Merlie M. Alunan

Merlie M. Alunan (born December 14, 1943 Dingle, Iloilo is a Filipina poet.

Life

She graduated Silliman University with an MA in Creative Writing in 1974. She teaches at the Creative Writing Center,^[1] University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College.^[2] She lives in Tacloban City.

Awards

• Lillian Jerome Thornton Award for Nonfiction
• Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
• National Book Award

Works

• Heartstone, Sacred Tree, Anvil, 1993, ISBN 9789712703010
• Amina among the angels, University of the Philippines Press, 1997, ISBN 9789715421508
• Selected poems, University of the Philippines Press, 2004, ISBN 9789715424431

Non-fiction

• Kabilin: 100 Years of Negros Oriental, Negros Oriental Centennial Foundation, 1993

Edited

• Fern Garden: An Anthology of Women Writing in the South, Committee on Literature, National Commission on Culture and the Arts, 1998, ISBN 9789719150060

Anthologies

• Songs of ourselves: writings by Filipino women in English, Editor Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz, Anvil Publishing, 1994, ISBN 9789712703560

References

1. ^ http://likhaan_online.tripod.com/08242001archivesite/associate1.html
2. ^ http://panitikan.com.ph/authors/a/mmalunan.htm

External links

• Author's blog
• http://fil.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Merlie_M._Alunan

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