when i opened my inbox this morning, it contained this email to our e-group from palanca winner-slash-book author rhandee garlitos:
"Guys, I have received news that VJ (Vincent-Jan) Cruz Rubio, our co-fellow at the 2001 Iligan National Writers Workshop passed away. While details are not very clear at this stage, please do keep in touch with me, especially those who are based in Manila or near environs through this number: +639275179239.
i am deeply saddened by his death. We have been together in many different writing projects. He has always been there for me. Tears will not bring him back to life, but justice will restore his dignity. Please pray for him."
back in 2001, at Elena Tower Inn in Iligan City, VJ was the youngest in our batch of 12 writing fellows who stood on the shoulders of philippine literary giants. sharing a room with rhandee and eldric perido (then a UST seminarian who would later become a laywer and an occasional writer for the Inquirer) VJ was then a graduating student of creative writing at UP-Diliman. short in height but not in talent, VJ was always smiling, making him everybody's favorite younger brother.
at 28, VJ had done much. but he could have done so much more.
so long, VJ.
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for a sampling of VJ's writing, click the link:
http://likhaan_online.tripod.com/08242001archivesite/lit10-10.html
and somewhere here is a pic of VJ:
http://filipinatravels.blogspot.com/2008/09/omg-i-won.html
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