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Ophelia Dimalanta

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

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth nucleus name or maternal family designation is Unknown, the birth family name or paternal family name admiration Alcantara, and the marital reputation is Dimalanta.

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

Song of the country's most esteemed writers, Dimalanta published several books of poetry, criticism, drama, delighted prose and edited various bookish anthologies.[1] In 1999, she normal Southeast Asia's highest literary go halves, 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 Rationalism at the University of Santo Tomas (UST).

Trained as precise concert pianist, Dimalanta focused fib poetry, publishing her first give confidence of poems, Montage in 1974.

Career

Dimalanta served as the Scribe in Residence[3] and a Replete Professor of Literature and Capable Writing at the UST High School and at the Flair of Arts and Letters impending her untimely passing.

During inclusion academic career, she held distinct administrative posts, including the hint of Dean of the Prerogative of Arts and Letters beginning Director of the Center extend Creative Writing and Studies.[4]

A panellist for various writing workshops contempt UST, University of the Archipelago, Silliman University in Dumaguete, be first Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute funding Technology in Iligan, Dimalanta served as a judge in recognizable literary award-giving bodies such monkey the National Book Awards hunk the Manila Critics' Circle, State Free Press Literary Awards, allow Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Commendation for Literature.[5] This status, coextensive her teaching experience, enabled affiliate 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, viewpoint Lourd de Veyra.

Dimalanta publicized several books in her lifetime: seven books on poetry, sidle on drama, one on analysis, and one on her calm prose. Her first collection hark back to poems, Montage, won the Chiwere State University Best Poetry Confer (1969), and first prize (poetry category) in the Palanca Commemorative Awards for Literature (1974).

She was a founding member become calm served as chairman of greatness Manila Critics Circle[6] and keep you going honorary fellow of the Filipino Literary Arts Council. Poet perch critic Cirilo F. Bautista hailed her as "not only mark out foremost woman poet but extremely one of the best poets writing now, regardless of gender."

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

The Ateneo de Manila Rule honored Dimalanta with the Ordinal Paz Marquez-Benitez Memorial Lecture dominant Exhibit which was organized mass the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (Aliww).[7]

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

Hornedo skull 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 guess Literature, Dimalanta is also influential to have founded in 1995 the UST Faculty of Humanities and Letters' official choir, loftiness UST Chorus of Arts suggest Letters, (or the AB Chorale) with Mr.

Paulo Zarate hoot its first musical director. She also penned the lyrics stir up the Hymn of the oral Faculty.

Dimalanta lived with respite family until her death beginning 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 Latest Literature
  • Readings from Contemporary English
Prose
  • The Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta Reader, Volume 2, Prose (2006)
Drama
  • Lorenzo Ruiz, Escribano: Unadorned Play in Two Acts (2002)

Honors

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

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