Victor Dennis T. Nierva

He became a faculty member of AdNU's Department of Media Studies. He works as a freelance writer, translator, and graphic and industrial designer. He is studying for Masters in Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman.^{[3][failed verification]}

In 2007, his first book, Antisipasyon asin iba pang Rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Ingles (Anticipation and other Poems in Bikol and English),^[4] was published.^{[5][failed verification]} He maintains a column entitled "Mayon Limited" in the online Bikol news hub, Vox Bikol.^{[6][failed verification]}

Danton Remoto stated: "In less enlightened times, poetry was thought to have been written only in the metropolis, seen as the center of culture and taste. In the last ten years, regional publishing has begun to produce excellent books of literature. One of them is Antisipasyon asin iba pang Rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Ingles, written by Victor Dennis T. Nierva and published by Goldprint, Naga City. Images of the poet's Bicol Region are luxuriant in this book. They are memories, presences, and forebodings. But always, the poet's pen is restrained, the images and lines chiseled. This is a young poet's book, but some of the poems in this collection—whether in their original Bikol or translated into English—are already some of the best poems of his generation. For the lapidary quality of his poetry, the National Book Award for Poetry is given to Antisipasyon asin iba pang rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Ingles."

His second book, Doros asin mga Anghel (Translations in Bikol of John Donne's Holy Sonnets and Selected Works)^{[failed verification]} was released by Ateneo de Naga University Press^{[7][failed verification]} in January 2012.

• Premio Tomas Arejola para sa Literaturang Bikol (2007)
• Philippine National Book Award for Poetry (2008) National Book Development Board^[8] and Manila Critics Circle
• Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award Finalist (2009)^[9]

• National Book Award for Best Translated Book (2013)^[10]