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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is an author and editor of 20 books. She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; and also founded Philippine American Literary House. Brainard's works include the World War II novel, ''When the Rainbow Goddess Wept'', ''The Newspaper Widow'', ''Magdalena'', and ''Woman With Horns and Other Stories''. She edited several anthologies including ''Fiction by Filipinos in America'', ''Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America'', and two volumes of ''Growing Up Filipino I and II'', books used by educators."Who's Who of Asian Americans?", A Biography of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Asian American.net retrieved on: June 16, 2007 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PAWWA
Philippine American Women Writers and Artists (PAWWA) was founded in 1991 by a group of seven Filipino people, Filipina writers in Southern California. It was the first such support group for Filipina women writers. Aside from supporting one another, the group wanted to help other Filipina writers and artists, as well as to provide community service. PAWWA encouraged the creation of PAWWA-North, headed by Ceres Alabado in the Bay Area, California. PAWWA's founding members are: Valorie Slaughter Bejarano, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Mariquita Athena Davison, Fe Panalingan Koons, Susan N. Montepio, Cecile Caguingin Ochoa, and Nentuzka C. Villamar. For six years, PAWWA received the highly competitive Multicultural Entry Grant from the California Arts Council (CAC). PAWWA used that funding to help publish a newsletter and books: ''Seven Stories from Seven Sisters: A Collection of Philippine Folktales'' (1992); ''The Beginning and Other Asian Folktales'' (1995);''A Directory of Philippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino Novelists
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Linda Ty Casper
Linda Ty Casper (Malabon, 1931) is a Filipino writer. She is a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award. Life Born as Belinda Ty in Malabon, Philippines in 1931, she spent the World War II years with her grandmother while her father worked in the Philippine National Railways, and her mother in the Bureau of Public Schools. Her grandmother told her innumerable stories about the Filipino's struggle for independence, that later became the topics of her novels. Linda Ty Casper graduated valedictorian in the University of the Philippines, and later earned her Master's degree in Harvard University for International Law. In 1956, she married Leonard Casper, a professor emeritus of Boston College who is also a critic of Philippine Literature. They have two daughters and reside in Massachusetts. Her works include the historical novel '' DreamEden'' and the political novels '' Awaiting Trespass'', '' Wings of Stone'', '' A Small Party in a Garden'', and '' Fortress in the Plaza''. She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Syjuco
Miguel Syjuco (born November 17, 1976) is a Filipino writer from Manila and the grand prize winner of the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize for his first novel ''Ilustrado''. Early life and education Miguel Augusto Gabriel Jalbuena Syjuco, the son of Representative Augusto Syjuco Jr. of the second district of Iloilo in the Philippine House of Representatives, and Judy Jalbuena. Syjuco graduated from high school in 1993 from the Cebu International School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2000 and completed his MFA from Columbia University in 2004. In early 2011 he completed a PhD in literature from the University of Adelaide. Early in his career, he was a fellow of the 1998 Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental. Writing career Even before it was published, Syjuco's debut novel ''Ilustrado'' won the Grand Prize for a Novel in English at the 2008 Palanca Awards, the Philippines' highes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bienvenido Santos
Bienvenido N. Santos (March 22, 1911 – January 7, 1996) was a Filipino-American fiction, poetry and nonfiction writer. He was born and raised in Tondo, Manila. His family roots are originally from Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines. He lived in the United States for many years where he is widely credited as a pioneering Asian-American writer. Biography Santos received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Philippines where he first studied creative writing under Paz Marquez Benitez. In 1941, Santos was a government '' pensionado'' (scholar) to the United States at the University of Illinois, Columbia University, and Harvard University. He had arrived in San Francisco on October 12, 1941, aboard the leaving his wife and three daughters in the Philippines. When war in the Pacific came to the Philippines on December 8 (December 7 Hawaii time) he feared he would never see his family again—a reality that "not only interrupted his study of realism; it was overwhelming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninotchka Rosca
Ninotchka Rosca (born December 17, 1946, in the Philippines) is a Filipina feminist, author, journalist, and human rights activist. best known for her 1988 novel '' State of War'' and for her activism, especially during the Martial Law dictatorship of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Rosca has been described as "one of the major players in the saga of Filipina American writers." Rosca was a recipient of the American Book Award in 1993 for her novel '' Twice Blessed''.''(...) "American Book Award winning novelist, Ninotchka Rosca" (...)'' amazon.com She is active in AF3IR the Mariposa Center for Change, Sisterhood is Global and the initiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jose Rizal
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean *Jose ben Halafta *Jose ben Jochanan *Jose ben Joezer of Zeredah * Jose ben Saul Given name Male * Jose (actor), Indian actor * Jose C. Abriol (1918–2003), Filipino priest * Jose Advincula (born 1952), Filipino Catholic Archbishop * Jose Agerre (1889–1962), Spanish writer * Jose Vasquez Aguilar (1900–1980), Filipino educator * Jose Rene Almendras (born 1960), Filipino businessman * Jose T. Almonte (born 1931), Filipino military personnel * Jose Roberto Antonio (born 1977), Filipino developer * Jose Aquino II (born 1956), Filipino politician * Jose Argumedo (born 1988), Mexican professional boxer * Jose Aristimuño, American political strategist * Jose Miguel Arroyo (born 1945), Philippine lawyer * Jose D. Aspiras (1924–1999) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Espina-Moore
Lina Espina-Moore (born Austregelina Espina) (May 20, 1919 – 2000) was a Cebuano writer. She was a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award. Biography She was born in Toledo, Cebu, the fifth child and second daughter of Yrinea Regner and Gerundio Espina. Her formative academic years were spent at the Cebu Central School and at the Cebu Intermediate High School. She then graduated from the Southern Colleges with an Associate of Arts degree. A brief stint as a law student at Far Eastern University in Manila was followed by a job as a cub reporter for the ''Manila Times''. The History of Filipino Women's Writings], retrieved on: September 21, 2012 Among her awards are the Philippines Free Press Literary Award for 1994, when she won first prize in the short story contest and for her “outstanding contribution to Philippine arts and letters.†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tess Uriza Holthe
Tess Uriza Holthe is a Filipino-American writer, who was born and raised in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco and is best known for her nationally bestselling novel ''When the Elephants Dance''. Biography Holthe graduated from Golden Gate University in 1996 with a degree in accounting. While working full-time as an accountant, she began writing her first novel ''When the Elephants Dance'' during lunch breaks, evenings, and weekends. ''When the Elephants Dance'' is inspired in part by her father's experiences growing up in the Philippines during World War II. Bibliography *''The Five-Forty-Five To Cannes'' was published in 2007 and cited as an American Library Association Notable Book, as well as named a 2007 notable book by the ''San Francisco Chronicle''. *''When the Elephants Dance'' was published in 2002 and won the National Best-seller award, crowned the #1 Bestseller by the ''San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
