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Edith L. Tiempo
Born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines (April 22, 1919)
Died August 21, 2011 (92 years old)
Genre (Poetry, Literature & Fiction)
Cause of death: Heart Attack
Edith L. Tiempo is a poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic is one of the finest Filipino
Writers in English whose works are characterized by a remarkable fusion of style and substance,
of craftsmanship and insight.
She received several awards during her lifetime period
Mother of Philippine Literature
Edith Tiempo received the greatest honor as a National Artist for Literature in 1999
*WORKS
Novels
A blade of Ferns 1978
His Native Coast 1979
The Alien Corn 1992