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Joel Toledo

Joel M. Toledo (born 1972) is a poet, fictionist, critic, and journalist based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. He has been granted residencies by the Rockefeller Foundation[1] in Bellagio, Italy, and the International Writing Program (IWP)[2] in Iowa, United States.

Early life and education

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He grew up in the town of Silang, Cavite.[3] He holds a master's degree in poetry from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, where he also finished two undergraduate degrees (creative writing and journalism).[3][4]

Works

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Poetry

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  • The Blue Ones Are Machines, (2017, Vagabond Press, Australia)[5]
  • Fault Setting (2016, University of the Philippines Press)[6]
  • Ruins and reconstructions (2011, Anvil Publishing)[7]
  • The Long Lost Startle (2009,University of the Philippines Press)[8]
  • Chiaroscuro (2008, University of Santo Tomas Press)[3]

Fiction

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  • Pedro and the Lifeforce (1997, Giraffe Books)[9][10]

Anthologies

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  • Under the Storm: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Poetry (Co-editor, 2011, Antithesis Collective)[11]
  • Caracoa 2006 (2006, Co-Editor)[12][13]

Awards, prizes, and fellowships

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  • 2006 2nd and 3rd Prize Winner, Bridport Prize for Poetry Dorset, UK[14][15]
  • 2011 International Writing Program Fellowship, Iowa, US[2]
  • 2011 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Writing Residency (Poetry), Bellagio, Italy[1]
  • 2005-2006 Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Writers Prize Recipient[4]
  • First Prize, 2005 Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Poetry in English (What Little I Know of Luminosity)[16]
  • Second Prize, 2004 Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Poetry in English (Literature and Other Poems)[16]
  • 2006 Meritage Press Award for Poetry[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fault Setting poems | University of the Philippines Press". Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  2. ^ a b "TOLEDO, Joel | The International Writing Program".
  3. ^ a b c "Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo". Radio National. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  4. ^ a b "Toledo, Joel M." panitikan.ph. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  5. ^ "Joel Toledo, The Blue Ones Are Machines". Vagabond Press. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  6. ^ "ASEAN at 50: Poems from Across Southeast Asia". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  7. ^ "Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo". Radio National. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  8. ^ Garces-Bacsal, Myra (2011-11-11). "Poetry Friday: Joel Toledo's 'Heart'". Gathering Books. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  9. ^ Toledo, Joel M (1997). Pedro and the Lifeforce. Quezon City: Giraffe Books. ISBN 978-971-8967-45-4. OCLC 41905677.
  10. ^ Toledo, Joel M. (1997). Pedro and the Lifeforce. Quezon City: Giraffe Books. ISBN 978-971-8967-45-4. OL 23061632M.
  11. ^ Arcellana, Juaniyo. "Shelter from the storm". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  12. ^ "SOFTBLOW | Joel M. Toledo". www.softblow.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  13. ^ "Forest with Corners | Prairie Schooner". prairieschooner.unl.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  14. ^ "QLRS Contributor : Joel M. Toledo".
  15. ^ "Poet Joel Toledo on exorcisms, shadowy secrets and beating the British". ABS-CBN News. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  16. ^ a b "Another Filipino triumph in poetry | Philstar.com". The Philippine STAR.
  17. ^ Corcoran, Josephine (2017-06-13). "Three poems by Joel M. Toledo". And Other Poems. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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