Name Genevieve Asenjo | Role Poet | |
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Awards Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short Story in Hiligaynon | ||
On the map 2012 genevieve l asenjo fiction writer poet translator philippines iwp 2012
Genevieve L. Asenjo is a Filipino poet, novelist, translator and literary scholar in Kinaray-a, Hiligaynon and Filipino. Her first novel, Lumbay ng Dila, (C&E/DLSU, 2010) received a citation for the Juan C. Laya Prize for Excellence in Fiction in a Philippine Language in the National Book Award.
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- On the map 2012 genevieve l asenjo fiction writer poet translator philippines iwp 2012
- Genevieve L Asenjo Top 6 Facts
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In 2012, Asenjo participated in the International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency of the University of Iowa. In 2009, she spent six months in Seoul as Overseas Writing Fellow sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea.
Asenjo is an associate Professor at De La Salle University in Manila. In 2010, she founded Balay Sugidanun (The House of Storytelling).
Genevieve L. Asenjo Top #6 Facts
Work
She is finishing her second novel, the first in contemporary Kinaray-a, titled Kamatayun sa Isla Boracay. Her earlier books include Komposo ni Dandansoy (UST Press, 2007), a collection of her Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winning stories in Hiligaynon with translation in Filipino, Pula ang Kulay ng Text Message (University of San Agustin Press, 2006), a collection of poetry in Kinaray-a with translation in Filipino, and taga-uma@manila (National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2005), a collection of short stories in Kinaray-a. Her first book of children's stories, Mabaskog nga Hiligaynon 1, (C&E, 2013) is accompanied by a teacher's guide for the Mother Tongue curriculum in the K-12 program of the Philippine government.