Stories / Jose V. Ayala.

This first collection of short stories by Jose Veloso Ayala was written mostly in the sixties. "The Other Half of the World" (Philippines Free Press, 1965) has been reprinted in Short Story International (NY), and by Scott, Foresman and Co. Other works of fiction have appeared in Asia Magazine, Solidarity, Philippine Approaches (new Delhi), the Sunday Times Magazine and the Philippines Free Press, with which Ayala served briefly as features and literary editor. He has been awarded prizes for the short story by the Palanca Memorial Literary Awards and the Philippines Free Press. He also authored a slim volume of love poems called "Poems for the Country of E." He is a member of PEN International. As a self-taught painter, the author has exhibited in six solo shows his works in pen and ink, acrylic, watercolor and mixed media at the Solidaridad Gallery, Heritage Art Center, Small Gallery and Museum of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Sining Kamalig in Manila, and at the Davao Zonta Museum and asiatic Gallery in Davao City. Samples of his works are in the collections of the National Museum and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. His group exhibits are tied up mostly with the Primitive Painters, a group well-known for being both painters and writers. Ayala is a graduate of the University of the Philippines (Agriculture) and the Ateneo de Manila University (Bachelor of Science). He is married to the poet and fictionist Tita Lacambra-Ayala, with whom he has six children.