Nemesio Baldesco
Nemesio “Totoy” S. Baldesco Sr. is a Filipino poet and pedicab driver from Calbayog, Samar who primarily does literary works in Waray. He is a recipient of Gawad Parangal of UMPIL. He is known as the “Father of Waray Poetry”.
He was also given the Gantimpalang Ani Award for Poetry in 1994 by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Gawad Komisyon Karangalang Banggit for Poetry by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino in 2007.