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Edith L. Tiempo is a renowned Filipino writer who has received numerous awards for her poetry and fiction works in both English and Tagalog. She is recognized as one of the finest Filipino writers in English, with her works characterized by remarkable fusion of style and substance. Together with her late husband, she founded and directed the influential Silliman National Writers Workshop. Some of her major published works include the novels A Blade of Fern and The Native Coast, as well as poetry collections The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems and The Charmer's Box and Other Poems.

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Eliza

Edith L. Tiempo is a renowned Filipino writer who has received numerous awards for her poetry and fiction works in both English and Tagalog. She is recognized as one of the finest Filipino writers in English, with her works characterized by remarkable fusion of style and substance. Together with her late husband, she founded and directed the influential Silliman National Writers Workshop. Some of her major published works include the novels A Blade of Fern and The Native Coast, as well as poetry collections The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems and The Charmer's Box and Other Poems.

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NATIONAL ARTIST

FOR LITERATURE
EDITH L. TIEMPO Awards and Recognition:

 Palanca Awards (1951, 1955,


1967, and 1969 for her poetry
and short stories)
 Philippines Free Press Short
Story Contest (1955 and 1959)
 Cultural Center of the
Philippines Award (1979, First
Prize for the Novel)
 Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni
Balagtas from UMPIL in 1988.
A poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic, Edith L. Tiempo is one of the finest
Filipino writers in English. Her works are characterized by a remarkable fusion
of style and substance, of craftsmanship and insight. Born on April 22, 1919 in
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of
significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces,
“The Little Marmoset” and “Bonsai”. As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally
profound. Her language has been marked as “descriptive but unburdened by
scrupulous detailing.” She is an influential tradition in Philippine literature in
English. Together with her late husband, Edilberto K. Tiempo, she founded and
directed the Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has
produced some of the country’s best writers.
Tiempo’s published works include the novel A
Blade of Fern (1978), The Native Coast (1979),
and The Alien Corn (1992); the poetry
collections, The Tracks of Babylon and Other
Poems (1966), and The Charmer’s Box and
Other Poems(1993); and the short story
collection Abide, Joshua, and Other
Stories (1964).
 
 
F. Sionil Jose’s writings since the
late 60s, when taken collectively
can best be described as epic. Its
sheer volume puts him on the
forefront of Philippine writing in
English. But ultimately, it is the
consistent espousal of the
aspirations of the Filipino–for
national sovereignty and social
justice–that guarantees the value
of his oeuvre.
In the five-novel masterpiece, the Rosales saga, consisting of The
Pretenders, Tree, My Brother, My Executioner, Mass, and Po-on, he
captures the sweep of Philippine history while simultaneously narrating the
lives of generations of the Samsons whose personal lives intertwine with the
social struggles of the nation. Because of their international appeal, his works,
including his many short stories, have been published and translated into
various languages.
.F. Sionil Jose is also a publisher, lecturer on cultural issues, and the founder
of the and translated into various languages.Philippine chapter of the
international organization PEN. He was bestowed the CCP Centennial
Honors for the Arts in 1999; the Outstanding Fulbrighters Award for Literature
in 1988; and the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and
Creative Communication Arts in 1980.
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