Adonis Durado is a Cebuano poet, illustrator, and graphic designer. He was born on August 25, 1975 in Cebu City, Philippines. He is a fine arts graduate from the University of San Carlos, Philippines.

He was the recipient of several literary awards, including the Emmanuel Lacaba Prize for Cebuano poetry (sponsored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts), the Outstanding New Writer Award (Cebuano Studies Center and Faigao Foundation), and the Writer of the Year (Bathalad Foundation).