Rene O. Villanueva (September 22, 1954 – December 5, 2007) was a Filipino playwright and author.
He won the following awards: Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP), New York Film and TV Festival, First Latin American Video and Film Festival (Columbia), Japan Prize (Preschool Category), Prix Juenesse Winner (Germany), Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM), CCP, Gawad Collantes, Gantipalang Quezon, National Book Award, and Palanca.
He died on December 5, 2007, at the Philippine Heart Center due to sudden cardiac arrest.
He was in the hall of fame list of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.
[1] https://www.webcitation.org/5kmXII5hL?url=http://www.geocities.com/palanca_awards/index.html The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature] (Unofficial website).