Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Born 1947
Cebu, Philippines
Occupation Filipino writer
Notable work When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
Website
http://www.ceciliabrainard.com/

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is an author and editor of nineteen books. She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; she also founded Philippine American Literary House. Brainard's works include the World War II novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, Magdalena, and Woman With Horns and Other Stories. She edited several anthologies including Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and two volumes of Growing Up Filipino I and II, books used by educators.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947) grew up Cebu City, Philippines, the youngest of four children to Concepcion Cuenco Manguerra and Mariano F. Manguerra. The death of her father when she was nine prompted her to start writing, first in journals, then essays and fiction. She attended St. Theresa's College and Maryknoll College in the Philippines; and she did graduate work at UCLA.[2][7][8]

Brainard has worked with Asian American youths for which she received a Special Recognition Award from the Los Angeles Board of Education. She has also received awards from the California State Senate, 21st District, several USIS Grants, a California Arts Council Fellowship, an Outstanding Individual Award from the City of Cebu, Philippines, Brody Arts Fund Award, a City of Los Angeles Cultural grant, and many more. The books she has written and edited have also won awards, the Gintong Aklat Award and the International Gourmand Award among them. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish.

Brainard's second novel, Magdalena inspired the playwright Jocelyn Deona de Leon to write a stage play, Gabriela's Monologue, which was produced in 2011 by the Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco as part of Stories XII! annual production showcasing original works for the stage by Pilipino/Filipino American Artists.

Brainard's writings can be found in periodicals such as Town and Country, Zee Lifestyle Magazine, Focus Philippines, Philippine Graphic, Amerasia Journal, Bamboo Ridge among others. Her stories have been anthologized in books such as Making Waves (1989), Songs of Ourselves (1994), On a Bed of Rice (1995), "Pinay: Autobiographical Narratives by Women Writers, 1926-1998" (Ateneo 2000), "Asian American Literature" (Glencoe McGraw-Hill 2001),Cherished (New World Library, 2011), and others.[1][2][9][10][11]

Novels and Short Story Collections which she wrote

Cover When the Rainbow Goddess Wept.
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept.

Short story collections which she edited

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Non-fiction collections which she edited

Non-fiction which she wrote

Her awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Who's Who of Asian Americans?", A Biography of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Asian American.net, retrieved on: June 16, 2007
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Cecilia Manguerra Brainard b. 1947", A Biography of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Voices.cla.Umn.edu, University of Minnesota, 2006, retrieved on: June 16, 2007
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "What Are You Writing On?", Writers on Their Works in Progress: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Author, TooBeautiful.org, retrieved on: June 16, 2007
  4. ↑ Casper, Leonard (1996), Sunsurfers Seen From Afar:Critical Essays 1991-1996, Manila: Anvil, p. 75, ISBN 9712705404
  5. ↑ Ty, Eleanor (2004), The Politics of the Visible in Asian North American Narratives, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 234, ISBN 978-0802086044
  6. ↑ Manlapaz, Edna (2003), Filipino Women Writers in English, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, p. 183, ISBN 9715504515
  7. ↑ /The History of Filipino Women's Writings], retrieved on: September 21, 2012
  8. ↑ Hubler, Dana (Mar–April 1997), An Interview with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Palm Coast, Fl: Poets & Writers Magazine, p. 97 Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ↑ Grow, L.M. (2003), And Quiet Flows the Dawn, Quezon City: Giraffe, p. 77, ISBN 9718832815
  10. ↑ Advisors, Program (2001), Asian American Literature, Columbus, Ohio: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, p. 150, ISBN 978-0078229299
  11. ↑ Pantoja, Cristina (1994), Filipino Woman Writing: Home and Exile in the Autobiographical Narratives of Ten Writers, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, p. 95, ISBN 9715501133

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