Wilfredo Pascual is the author of Kilometer Zero, a Pushcart prize-nominated essayist, a runner-up to the Steinberg Essay Prize and winner of the 2015 Curt Johnson Prose Awards for Nonfiction and 2016 Plaridel Award from the Philippine American Press Club. . He grew up in the Philippines where his essays have won several national awards, including the grand prizes for the Palanca twice, the Philippine Free Press, and 2017 Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honors). He spent twenty years traveling in Asia and Africa working for international development. He moved to the U.S. in 2005 and lives with his husband Jack in San Francisco's Mission District.

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  • JoinedOctober 2005
  • Occupationwriter
  • HometownSan Jose City, Philippines and Bangkok, Thailand
  • Current citySan Francisco
  • CountryUnited States
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Photos of Wilfredo Pascual

Testimonials

blue-eyed playground (deleted)

wilfredo's photos are beautiful and timeless. one of my oldest contacts. i love his work.

April 15, 2009

si willy, ang taong paulit-ulit na bumubuhay sa panulat ng mga kaibigang naiwan niya sa Pinas...isang inspirasyon ng mayamang karanasan sa paglalagalag.

October 27, 2008

i have never met wilfredo, i don't read many profiles, and i don't write (nor read) many testimonials, but his profile, in my native tongue and in English (and a combination of both) really spoke to me... i used to pride myself as a writer but i am humbled by this young man's honesty and ability to tell a story... mabu… Read more

i have never met wilfredo, i don't read many profiles, and i don't write (nor read) many testimonials, but his profile, in my native tongue and in English (and a combination of both) really spoke to me... i used to pride myself as a writer but i am humbled by this young man's honesty and ability to tell a story... mabuhay ka, kaibigan...! (by the way, his pictures are quite nice too...!) more power to you, brother....

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December 7, 2007

sa lahat, profile mo lang po ang binasa ko. tagalog. taglish. sobrang pinoy. di ko pa po natingnan ang mga kuha mo. na-i-imagine ko na kung gaano ito kaganda. kalupit! nabasa ko lang sa thread na nanalo po kayo sa palanca. ang lupit nun! pangarap ko rin yun kaso parang hinayaan ko na lang wag abutin at maging abala sa … Read more

sa lahat, profile mo lang po ang binasa ko. tagalog. taglish. sobrang pinoy. di ko pa po natingnan ang mga kuha mo. na-i-imagine ko na kung gaano ito kaganda. kalupit! nabasa ko lang sa thread na nanalo po kayo sa palanca. ang lupit nun! pangarap ko rin yun kaso parang hinayaan ko na lang wag abutin at maging abala sa ibang bagay tulad ng spoken word. sir, isa po kayong inspirasyon! sana'y mabasa ko pa ang iba mo pang kwento. at kung may libron man, saan po ako makakabili. binabasa ko nga kay bob ong, sayo pa!

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August 15, 2007

saludo ako sa mga kuha mo,. laging me ibig sabihin.. :) sana isang araw, maging ako ikaw. :) galing !!

February 25, 2007

I was so happy to find my first fellow Filipino on Flickr in Wilfredo Pascual. He is many different things all squeezed into one uncontainable, un-boxable whole. I don't know whether to genuflect in his presence or give him a bear hug, to call him kapatid (brother), guro (teacher) or simply kaibigan (friend). He is… Read more

I was so happy to find my first fellow Filipino on Flickr in Wilfredo Pascual. He is many different things all squeezed into one uncontainable, un-boxable whole. I don't know whether to genuflect in his presence or give him a bear hug, to call him kapatid (brother), guro (teacher) or simply kaibigan (friend). He is both toucheable yet distant, times I feel I know him like a long-time lover and then an eccentric stranger the next. In the end, Wilfredo Pascual is an enigma. I have a feeling he, too, is unto himself. His photos are to be savoured slowly, embraced whole because there is an ampleness in Willy that one can only hold with the passage of sweet time.

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August 3, 2006

i have been inspired. wilfredo pascual has done with words and images what I only hope to accomplish someday. the only thing better than a picture that is worth 1000 words, are the perfect 1000 words to go with the picture.

March 25, 2006