Maningning Miclat

Maningning Miclat (April 15, 1972 – September 29, 2000) was a Chinese-born poet and painter of Filipino descent, who lived in the Philippines from 1986. She was known for her Chinese bamboo Zen paintings and poetry in three languages: Filipino, Mandarin and English.^[1]

Biography

Excerpt from Why A Mural ? Beside this poem is a prayer frozen in the acrylic paints. Beside this poem is a mural - a desire for space.

Maningning Miclat[2]

Miclat was born in Beijing, China to Filipino parents. Her family left the Philippines in 1969 during the Marcos regime and moved to China in 1971. In 1986, she and her family returned to the Philippines after Marcos was removed from power. She has a younger sister, Banaue, who is an aspiring opera singer in New York City.^[3]

In 1987, she published her first book of poems, Wo De Shi, in Mandarin, and held her first solo show of traditional Chinese painting, Maningning: An Exhibit of Chinese Brush Works.^[4] She had four more solo shows in her lifetime. Miclat became a Fellow of the University of the Philippines National Writers Workshop in 1990 and won an award for a Filipino play there.^[1] She also became a Fellow of the Silliman National Writers Workshop.

In 1992, she won the Art Association of the Philippines Grand Prize for a painting entitled Trouble in Paradise and her second book of poetry, Voice from the Underworld, was a finalist in the country's 2001 National Book Award.^[5]

Death and legacy

In 2000, at the age of 28, she jumped from the seventh floor of the Far Eastern University in Manila where she was teaching at the time.^[6] In 2001, the Maningning Foundation was founded in her memory to celebrate the talents of young artists both visual and written.^[3][7]

Poetry Publications

• Wo De Shi (My Poems)
• Voice from the Underworld (1987) ISBN 978-9712709340

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Maningning Miclat". http://www.panitikan.com.ph/authors/m/mngmiclat.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
2. ^ Works of Maningning Miclat (retrieved: 22 April 2009)
3. ^ ^{a b} Luce, Jim. "Sister's Death Leads to Support of Young Artists", The Huffington Post, March 31, 2009
4. ^ "Maningning Poetry Awards & Concert at Philam". Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20071118150708/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_ncca/an-maningning-poetryawardsconcert.php. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
5. ^ Jorge, Rome (2006-08-14). "Maningning still shines for all of us". The Manila Times (The Manila Times Publishing Corp.). http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/aug/14/yehey/life/20060814lif3.html. 
6. ^ Rojas, Joy (2006-01-08). "SURVIVORS' TALES: But What Do You Call Someone Who Lost A Child?". Sunday Inquirer Magazine. http://compassionatefriends.info/content/view/157/45/. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
7. ^ Ortega Laparan II, Leo (2004-11-03). "A night of shining star(tist)s at the Shang". The Manila Bulletin Online. http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/11/03/SCAU2004110321787.html. 

External links

• Maningning Foundation

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Name	Miclat, Maningning
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Date of birth	1972-04-15
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Date of death	2000-09-29
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