Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas

Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born June 13, 1951)[1] is a Filipina poet, fiction writer and essayist.[2]

Personal life and education

She was born to writers Edilberto Tiempo and Edith Tiempo in Dumaguete, Philippines. Torrevillas received a bachelor's degree in 1971, and a masters in 1978, both in creative writing. She also received a PhD in English Literature, all from Silliman University.[3] She married Multimedia artist Lemuel Torrevillas[4] and together they have a daughter, Lauren Maria Torrevillas Seamans[5] .

Career

Torrevillas worked for the International Writing Program (IWP) as the associate program coordinator. She worked for the University of Iowa's English department as an adjunct faculty member.[3] Torrevillas has also been the director-in-residence of the Silliman National Writer's Workshop.[6]

Awards
  • The Palanca Award
    • 1977 - Second Prize: Prodigal Season[7]
    • 1978 - Second Prize: Sunday Morning [8]
    • 1979 - First Prize: Behind the Fern[9]
    • 1980 - First Prize: The Fruit of the Vine' [10]
    • 1983 -First Prize: Seeress and Voyager[1]
  • The Distinguished Author award from the Writers Union of the Philippines
  • Philippines' National Book Award (1999), (2001)

Works
  • Flying Over Kansas: Personal Views (1999)
  • The Sea Gypsies Stay (1999)
  • The World Comes to Iowa
  • Upon the Willows and Other Stories (1980)
  • Mountain Sacraments (1991)
  • Generic Dreams
  • Three Times Three:Three Genres by Three Generations of Tiempo Women
  • The Roadrunner

References
  1. "Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas." Pantikan.com.ph. UP Institute of Creative Writing and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. http://www.panitikan.com.ph/content/rowena-tiempo-torrevillas.
  2. Miller, J. (2001). Torrevillas, Rowena Tiempo. In Who's who in contemporary women's writing (p. 323). London: Routledge.
  3. Barclay, Winston. "IWP's Rowena Torrevillas Again Wins the Philippines National Book Award." The University of Iowa News Services, 1 Oct. 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2001/october/1001torrevillas.html
  4. Somoza de la Cruz, J. (2011, June 17). Alumni letter April 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2014, from http://su.edu.ph/article/175-alumni-letter-april
  5. Pal, Alex (2011-08-28). "State funeral for National Artist Edith L. Tiempo". Dumaguette Metropost. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  6. Casocot, Ian R. "A Golden Age of Writing." Inquirer.net. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 May 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/2252/a-golden-age-of-writing
  7. "The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature | Winners 1977". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.
  8. "THE DON CARLOS PALANCA AWARDS / 1978". webcitation.org. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-19.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. "THE DON CARLOS PALANCA AWARDS / 1979". webcitation.org. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-19.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. "THE DON CARLOS PALANCA AWARDS / 1980". webcitation.org. Archived from the original on October 24, 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-19.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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