinas) by the U.P. Folklorists, Inc. and the
U.P. Folklore Studies Program in 1986, she also garnered
the following recognitions: Most Outstanding Novo
Ecijano in the Field of Arts for Literature (Nueva Ecija High
School Alumni Association, 1983), Professional
Achievement Award in the Humanities for folklore studies
(U.P. Alumni Association, 1987), Catholic Mass Media
Award: Best Book in English (a finalist, 1987),National
Book Award for Literary History (Manila Critic Circle, 1987),

4. Achievement Award in the Humanities (Philippine National
Science Society/NCRP, 1989), Cultural Center of the
Philippines Award for the Arts for cultural research (Gawad
CCP para sa Sining, 1992), Golden Jubilarian
Achievement Award (U.P. Education Alumni Association,
1992), National Follower of Balagtas Award (Gawad
Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, from the Unyon ng mga
Manunulat sa Pilipinas or the Philippine Writers Union,
UMPIL, 1993), Manila Critics Circle Citation (1995),
Centennial Award for Cultural Research (Parangal
Sentenyal sa Sining at Kultura (Cultural Center of the
Philippines, 1999), Most Distinguished Alumna of the
Nueva Ecija High School (1999), and the Silver Torch
Award (U.P. Educational Alumni Association, 2000).[3]
Death[edit]
Eugenio died on October 10, 2014. She had a bad fall in
December 2013 and became bed ridden since.[5]
Works[edit]
Her works are Philippine Proverb Lore (1975) *Awit and
Korido: A Study of Fifty Philippine Metrical Romances in
Relation to Their Sources and Analogues (1965)
*Philippine Folk Literature: An Anthology (1981) *Philippine
Folk Literaturilippine Folk Literature, (May 31, 2008)

5. *Philippine Folk Literature: An Anthology (1981) *Philippine
Folk Literaturilippine Folk Literature, (May 31, 2008)

6. *Philippine Folk Literature: An Anthology (1981) *Philippine
Folk Literaturilippine Folk Literature, (May 31, 2008)