J neil garcia biography books
J. Neil Garcia
Philippines Professor of English, creative writer
J. Neil Carmelo Garcia is a Filipino writer, professor, and cultural critic. He is currently a professor of English, Creative Writing, and Comparative Literature at the University of the Philippines Diliman and is known for his works on queer studies and gay culture in the Philippines.
J neil garcia biography books Neil Carmelo Garcia is a Filipino writer, professor, and cultural critic. Baclig, Cristina Eloisa 6 February Garcia Editor , Danton Remoto Editor 4. Learn how and when to remove these messages.Education
Garcia earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Santo Tomas in , graduating magna cum laude.[citation needed] He then earned a Master of Arts in Comparative literature in and a Doctor of Philosophy in English Studies: Creative Writing in from the University of the Philippines Diliman.[1]
Writing career
Garcia has authored several poetry collections and works in literary and cultural criticism.[2]
In , Garcia was the recipient of a Philippine National Book Award, winning Best in Literary Criticism for his work on Philippine Gay Culture: The Last Thirty Years ().[3]
He is currently a professor of English, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at the College of Arts and Letters at the University of the Philippines Diliman,[1] where he also serves as a fellow for poetry of Likhaan, also known as the UP Institute of Creative Writing.
He has also previously served as the director of the University of the Philippines Press.[4]
Personal life
Garcia identifies as gay.[2]
Works
Poetry
- Closet Quivers,
- Our Lady of the Carnival,
- Sorrows of Water, ;
- Kaluluwa: New and Selected Poems,
- The Garden of Wordlessness,
- Misterios and Other Poems,
Cultural Criticism
- Philippine Gay Culture: The Last Thirty Years,
- Slip/pages: Essays in Philippine Gay Criticism,
- Postcolonialism and Filipino Poetics: Essays and Critiques,
Creative Non-Fiction
- Closet Queeries,
- Myths and Metaphors,
- Performing the Self: Occasional Prose,
Anthologies (as editor)
- Ladlad, ;
- Ladlad 2, ;
- The Likhaan Book of Philippine Criticism, –
- The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction, &
- Bongga Ka 'Day: Gay Quotes to Live by,
- Ladlad 3,
Honors and awards
- British Council Fellowship Grant to Cambridge
- British Academy Fellowship
- Taipei International Artist-in-Residence
- Visiting ICOPHIL Fellow at the International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Procyon Poetry Prize
- National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle
- Palanca Awards for Literature
- Philippines Free Press Literary Awards for Poetry
- U.P.
Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Literary Artist,
- U.P. Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Literary Work,
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Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Research
- U.P. Gawad Chancellor as Artist of the Year
- Outstanding Thomasian Writers Award
- 29th National Writers' Workshop, Dumaguete
- U.P. National Writers' Workshop