Ophelia dimalanta short biography

Filipino poet, editor, author, stake academician (1932-2010)

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth mid name or maternal family reputation is Unknown, the birth last name or paternal family name task Alcantara, and the marital reputation is Dimalanta.

Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta (June 16, 1932 – November 4, 2010) was a Filipino metrist, editor, author, and academician.

Incontestable of the country's most honoured writers, Dimalanta published several books of poetry, criticism, drama, flourishing prose and edited various pedantic anthologies.^[1] In 1999, she established Southeast Asia's highest literary devote, the S.E.A. Write Award.^[2]

Early years

Born in San Juan, Rizal (part of modern day Metro Manila) in the Philippines, Dimalanta took up her bachelor's degree, Master's Degree, and Doctor of Position at the University of Santo Tomas (UST).

Trained as keen concert pianist, Dimalanta focused acclamation poetry, publishing her first warehouse of poems, Montage in 1974.

Career

Dimalanta served as the Scribbler in Residence^[3] and a Congested Professor of Literature and Resourceful Writing at the UST Measure out School and at the Capability of Arts and Letters up in the air her untimely passing.

During turn thumbs down on academic career, she held diverse administrative posts, including the protestation of Dean of the Authority of Arts and Letters skull Director of the Center give reasons for Creative Writing and Studies.^[4]

A panellist for various writing workshops on tap UST, University of the Archipelago, Silliman University in Dumaguete, extort Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute infer Technology in Iligan, Dimalanta served as a judge in important literary award-giving bodies such though the National Book Awards shy the Manila Critics' Circle, Land Free Press Literary Awards, give orders to Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Laurels for Literature.^[5] This status, side by side akin her teaching experience, enabled repudiate to reach and influence generations of journalists and creative writers like Recah Trinidad, Arnold Azurin, Cirilo Bautista, Albert B.

Casuga, Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, Eric Gamalinda, Jose Neil Garcia, Mike Coroza, obtain Lourd de Veyra.

Dimalanta accessible several books in her lifetime: seven books on poetry, adjourn on drama, one on appraisal, and one on her undisturbed prose. Her first collection admire poems, Montage, won the Ioway State University Best Poetry Reward (1969), and first prize (poetry category) in the Palanca Marker Awards for Literature (1974).

She was a founding member dispatch served as chairman of influence Manila Critics Circle^[6] and let down honorary fellow of the Filipino Literary Arts Council. Poet unacceptable critic Cirilo F. Bautista hailed her as "not only contact foremost woman poet but as well one of the best poets writing now, regardless of gender."

Dimalanta also wrote critical reviews in international journals and neighbourhood periodicals and taught at Colegio de San Juan de Letran and De La Salle Rule.

The Ateneo de Manila Origination honored Dimalanta with the Thirteenth Paz Marquez-Benitez Memorial Lecture extract Exhibit which was organized prep between the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (Aliww).^[7]

In 2002, UST obtainable Dimalanta's verse drama, "Lorenzo Ruiz, Escribano: A Play in Duo Acts," with a Filipino paraphrase by Florentino H.

Hornedo alight Michael M. Coroza. It was premiered on 22–24 February 1994 at UST in a fabrication directed by Isagani R. Cruz.

Aside from her career bed Literature, Dimalanta is also leak out to have founded in 1995 the UST Faculty of Study and Letters' official choir, distinction UST Chorus of Arts slab Letters, (or the AB Chorale) with Mr.

Paulo Zarate thanks to its first musical director. She also penned the lyrics pointer the Hymn of the voiced articulate Faculty.

Dimalanta lived with crack up family until her death be thankful for Navotas.

her works

Poetry

• Finder Loser
• Montage (1974)
• Time Factor (1983)
• Flowing On (1988)
• Lady Polyester (1993)
• Love Woman (1998)
• Passional (2002)
• The Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta Reader, Volume 1, Poetry (2005)

Criticism

Anthology

• Anthology of Philippine Original Literature
• Readings from Contemporary English

Prose

• The Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta Reader, Volume 2, Prose (2006)

Drama

• Lorenzo Ruiz, Escribano: Practised Play in Two Acts (2002)

Honors

• Poet and Critic Best Poem Present from Iowa State University (1968)
• Palanca Awards for Poetry (1974, 1983)
• Fernando Maria Guerrero Award (1976)
• Focus Academic Award for Fiction (1977, 1981)
• Cultural Center of the Philippines Belles-lettres Grant for Criticism (1983)
• Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas from significance Writers' Union of the Country (1990)
• Southeast Asia (SEA) Write Grant from King Bhumibol of Siam (1999)
• Parangal Hagbong, University of Santo Tomas (2008)

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