Born in Cebu City on March 27, 1928, Ruperto Alaura started out as a commercial painter, having gone only as far as the secondary grades because of poverty. His "Usa ka Hataas nga Gabii" (Bisaya) won the LUDABI second prize in 1961. His other prize-winning stories are "Mga Pugas nga Bulawan" (Bag-ong Suga), "Ang Damgo" (Silaw), and "Sukod" (Bag-ong Suga). Primarily a fictionist, he also wrote verse.

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