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Years energetic 1993-current
John Iremil Teodoro (born 14 November 1973, in Maybato Norte, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Philippines) is a Filipino author, inventive writing and literature teacher, literary critic, translator, and cultural scholar. He can also be thought-about[1] to be a leading pioneer in Philippine gay literature and probably the most revealed author in Kinaray-a.[2]

Born to a middle-class family in Antique province, Teodoro gained early recognition as a inventive author since his faculty years. [4] [3] His father is a global ship captain and his mom a full-time housewife. He writes in four languages, particularly English, Filipino, Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a.

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He is a member of the Alon Collective and the Tabig/Hubon Manunulat Antique. A lot of his literary works have been revealed in a number of the country’s main journals, magazines, and newspapers. [7][8] [5][6] His poems have been published and translated ito English by Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria in international on-line literary journals like Qarrtsiluni and Plume Poetry.

Teodoro is a five-time awardee of the Palanca Awards and has revealed countless books of fiction and poetry. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in biology from the College of San Agustin in Iloilo City and accomplished an MFA degree in creative writing and a PhD in Literature from the De La Salle University-Manila[9] the place he’s now educating inventive writing, literature, and art appreciation since 2016.[10]

Literary profession
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He obtained the Literature Grant of the Cultural Heart of the Philippines and Gawad Ka Amado in 1993 for his early makes an attempt in Filipino poetry. He later worked as a journalist for Bandillo ng Palawan-Edisyong Filipino in Puerto Princesa City, a publication dedicated to environmental points in the province of Palawan. His first full-length play in Filipino Unang Ulan ng Mayo (The first Rain of Might) gained 2nd Place on the 1997 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.

In 2001, he returned to Iloilo Metropolis and taught literature as an assistant professor on the College of San Agustin the place he became the founding coordinator of the Fray Luis de Leon Artistic Writing Institute,[11] managing director of the University of San Agustin Publishing Home and moderator of the pupil publications. He also initiated the establishment of the annual San Agustin Writers Workshop to promote inventive writing in Western Visayas. [12] He edited SanAg Literary Journal, a journal primarily dedicated to the brand new works of writers in or from Western Visayas writing in Aklanon, Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Filipino, and English.

His full-length play Belasyon, which dramatizes the nation’s diaspora, was staged at the Cultural Heart of the Philippines in 2003 as part of the University of San Agustin Centennial Fee’s actions. His poetry book Kung ang Tula ay Pwedeng Pambili ng Lalake (If Poems May Purchase Men) was shortlisted for the 2006 Manila Critics Circle Nationwide Ebook Award. In 2004, he was acknowledged as one of many Excellent Augustinians of the Century for his lifetime achievement in tradition and the arts.

On 20 February 2008, Unang Ulan ng Mayo (The primary Rain of Could) was premiered by the De La Salle College – Harlequin Theatre Guild on the Tanghalang Huseng Batute, Cultural Center of the Philippines. That very same 12 months, his essay assortment, Pagmumuni-muni at Pagtatalak ng Sirenang Nagpapanggap na Prinsesa (Ideas and Indignant Ramblings of a Siren Pretending to be a Princess), gained the Manila Critics Circle National E book Award for inventive non-fiction whereas shortly after, he was bestowed the Bugal kang Anitique (Pleasure of Antique) Award for Tradition and the Arts from the Antique Provincial Authorities. On 9-11 October 2008, the play was re-staged by the guild on the School of Saint Benilde, College of Design and Arts, Black Box.

In 2015, he represented the Philippines to the ASEAN Literary Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia together with Philippine National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario and Bicolano author Kristian Sendon Cordero.[13]

Teodoro was elected secretary general of Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) or the Writers Union of the Philippines in 2017.[14] In 2019, he Teodoro gained the Southeast Asia or SEAWRITE Award from the Kingdom of Thailand.[15]

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^ “Hasang: Mga Kuwento ng Pag-Ibig by John Iremil e. Teodoro”. 14 October 2018.

^ “Three Filipino poems: John Iremil Teodoro and Rebecca T. Añonuevo”. 25 April 2011.

^ “Three poems from Kembang Kertas (Balinese for bougainvillea) in Filipino and Kinaray-a”. 26 April 2021.

^ “John Iremil e Teodoro | de la Salle College”. academia.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

^ “HASANG: Greater than a celebration of life and love”. 10 January 2017.

^ “Harvard fellowship for Pinoy scholar Epifanio San Juan”. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Four April 2008. Archived from the unique on 22 Might 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2010.

^ “5 books from Iloilo”. The Philippine STAR. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

^ “Her random shit: A piece story from ASEAN Literary Festival 2015: Digital Technology, Technology Digital”. Her Random Shit. April 2015.

^ “UMPIL broadcasts 2020 Gawad Balagtas awardees, Gawad Paz Marquez Benitez”. 26 April 2020.

^ “The SEA Write Organising Committee Public Relations Department Mandarin Oriental Bangkok“. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

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De La Salle University alumni

21st-century Filipino poets

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