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= Epitacio “Doc Penpen” Ramos Tongohan, MD = Epitacio Ramos Tongohan (19 November 1955), known in global literary circuits as “Doc Penpen Bugtong Takipsilim,” or simply Doc Penpen, is a medical doctor, indie filmmaker and producer, artist, and poet from Tanay, Rizal, the Philippines, and was crowned by different poets’ organizations and groups all over the world as the “Father of Visual Poetry.” He also founded the global poetry group of distinct poets, Pentasi B Global Friendship Poetry.

Early Life and Education
Tongohan was a native of Tanay, a municipality in Rizal. A trained medical doctor specializing in anatomic pathology, he obtained his degree in Medical Technology from the Royal and Pontifical Catholic University of Santo Tomas in Manila in 1979. He got his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of the East - Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center in 1984. He returned to UST to study further and obtained his specialization in Anatomic Pathology in 1988.

His dream was to become the leading pathologist in the world, focusing on his studies on cloning. However, he was diverted into arts and poetry and began travelling all over the world to promote his visual poetry and also for the Philippines to become the “Poetry Heart of the World.” As a filmmaker and producer, he produced the film “Takipsilim,” which received a citation from the Film Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) in 2016.

Awards and Recognitions
In 2013, Tongohan was conferred by different Filipino poets as the Father of Visual Poetry at the National Library of the Philippines. This honor was sealed when Sophy Chen and prominent poets conferred the same title to Tongohan during the Pentasi B World Poetree in Beijing in 2020. Since then, Tongohan received numerous recognitions and accolades from prominent poetry groups worldwide.

He is also the titleholder of having the most expensive poetry book, in volumes, sold in an auction, priced at US10,000 each or with the total of $30,000 for the 3 books. The last volume of the Pentasi B poetry collector’s edition is now up for auction for US$200,000.

Philanthropy
Tongohan is also a philanthropist. The sales of his works are used to fund the education of underprivileged Filipino youth. He also wants to auction one of his paintings and the remaining volume of the collector’s copy of his poetry book to fund the upcoming general assembly of world poets, scheduled in 2024.

Controversy
Tongohan, on the other hand, was also involved in a controversy wherein he sued several fellow poets for cyber libel. , he wants to reconcile with his fellow poets and “heal the wounds” caused by this incident. Tongohan also wants the poet-accused be a part again of Pentasi B and his projects as he pushes for the recognition of the Philippines as the “Poetry Heart of the World.

Pentasi B Grand Assembly of Poets
Tongohan, together with directors of Pentasi B Global Friendship Poetry, will organize the greatest and grandest assembly of poets and poet laureates all over the globe in 2024. This is to affirm that the Philippines indeed is the Poetry Heart of the World.