Abdon Balde Jr.
Abdon Balde Jr. is a contemporary Bicolano writer in Bikol, Filipino, and English. He was awarded as one of the Outstanding Bikolano Artists for 2009 in Literary Arts category in Naga, [Camarines Sur|Naga City], and Southeast Asian Writers Awards for the Philippines in Thailand last 2009. He is one of the directors in Unyon [ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas]. In 2012, he was named Poet laureate of Albay. He was born in Busac, Oas, Albay.