Biography of Damiana L. EugenioDamiana L. Eugenio is a Filipino folklorist renowned for her scholarly anthologies of Philippine epics, folktales, myths and proverbs. She was a professor, writer and researcher from the University of the Philippines and was responsible for landmark publications on Philippine oral and epic literature. She received a bachelor's degree in education from UP, cum laude. Her dissertation was on the awit and corrido of the Philippines. Eugenio continued her masteral studies in English literature at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts and received her doctoral degree from the University of California in Los Angeles, United States. She was designated professor emeritus of the UP Department of English and Comparative Literature. Eugenio has been honored with awards from the Manila Critics Circle, Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), and UP.