JAMIL AHMED

JAMIL AHMED is the official pen name of the fiction writer Aurelio Pena from Davao City, Philippines. He has been writing features, news and fiction short stories for national magazines in his country for the last 50 years. He worked for Asiaweek magazine (Hong Kong) as foreign correspondent in the 1990s and as photojournalist for the Paris-based Sipa Press for ten years. Most of his novels are expanded versions of his short stories like the historical novel "ENRIQUE 1521" and "DAVAO 1848" which were published in the Philippine Graphic magazine a few years back. Both stories won the prestigious Nick Joaquin Literary Award last year. A collection of his best stories were also published by Amazon last year under the title "Ripples of Love" which were later followed by other notable stories that were expanded into historical novels like "Pen & Brush", "Stones Tanks & Flowers", "The Last Katipunero" among others.