Jesus T. Peralta
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About
Award-winning Filipino playwright and anthropologist who won ten Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards. One of his most influential anthropological works is "Pre-Spanish Manila: A Reconstruction of the Prehistory of Manila"
Before Fame
He attended the University of Santo Tomas and later the University of the Philippines and the University of California, Davis.
Trivia
He was Director III of the National Museum from 1992 to 1997.
Family Life
He married artist Rosario Bitanga and they had three children.
Associated With
Writer Jose Rizal was also a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas.
