Edith Tiempo

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Cutaran, the birth surname or paternal family name is Lopez, and the marital name is Tiempo.

Edith Cutaran Lopez-Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011) was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language.^[1] She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.

Edith Tiempo
Edith Tiempo on a 2019 stamp of the Philippines
Born	Edith Cutaran Lopez (1919-04-22)April 22, 1919 Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippine Islands
Died	August 21, 2011(2011-08-21) (aged 92) Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Alma mater	Silliman University State University of Iowa
Notable awards	Order of National Artists of the Philippines
Spouse	Edilberto K. Tiempo
Children	Maldon Tiempo & Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas

Biography

Tiempo was born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.^[1] Her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, "Halaman" and "Bonsai."^[1] As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been marked as "descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing." She is an influential tradition in Philippine Literature in English. Together with her late husband, writer and critic Edilberto K. Tiempo, they founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has produced some of the Philippines' best writers.

Tiempo died on August 21, 2011.^[2]

Works

Novels

• A Blade of Fern (1978)^[1]
• His Native Coast (1979)^[1]
• The Alien Corn (1992)^[1]
• One, Tilting Leaves (1995)
• The Builder (2004)
• The Jumong (2006)

Short story collections

• Abide, Joshua, and Other Stories (1964)^[1]

Poetry collections

• The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems (1966)^[1]
• The Charmer's Box and Other Poet (1993)^[1]
• Marginal Annotations and Other Poems^[1]
• Commend Contend. Beyond Extensions (2010)^[1]

Honors and awards

• National Artist Award for Literature (1999)^[1]
• Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
• Cultural Center of the Philippines (1979, First Prize in Novel)
• Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (1988)