== Career ==

== Career ==

His poetry books include ''The Arctic Archipelago and other poems'', ''The Beauty of Ghosts'', ''Museum of Absences'', and ''Tattered Boat''. In 1978, he won first prize in the poetry competition of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for "15 Poems".{{Cite web|title=Directory of Winners|url=http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/palanca-awardee/directory-of-palanca-winners|access-date=2026-03-03|website=[[Palanca Awards]]}} He has two essay collections, ''Memories of Overdevelopment: Reviews and Essays of Two Decades'' and ''RE: Recollections, Reviews, Reflections'', which won the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics’ Circle National Book Award for Best Collection of Essays in English in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Winners of the 35th National Book Awards Announced {{!}} National Book Development Board|url=http://booksphilippines.gov.ph/winners-of-the-35th-national-book-awards-announced/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}} He also completed ''A History of the Philippines: from Indios Bravos'' to Filipinos in 2010.

His poetry books include ''The Arctic Archipelago and other poems'', ''The Beauty of Ghosts'', ''Museum of Absences'', and ''Tattered Boat''. In 1978, he won first prize in the poetry competition of the [[Palanca Awards|Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature]] for "15 Poems".{{Cite web|title=Directory of Winners|url=http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/palanca-awardee/directory-of-palanca-winners|access-date=2026-03-03|website=[[Palanca Awards]]}} He has two essay collections, ''Memories of Overdevelopment: Reviews and Essays of Two Decades'' and ''RE: Recollections, Reviews, Reflections'', which won the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics’ Circle National Book Award for Best Collection of Essays in English in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Winners of the 35th National Book Awards Announced {{!}} National Book Development Board|url=http://booksphilippines.gov.ph/winners-of-the-35th-national-book-awards-announced/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}} He also completed ''A History of the Philippines: from Indios Bravos'' to Filipinos in 2010.

Two of Francia’s plays have been staged: ''The Beauty of Ghosts'' at Topaz Arts in New York in 2007 and 2014{{Cite web|title=The Revival of The Beauty of Ghosts|url=http://www.topazarts.org/2014/10/the-revival-of-the-beauty-of-ghosts/|last=|first=|date=|website=www.topazarts.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-27}} and ''The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz'' at Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco in 2012.{{Cite web|title=09/29/2012: PAWA Night at Luis Francia's The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz|url=http://pawainc.com/blog/2012/08/28/09292012-pawa-night-at-luis-francias-the-strange-case-of-citizen-de-la-cruz|website=PAWA|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}

Two of Francia’s plays have been staged: ''The Beauty of Ghosts'' at Topaz Arts in New York in 2007 and 2014{{Cite web|title=The Revival of The Beauty of Ghosts|url=http://www.topazarts.org/2014/10/the-revival-of-the-beauty-of-ghosts/|last=|first=|date=|website=www.topazarts.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-27}} and ''The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz'' at Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco in 2012.{{Cite web|title=09/29/2012: PAWA Night at Luis Francia's The Strange Case of Citizen de la Cruz|url=http://pawainc.com/blog/2012/08/28/09292012-pawa-night-at-luis-francias-the-strange-case-of-citizen-de-la-cruz|website=PAWA|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}