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Emigdio ''Mig'' Alvarez Enriquez was born on the year 1925. He is a Filipino by birth. He is a novelist, story writer, and a playwright. He started writing at the age of 20 while under the supervision of the Jesuits of Ateneo de Zamboanga. Soon after, he achieved his degree in Bachelor of Arts at Arellano University, finishing college as a budding author.   Among his famous literary works are Blood on the Moon, A tale of Two Houses, Cachil Kudarat ( Sultan of Mindanao ) or Cachil Corrala, and Labaw, Donggon. All of this short stories won palangca awards in the year. After participating in fellowships at Yaddo Foundation in New York, Edward MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, and Huntington Hartford Foundation in California, he returned to the Philippines. He later served as a teacher and director at the University of the East before joining the faculty at De La Salle University. In his early thirties, he penned his debut novel titled 'The Devil Flower,' which re...