Curriculum Vitae

MERLIE M. ALUNAN

Address: UPV Tacloban College

6500 Tacloban City

Residence: B2L6 DELGADO SUBDIVISION

Caibaan Road, Tacloban City

6500 Philippines

Residence Phone: (6353) 523 7879

Mobile No.: 63919 329 5328

Degrees:

Bachelor of Science in Education, major in English

Master of Arts in English, major in Literature and Creative Writing

Institutional affiliation:

University of the Philippines

UPV Tacloban College (External Campus)

Tacloban City 6500

Rank:

Professor Emeritus, granted upon retirement in 2008 December.

Published works

Hearthstone Sacred Tree, Manila, Philippines: Anvil Publications, 1993

Amina among the Angels, Manila, Philippines: University of the Philippines Press, 1997 (Nominated for the National Book Award by the Manila Critics Circle, 1998)

Selected Poems, University of the Philippines Press, 2004

Tales of the Spider Woman, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2010

Finalist for the National Book Award by the National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle, 2012

Pagdakop sa Bulalabaw ug uban pang mga Balak, Ateneo Press (In progress), 2012.

The Dumaguete We Know, Anvil Publishing, 2011 (editor)

Kabilin Legacy of 100 years of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Philippines: Negros Oriental Centennial Foundation, 1993

Fern Garden Women Writing in the South, Manila: NCCA, 1999 (Nominated for the National Book Award 1999)

An Siday han DYVL, Tacloban City, Philippines: NCCA, UPTC VisWrite, Province of Leyte, DYVL Aksyon Radyo, 2005

Translator and verse stylist for the Ulahingan, Silliman University Ulahingan

Research Center, 1987-1993. My works appear in Vols. No. 2, 3, and the entire, vol. 4.

Kaaging Bisaya, UP Center for Women's Studies/ Ford Foundation, April 2003

Singkwenta, The Official Souvenir Magazine of the 50th Charter Day of the City of Tacloban.

“The Neighbor’s Geese,” Language for a New Century, Contemporary Poetry in the Middle East, Asia and Beyond. W. W. Norton and Co., 2008, p. 339-340.

Translation of Adonis Durado. Dili Tanang Matagak Mahagbong. Cebu City,

Philippines: Asteismus Press, 2008. (A collection of poetry in Cebuano by Adonis Durado, trans. into English by Merlie M. Alunan)

Translation of Temistokles Adlawan. Kay Dili Buta ang Gugma, Cebu City: Cebuano

Studies Center and NCCA, 2012. (Collection of short fiction translated into English by Merlie M. Alunan)

Honors and awards

1984 Likhaan Award for Poetry, UP Creative Writing Center

Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Given annually for the last 60 years)

1985 Third Prize Poetry in English

1988 First Prize Poetry in English

1990 First Prize Poetry in English

1991 Second Prize Poetry in English

1995 Third Prize Poetry in English

2007 First Prize Short Story in Cebuano

2010 First Prize Poetry in English

1994 Free Press Literary Award for Poetry

1995 Free Press Literary Award for Poetry

1995 Homelife Poetry Writing Contest, Second Prize

1996 Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Creative Work

1997 Gawad Alagad ni Balagtas Award, UMPIL (Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas)

1997 Honorable Mention, Lilian Jerome Thornton Award for Poetry,

2003 Catholic Mass Media Award for best Column, Cebu Daily News

2004 First Prize, Centennial Award for Poetry, Homelife Magazine

1995 Distinguished Faculty Grant, University of the Philippines

2007 Second Prize Tula sa Cebuano, Gawad Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino

2008 Selected Poems (UP Press, 2004), listed among the UP Centennial Publications

Fellowships and grants

1981 Writing Fellow, Silliman University National Writers Workshop

1984 Writing Fellow, UP Creative Writing Center

1994 Diamond Jubilee Faculty Chair for English

1996 UP Faculty Chair in Creative Writing

1998 UP Faculty Chair in Poetry

2001 UPV Foundation Faculty Chair in Literature

2001 Residency, Hedgebrook Retreat for Women Writers, Langley, WA USA

Other honors and recognition

Nov. 17-27, 2000 Writer in Residence, National University of Singapore,

May 2-6, 2000 Distinguished Professor Lecturer, Asian Universities Network (AUN), University of Sains, Penang, Malaysia,

1996-2008 Associate Faculty in Poetry, UP Likhaan Creative Writing Center

2001 CENTENNIAL MEDALLION for the publication of Amina Among the Angels among the 100-book target of the UP Press in honor of the Centennial of Philippine Independence.

Sept. 2005 Finalist, Metrobank Outstanding Teachers’ Award

Dec. 13, 2008 Professor Emeritus

July 2, 2009 Sangyaw Achievement Award, City of Tacloban,

Sept. 2010 Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship in Literature, Sahitya

Akademi, Republic of India

Other Activities

1997 Established the Visayan Writing Program (VisWrite) with funding from the UP System President’s Office

2004 Co-founder of the UPV Creative Writing Program covering the three campuses of the UP in the Visayas, namely, UPV Iloilo, UPV Cebu College and UPV Tacloban College

1995 to the present Critic-panelist in the following Creative Writing Workshops in the Mindanao and Visayas areas

Cornelio Faigao Writers' Workshop, University of San Carlos, Cebu City,
Iligan National Writers Workshop, Mindanao State University- Iligan Institute of Technology
Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop, Northwestern Samar State University, Calbayog City, Western Samar
UP Cebu College Creative Writing Workshop
Workshop for Creative Writing, Center for Culture and Arts Development (CCAD), Tagbilaran City, Bohol

RESEARCH

Retrieval of the Susumaton, Oral Narratives of Leyte, 1999. Manuscript has been accepted for publication by the Ateneo de Manila Universty Press

ON-GOING CREATIVE PROJECTS

Sa Atong Dila, intended as a textbook for a course in Philippine Literature in the Languages, this book puts together traditional and contemporary literary forms written in the regional languages of the Visayas.
Susumaton: Oral Narratives of Leyte. This is a compilation of oral narratives in five towns in Leyte. The manuscript is under review in the Ateneo Press (undergoing production work).
Escrito en Sangre: Balangiga Interface, a multi-media project that merges poetry, history, graphics and visual arts in one volume. The project revolves around the theme of the Balangiga Story. Manuscript with the UP Press

MERLIE M. ALUNAN

April 24, 2008

Updated 25, April 2002

Updated 10, July 2003

Updated 14, May 2004

Updated 17, November 2004

Updated 2 April 2005

Updated 8 March 2006

Updated 18 September 2007

Updated 24 April 2008

Updated 3 February 2009

Updated April 15, 2009

Updated September 4, 2009

Updated July 17, 2010

Updated June 9, 2012

Updated June 26, 2012

Revised for RF Novermber 21, 2012

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