Merlie M. Alunan

Merlie M. Alunan
Born	(1943-12-14) December 14, 1943 (age 82) Dingle, Iloilo
Education	Silliman University
Writing career
Genres	poetry, short story, essays
Notable works	Amina among the Angels (1997) Tales of the Spider Woman (2010)
Notable awards	Palanca Awards (1988, 1992, 2007, 2010) Philippine National Book Awards (2017, 2018, 2019)

Merlie M. Alunan (born December 14, 1943) is a multi-awarded Filipina poet, teacher and mentor, and cultural worker in the Visayas.

Life

Merlie M. Alunan was born December 14, 1943, in Dingle, Iloilo. Alunan graduated from Silliman University with an MA in creative writing in 1974. She taught Literature and Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College. She was awarded Professor Emeritus of the UP Visayas in 2008 upon her retirement. She lives in Tacloban City.

Honors and awards

Works

• Hearthstone, 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
• Tales of the Spider Woman, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2010.
• Pagdakop sa Bulalakaw ug uban pang mga Balak, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2013.
• Running with Ghosts, Ateneo de Naga University Press, 2018.
• Tigom: Collected Poems, UP Press, 2023.

References

External links

• Author's blog