Merlie M. Alunan
Merlie M. Alunan (born December 14, 1943, in Dingle, Iloilo) is a Filipina poet.
Life
She graduated in Silliman University with an MA in Creative Writing in 1974. She teaches at the Creative Writing Center,[1] University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College.[2] She lives in Tacloban City.
Awards
- Lillian Jerome Thornton Award for Nonfiction
- Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
- National Book Award
- Sunthorn Phu Literary Awards
- Ani ng Dangal
Works
- Heartstone, Sacred Tree, Anvil, 1993, ISBN 978-971-27-0301-0
- Amina among the angels, University of the Philippines Press, 1997, ISBN 978-971-542-150-8
- Selected poems, University of the Philippines Press, 2004, ISBN 978-971-542-443-1
Non-fiction
- Kabilin: 100 Years of Negros Oriental, Negros Oriental Centennial Foundation, 1993
Edited
- Fern Garden: An Anthology of Women Writing in the South, Committee on Literature, National Commission on Culture and the Arts, 1998, ISBN 978-971-91500-6-0
Anthologies
- Songs of ourselves: writings by Filipino women in English, Editor Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz, Anvil Publishing, 1994, ISBN 978-971-27-0356-0