Barbara Jane Reyes.
A poet with a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA from San Francisco State University, Reyes is the author of three poetry collections: Gravities of Center (2003), Diwata (2010), and Poeta en San Francisco(2005) which won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets.
The Poetry Foundation says her work “explor.
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Catherine Ceniza Choy.
Born in 1969, Choy is a professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley.
She has written two books on Filipino diasporic history: Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History (2003) andGlobal Families: A History of Asian International Adoption in America(2013).
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Conchitina Cruz.
Cruz received her MFA in Writing from the University of Pittsburgh and currently teaches creative writing and comparative literature at the University of the Philippines-Diliman.
She was the recipient of both the Fulbright and Rockefeller Foundation grants; Palanca Awards in 1996 and 2001; and a Philippine National Book Award in 2006.
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Eileen R. Tabios.
Born in 1960, our third poet on the list is also a prolific editor, anthologist, critic, publisher, conceptual/visual artist and fiction writer.
With up to 50 titles in her combined bibliography, she has won the PEN Open Book Award, the Potrero Nuevo Fund Prize, and the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles National Literary Award, among others.
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Felisa Batacan.
Felisa Batacan, also known as F.H.
Batacan overseas, is a Filipino journalist and crime fiction writer based in Singapore, whose first novel, Smaller and Smaller Cricles(2002), was considered to be the Philippines’ first crime novel.
Batacan’s novel was published to wide critical acclaim in 2002, even though it had already won the Carlos Palanca Gr.
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Genevive L. Asenjo.
Known for her ability to write and translate between Filipino, Kinaray-a and Hiligaynon, Asenjo’s first novel, Lumbay ng Dila(2010), won the National Book Award in 2011.
In 2009, she spent half of the year in Seoul as an Overseas Writing Fellow, and in 2012, Asenjo attended the University of Iowa’s prestigious International Writing Program as an Ho.
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Jessica Zafra.
You probably have known her for her column, Twisted (1994-2004), which appeared in the newspaper Today (now the Manila Standard Today) before it turned into a book series.
Jessica Zafra is known for her trademark wit and remarkable insight, which she displays in spades across her two collections of short stories, The Stories So Far and Manananggal .
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Lakambini Sitoy.
Described as a “brilliant new talent” by the New York Review of Books, Lakambini Sitoy’s first novel, Sweet Haven, had been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2008 and subsequently translated into French in 2011.
Sitoy also had two collections of short stories published: the first, Mens Rea and Other Stories (1999) received the National.
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Marjorie Evasco.
Born in 1953, Marjorie Evasco is a poet that prides herself as a true Bol-anon who keeps alive “the memory and spirit of the revolt led by Dagohoy,” committing “her vision through her poetry, believing that the worthy warrior and healer is adept at giving voice to the vision so that others may sing it, too.” One of the earliest supporters of women’.
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What is contemporary literature?
Contemporary literature is defined as literature written after World War II through the current day.
Works of contemporary literature reflect a society's social and/or political viewpoints, shown through realistic characters, connections to current events and socioeconomic messages. " .
