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Edith L. Tiempo

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born

April 22, 1919 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

died

August 21, 2011

gender

female

genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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Edith L. Tiempo, poet, fiction writer, 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. 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 Du...more

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Books by Edith L. Tiempo

Average rating: 3.49 · 37 ratings · 3 reviews · 15 distinct works

	The Builder 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings	My rating:
	Abide, Joshua and Other Stories 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Six Poetry Formats and the Transforming Image: A Monograph on Free Verse 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Alien Corn 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	My rating:
	The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	An Edith Tiempo Reader by Edith L. Tiempo, Edna Zapanta Manlapaz (Editor), Gémino H. Abad (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	One, Tilting Leaves: A Novel 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	A Blade of Fern: A Novel About the Philippines 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1978	My rating:
	The Charmer’s Box: Poetry 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	My rating:
	His Native Coast 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1979	My rating: