Kristian Sendon Cordero (b. April, 1983 in Iriga City, Philippines) is Bikol’s youngest and most awarded creative writer in the region today. At an early age, Cordero has already carved his rightful place in the annals of Bikol’s growing literary tradition. writing fellow to two national workshops in 2003 (University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University) his literary works in three languages have received both local and national awards: three-time winner, HomeLife National Poetry Competition (second place 1999, 2005 and grand prize winner for 2004), grand prize winner for poetry in 2004 Premio Tomas Arejola Para Sa Literaturang Bikolnon, Sumagang Awards for Bikol Poetry and Campus Journalism (2003, Local Government of Iriga City), Outstanding Alumnus for Literature (2007, University of Saint Anthony, Iriga City), Melchor Villanueva Centennial Awards for Literature (2007, Naga College Foundation), and recently the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (2006, second prize, short fiction in Filipino) and the Madrigal Gonzales Best First Book Award for his first poetry collection Mga Tulang Tulala: Piling Tula sa Filipino, Bikol at Rinconada (Goldprint Publishing House, 2004, 2007).
Cordero’s literary works, book reviews and feature articles have appeared in various local and national newspapers, university referred literary journals, and avant-garde mediums. His poems are now subject for critical analysis and thesis dissertations in various universities in the region. Respected literary historians, critics and senior writers in the country are all in agreement of Cordero’s important contribution to contemporary Philippine writings.