Edith L.

Tiempo, poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic is one of the finest Filipino writers in
English whose works are characterized by a remarkable fusion of style and substance, of
craftsmanship and insight. Born on April 22, 1919 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, her poems are
intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much
anthologized pieces, “The Little Marmoset” and “Bonsai”. As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound.
Her language has been marked as “descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing.” She is an
influential tradition in Philippine literature in
English. Together with her late husband,
Edilberto K. Tiempo, she founded and directed
the Silliman National Writers Workshop in
Dumaguete City, which has produced some of
the country’s best writers.

Tiempo’s published works include the novel A

Blade of Fern (1978), The Native Coast (1979),
and The Alien Corn(1992); the poetry
collections, The Tracks of Babylon and Other
Poems (1966), and The Charmer’s Box and
Other Poems(1993); and the short story
collection Abide, Joshua, and Other
Stories (1964).

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Edith L. Tiempo (April 22, 1919 –
August 21, 2011),[1] poet, fiction writer,
teacher and literary critic was
a Filipino writer in the English language.

Tiempo was born in Bayombong, Nueva

Vizcaya, but later became a resident
of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

Her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as

revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, "Lament for the Littlest Fellow"
and "Bonsai." As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been
marked as "descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing." She is an influential
tradition in Philippine Literature in English. Together with her late husband, writer
and critic Edilberto K. Tiempo, they founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman
National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has produced some of the
Philippines' best writers.
She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.

WorksNovels

 A Blade of Fern (1978)

 His Native Coast (1979)
 The Alien Corn (1992)
 One, Tilting Leaves (1995)
 The Builder (2004)
 The Jumong (2006)

Short story collections

 Abide, Joshua, and Other Stories (1964)

Poetry collection

 The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems (1966)

 The Charmer's Box and Other Poet (1993)
 Marginal Annotations and Other Poems

Honors and awards

 National Artist Award for Literature (1999)

 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
 Cultural Center of the Philippines (1979, First Prize in Novel)
 Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (1988)

References

1. "National Artist for Literature Edith Tiempo dies: report". ABS-CBN News.
Retrieved 2011-08-21.

 Philippine National Artists for Literature Retrieved August 28, 2005.

Placido Ledesma Mapa Jr. is a Filipino businessman, economist, and government official. He is
the president of the Metrobank Foundation, Inc.[1] and served as the second head of the country's
highest economic and development planning body, the National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA). Mapa is also the chairperson of the Board of Advisers of the Metropolitan
Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank) and was once governor of the Development Bank of the
Philippines(DBP). He also held the position of Alternate Executive Director for the Philippines of
the International Monetary Fund.[2]
Mapa obtained his A.B. from the Ateneo de Manila University, his M.A. from St. Louis University,
and his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard

University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

For more than five decades, Mrs. Lucy Patromonio Jumawan Sauer has been an
innovator and catalyst for dance development in both the Philippines and Australia.
“I hope that someday, people will understand where I am coming from,” she has said.
“That dance is very important because it comes from the soul, and that there is a
division between performance and entertainment. It’s nice to do the traditional. If
you are learned, trained, and you have the ability to incorporate, then do it. There is
no limitation. Through time, you find your skill and you become wiser and always
aspire for a higher standard.”

Mrs. Sauer was a student of Silliman University, a graduate of its grade school and
high school. She discovered an affinity for dance at an early age. By the time she was
17, she had already established her own dance studio—the Lucy Patrimonio Dance
School. She studied classical ballet with the Anita Kane School in Manila from 1954-
1957, and soon she was making her graceful way to the heart of the country’s dance
scene. She grabbed the sought-after role as a soloist dancer in Swan Lake and The
Nutcracker, dancing with Alexandra Danilova, then one of only four of the world’s
most renowned prima ballerinas, at the Araneta Coliseum in 1957.