was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language.

[2] She was conferred

the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.

Born: April 22, 1919, San Nicolas , Bayombong , Nueva Viscaya

Died: August 21, 2011, Dumaguete

Spouse: Edilberto K. Tiempo (1913–1996) met when she was taking pre-law at the University of the
Phillipines

Parents: Teresa Cutaran,

Salvador T. Lopez an auditor for the government

During her childhood , Tiempo’s family frequently had to move from one province to another of her
father’s different assignments and postings .

Education: high school in Bayombong,

Silliman University (1947), graduate magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Education , majoring in English.
The University of Iowa, which gained an international fellowship which lasted from 1947
to 1950.
University of the Philippines System, took part; creative writing workshop which was
headed by veritable American poet Paul Engle.
University of Denver, She received a scholarship grant from the notable United Board of
Christian Higher Education in Asia and attained a doctorate degree in English

Career:

· 1964-1965
1. Tiempo was part of the faculty at Wartburg College , lowa
· 1965 to 1966
2. taught at Western Michigan University
· 1978 to 1979
3. taught at the Chinese University of Hong kong and Hong kong Baptist College
· 1978
4. she received the Elizabeth Luce Moore Distinguished Asian Professor Award
· 1981 to 1989
5. held the L.T Ruiz Professional Chair in English

Edith Tiempo is proclaimed as one of the Philippines foremost writers in English alongside other
seminal writers like Jose Garcia Villa . Her poetry is hailed for its witty and complex wordplay. This
characteristics is most evident in two of her most famous poem’s “BONSAI” and “THE LITTLE
MARMOSET.” Literary scholars often refer to either of these poems in their studies of Tiempo’s work.

Awards: National Artist Award for Literature , 1999

First prize , for Tracts of Babylon and Other Poems
Second Prize , short story in English for “THE DAM”
 Third price , Poetry in English , 1951 for “THE BLACK MONKEY”
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Poetry and Short Story
Elizabeth Luce Moore Distinguished Asian Professor Award

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PUBLISHED WORKS:
Novels
A Blade of Fern (1978)
His Native Coast (1979)
The Alien Corn (1992)
One Tilting Leaves (1995)
The Builder (2004)

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

Abide , Joshua , and Other Stories (1964)

POETRY
The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems (1966)
The Charmer’s Box (1993)
Bibliophile

OTHERS
Six Poetry Formats and the Transforming Image. A Monograph on Free Verse (2008)
An Edith Tiempo Reader (1999)
Six Uses of Fictional Symbols (2004)