Born in Luntal, Taal, Batangas, Domingo Goan Landicho earned journalism degrees from the Lyceum of the Philippines, an MA in education at National Teachers College, a law degree from Lyceum, and a Ph.D. in Filipinology from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he later served as writer-in-residence, professor, and associate director of the Institute of Creative Writing, attaining profe…