Lesson 9: Authors from Mindanao

Question 1

renowned authors from mindanao

Answer 1

ricardo m. de ungria, jhoanna lynn b. cruz, tita lacambra ayala

Question 2

a
Filipino poet, editor, and
educator. He was born in
Manila in 1960 and
graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts in Literature, cum laude,
from De La Salle University. In
1990, he earned a Master of
Fine Arts in Creative Writing
from Washington University in
St. Louis, Missouri, on a
Fulbright grant.

Answer 2

ricardo m. de ungira

Question 3

he has published eight books of poetry, edited a number of anthologies, and written extensively on philippine literature and society

Answer 3

Ricardo M. de Ungria

Question 4

eight national book awards for poetry southeast asian (SEA) write award (2019)

Answer 4

Ricardo M. de Ungria

Question 5

gawad balagtas award from the unyon ng mga manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) (1999)

Answer 5

Ricardo M. de Ungria

Question 6

patnubay ng sining at kalinangan (literature) award from the city of manila (2007)

Answer 6

Ricardo M. de Ungria

Question 7

UP artist 1 (2009-2011, 2012-present)

Answer 7

Ricardo M. de Ungria

Question 8

founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC)

Answer 8

Ricardo M. de Ungria

Question 9

member of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas (UMPIL) and Davao Writers Guild

Answer 9

Ricardo M. de Ungria

Question 10

• Lives in Mindanao.
• She is part of LGBTQ, she
  is lesbian
• Graduated from De La
  Salle University.
• She teaches literature and
  creative writing in
  University of the Philippines
  Mindanao, and an award
  winning writer.

Answer 10

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 11

first book of Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Answer 11

Women Loving: Stories and a Play (2010)

Question 12

president of the Davao Writers Guild

Answer 12

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 13

regional coordinator for southern mindanao in the national committee on literary arts

Answer 13

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 14

aguas de viuda

Answer 14

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 15

Women Loving

Answer 15

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 16

Halakata, Ms. D!

Answer 16

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 17

third prize in the essay category of the 58th carlos palanca memorial awards for literature, 2008

Answer 17

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 18

sapay koma

Answer 18

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

Question 19

was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte
but grew up in Antamok, Benguet.

Answer 19

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 20

first book of poetry by Tita Lacambra Ayala

Answer 20

Sunflower

Question 21

Philippines Free Press Award for the short story in 1970

Answer 21

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 22

Gawad Balagtas for poetry in english, 1991

Answer 22

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 23

founder of the davao writer’s guild

Answer 23

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 24

mother of davaoeño literature

Answer 24

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 25

ordinary poems (1969)

Answer 25

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 26

pieces of string and other stories (1984)

Answer 26

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 27

friends: the adventures of a professional amateur (1999)

Answer 27

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 28

camels and shapes of darkness in a time of olives (1999)

Answer 28

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 29

tala mundi

Answer 29

Tita Lacambra Ayala

Question 30

one of the works of Tita Lacambra Ayala that allowed her to receive a national book award

Answer 30

Tala Mundi

Question 31

waking ice

Answer 31

ricardo de ungria

Question 32

records a father’s spirals of emotions as he tries to understand and weather his son’s addiction, attempts at recovery, and inevitable self-destruction. In a sequence of chiseled poems addressed mostly to his son, the poet memorializes a wide range of complex emotions dealing with fatherhood, son ship, and loss, and uses a variety of poetic styles to chart the gamut of his experience. Here is language brought woundingly close to real life and silence.WA

Answer 32

waking ice