Ma. Luisa Aguilar Igloria
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Luisa Aguilar Igloria is a Filipina American
poet and author of various award-winning collections.
at Manila, Philippines in 1988 as a Robert Southwell Fellow. She received a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago
in July 1995, where she was a Fulbright Fellow
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at Manoa. She also taught briefly at De La Salle University
where she became the Graduate Programs Coordinator and Senior Associate for Poetry at the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center at De La Salle University
.
She has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals including Language for a New Century, ed. Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar, and Nathalie Handal (W.W. Norton, 2008), Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po Listserv, ed. by Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace, and Lesley Wheeler (Red Hen Press, 2007), Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, The Missouri Review, Indiana Review, The North American Review, Natural Bridge, Poetry East, Smartish Pace, The Asian Pacific American Journal, and TriQuarterly. She edited the anthology NOT HOME, BUT HERE: WRITING FROM THE FILIPINO DIASPORA (Anvil, 2003); and has published a total of ten books to date.
Recent awards include the 2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry from the University of Notre Dame Press, the 2007 49th Parallel Prize in Poetry from the Bellingham Review, the 2007 James Hearst Poetry Prize (selected by former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser), the 2006 National Writers Union Poetry Prize (selected by Adrienne Rich), the 2006 Stephen Dunn Award for Poetry; the first Sylvia Clare Brown Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation (Summer 2006 Residency); Finalist for the 2005 George Bogin Memorial Award for Poetry (Poetry Society of America; selected by Joy Harjo); the 2005 Richard Lemon Poetry Fellowship to the Napa Valley Writers Conference; First Prize in the 2004 Fugue poetry contest (selected by Ellen Bryant Voigt); Finalist in the 2003 Larry Levis Editors Prize for Poetry from The Missouri Review; Finalist in the 2003 Dorset Prize for Poetry (Tupelo Press); a 2003 partial fellowship to the Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg; three Pushcart Prize nominations and the 1998 George Kent Award for Poetry.
(Norfolk, Virginia).
She has four daughters: Jennifer Patricia Cariño (b. 1981), Julia Katrina Cariño (b. 1983), Jospehine Anne Cariño (b. 1988), and Gabriela Aurora Igloria (b. 2001).
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
poet and author of various award-winning collections.
Education
She received her undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines, Baguio in 1980 (B.A. Humanities - Cum Laude - major in Comparative Literature, minor in English, cognate in Philosophy), and the M.A. in Literature at Ateneo de Manila UniversityAteneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...
at Manila, Philippines in 1988 as a Robert Southwell Fellow. She received a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
in July 1995, where she was a Fulbright Fellow
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
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Career
While in Chicago, Igloria was an active member of PINTIG, a Filipino-American cultural and theatre group; she was a member of PINTIG's cultural and education committee. She was a Visiting Humanities Scholar in 1996 at the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of HawaiiUniversity of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
at Manoa. She also taught briefly at De La Salle University
De La Salle University
De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...
where she became the Graduate Programs Coordinator and Senior Associate for Poetry at the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center at De La Salle University
De La Salle University
De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...
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She has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals including Language for a New Century, ed. Tina Chang, Ravi Shankar, and Nathalie Handal (W.W. Norton, 2008), Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po Listserv, ed. by Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace, and Lesley Wheeler (Red Hen Press, 2007), Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, The Missouri Review, Indiana Review, The North American Review, Natural Bridge, Poetry East, Smartish Pace, The Asian Pacific American Journal, and TriQuarterly. She edited the anthology NOT HOME, BUT HERE: WRITING FROM THE FILIPINO DIASPORA (Anvil, 2003); and has published a total of ten books to date.
Awards
She is highly decorated for her expanse of work. Luisa is an eleven-time (five First Prizes, plus six lesser prizes) recipient of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in three genres (poetry, nonfiction, and short fiction); the Palanca award is the Philippines' highest literary distinction. In 1996 she became the first Filipina woman of letters installed in the Palanca Literary Hall of Fame. She is also the recipient of the 1988 Black Warrior Literary Award from the literary magazine of the University of Alabama; the Charles Goodnow Endowed Award for Creative Writing from the Chicago Bar Association on 1993 and 1995; the 1998 Illinois Arts Council Literary Award and the George Kent Prize for Poetry.Recent awards include the 2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry from the University of Notre Dame Press, the 2007 49th Parallel Prize in Poetry from the Bellingham Review, the 2007 James Hearst Poetry Prize (selected by former US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser), the 2006 National Writers Union Poetry Prize (selected by Adrienne Rich), the 2006 Stephen Dunn Award for Poetry; the first Sylvia Clare Brown Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation (Summer 2006 Residency); Finalist for the 2005 George Bogin Memorial Award for Poetry (Poetry Society of America; selected by Joy Harjo); the 2005 Richard Lemon Poetry Fellowship to the Napa Valley Writers Conference; First Prize in the 2004 Fugue poetry contest (selected by Ellen Bryant Voigt); Finalist in the 2003 Larry Levis Editors Prize for Poetry from The Missouri Review; Finalist in the 2003 Dorset Prize for Poetry (Tupelo Press); a 2003 partial fellowship to the Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg; three Pushcart Prize nominations and the 1998 George Kent Award for Poetry.
Personal Life
She is a Professor and Director of the MFA Creative Writing Program, Department of English, Old Dominion UniversityOld Dominion University
Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
(Norfolk, Virginia).
She has four daughters: Jennifer Patricia Cariño (b. 1981), Julia Katrina Cariño (b. 1983), Jospehine Anne Cariño (b. 1988), and Gabriela Aurora Igloria (b. 2001).
Books
- Cordillera Tales (New Day, 1990); 1991 National Book AwardPhilippine National Book AwardsThe Philippine National Book Awards, or simply the National Book Awards, is a Philippine literary award sponsored by the NBDB and the MCC . It is the national book award of the Philippines...
(Manila Critics Circle, Philippines) - Cartography (Anvil, 1992); 1993 National Book AwardPhilippine National Book AwardsThe Philippine National Book Awards, or simply the National Book Awards, is a Philippine literary award sponsored by the NBDB and the MCC . It is the national book award of the Philippines...
for Poetry (Manila Critics Circle, Philippines) - Encanto (Anvil, 1993); 1994 National Book AwardPhilippine National Book AwardsThe Philippine National Book Awards, or simply the National Book Awards, is a Philippine literary award sponsored by the NBDB and the MCC . It is the national book award of the Philippines...
for Poetry (Manila Critics Circle, Philippines) - In the Garden of the Three Islands (Moyer Bell/Asphodel, 1995)
- Blood Sacrifice (University of the Philippines Press, 1997); 1998 National Book AwardPhilippine National Book AwardsThe Philippine National Book Awards, or simply the National Book Awards, is a Philippine literary award sponsored by the NBDB and the MCC . It is the national book award of the Philippines...
for Poetry (Manila Critics Circle, Philippines) - Songs for the Beginning of the Millennium (De La Salle University Press, 1997); Finalist, 1998 National Book AwardPhilippine National Book AwardsThe Philippine National Book Awards, or simply the National Book Awards, is a Philippine literary award sponsored by the NBDB and the MCC . It is the national book award of the Philippines...
for Poetry (Manila Critics Circle, Philippines) - Turnings: Writing on Women's Transformations, co-edited with Renee Olander (Friends of Women’s Studies at Old Dominion University, March 2000)
- Not Home, But Here: Writing from the Filipino Diaspora, as central editor (Anvil, 2003)
- Trill and Mordent (WordTech Editions, fall 2005); Runner-up, 2004 Editions Prize
- Juan Luna's Revolver (now available for preorder from the University of Notre Dame Press http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P01279); 2009 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry