Edith Cutaran Lopez-Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011) was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language.[1] She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.
Edith Tiempo | |
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 Edith Tiempo on a 2019 stamp of the Philippines | |
| Born | Edith Cutaran Lopez April 22, 1919 Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippine Islands |
| Died | August 21, 2011 (aged 92) Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Alma mater | Silliman University State University of Iowa |
| Notable awards |  Order of National Artists of the Philippines |
| Spouse | Edilberto K. Tiempo |
| Children | 2 (including Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas) |
Biography
editTiempo was born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.[1] Her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, "Halaman" and "Bonsai."[1] 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, writer and critic Edilberto K. Tiempo, they founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has produced some of the Philippines' best writers.
Tiempo died on August 21, 2011.[2]
Works
editNovels
edit- A Blade of Fern (1978)[1]
- His Native Coast (1979)[1]
- The Alien Corn (1992)[1]
- One, Tilting Leaves (1995)
- The Builder (2004)
- The Jumong (2006)
Short story collections
edit- Abide, Joshua, and Other Stories (1964)[1]
Poetry collections
editHonors and awards
edit- National Artist Award for Literature (1999)[1]
- Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
- Cultural Center of the Philippines (1979, First Prize in Novel)
- Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (1988)