Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin is the author of Anim na Sabado ng Beyblade at
iba pang Sanaysay, which won a National Book Award for Nonfiction in
Filipino in 2014 from the Manila Critics Circle and National Book
Development Board and was a finalist for Madrigal-Gonzales First Best
Book Award administered by the University of the Philippines Institute of
Creative Writing (UP ICW).


He has published several children’s books; won three Carlos Palanca
Awards; and was a Writing Fellow for Sanaysay in both the Palihang
Rogelio Sicat 5 (2012) and 53rd UP National Writers Workshop. He also
translated Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth in Filipino,
commissioned by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino and National
Commission for Culture and the Arts. He is also one of the Editor,
together with Rolando Tolentino and Joselito Delos Reyes, of Hayskul:
Mga Sanaysay na Hindi Pang-Formal Theme from Visprint Publishing.


He is one of the scriptwriter of the now defunct children’s show Batibot in
television and TV Sitcom titled Tom en
Gerrie. He also creates OST for GMA News TV documentaries such as
Investigative Documentaries (ID), Motorcycle Diaries and Reel Time.


Jarin is a former Professor of Literature and Popular Culture at the
Philippine Normal University and Malikhaing Pagsulat for Creative
Nonfiction and Television Scriptwriting at the Departamento ng Filipino at
Panitikan ng Pilipinas, College of Arts and Letters, University of the
Philippines-Diliman and for the Department of Filipino, De La Salle
University-Manila.


Presently, Jarin is working on the prequel of Anim na Sabado ng Beyblade, entitled ”Tangke, Mga Gunita ng Pagkabata”. There will also be a reprinting for Beyblade and the second edition will come out this April 2020. He is also set to publish his first collection of fiction stories, “Ang May-ari ng Boracay,” this year.