Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
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Born1947 (age 77–78)
Cebu, Philippines
OccupationFilipino writer
Notable workWhen the Rainbow Goddess Wept
Website http://www.ceciliabrainard.com/

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947) is an author and editor of 22 books. She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; and also founded PALH or Philippine American Literary House. Brainard's works include the World War II novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept; The Newspaper Widow; Magdalena; and Selected Short Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, which won the 40th Philippine National Book Award and Cirilo Bautista Prize. She edited several anthologies including Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and three volumes of Growing Up Filipino, young adult books used by educators. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Biography

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947) grew up in Cebu City, Philippines, the youngest of four children to Concepcion Cuenco Manguerra and Mariano F. Manguerra. The death of her father when she was nine prompted her to start writing, first in journals, then essays and fiction. She attended St. Theresa's College and Maryknoll College in the Philippines; and she did graduate work at UCLA. [2] [7] [8]

Brainard has worked with Asian American youths for which she received a Special Recognition Award from the Los Angeles Board of Education. She has also received awards from the California State Senate, 21st District, several USIS Grants, a California Arts Council Fellowship, an Outstanding Individual Award from the City of Cebu, Philippines, Brody Arts Fund Award, a City of Los Angeles Cultural grant, and many more. The books she has written and edited have also won awards, the Philippine National Book Award, the Gintong Aklat Award and the International Gourmand Award, among others. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish. As of 2024, there are forthcoming translations of her novels and Selected Short Stories in Greek, Portuguese, and Japanese.

Brainard's second novel, Magdalena inspired the playwright Jocelyn Deona de Leon to write a stage play, Gabriela's Monologue, which was produced in 2011 by the Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco as part of Stories XII! annual production showcasing original works for the stage by Pilipino/Filipino American Artists.

Brainard's writings can be found in periodicals such as CNN, Town and Country , Zee Lifestyle Magazine, Focus Philippines, Philippine Graphic, Amerasia Journal , Bamboo Ridge among others. Her writings have been anthologized in books such as More Cebuano Than We Admit (Vibal 2022), Cherished (New World Library, 2011), Asian American Literature (Glencoe McGraw-Hill 2001), Pinay: Autobiographical Narratives by Women Writers, 1926-1998 (Ateneo 2000), On a Bed of Rice (Anchor 1995), Songs of Ourselves (Anvil 1994), Making Waves (Beacon Press 1989), and others. [1] [2] [9] [10] [11]

The Cebuano Studies Center & National Commission for Culture and the Arts produced a documentary video about her: The Cebuana in the World: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Writing Out of Cebu Cebuano Studies Center.

Selected works

Novels and short story collections (writer)

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When the Rainbow Goddess Wept.

Short story collections (edited)

Non-fiction collections (edited)

Non-fiction (writer)

Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Who's Who of Asian Americans?", A Biography of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Asian American.net [ usurped ], retrieved on: June 16, 2007
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cecilia Manguerra Brainard b. 1947", A Biography of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Voices.cla.Umn.edu, University of Minnesota, 2006, retrieved on: June 16, 2007
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "What Are You Writing On?", Writers on Their Works in Progress: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Author, TooBeautiful.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved on: June 16, 2007
  4. ↑ Casper, Leonard (1996), Sunsurfers Seen From Afar:Critical Essays 1991-1996, Manila: Anvil, p. 75, ISBN   9712705404
  5. ↑ Ty, Eleanor (2004), The Politics of the Visible in Asian North American Narratives, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p.  234, ISBN   978-0802086044
  6. ↑ Manlapaz, Edna (2003), Filipino Women Writers in English, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, p. 183, ISBN   9715504515
  7. ↑ Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine /The History of Filipino Women's Writings], retrieved on: September 21, 2012
  8. ↑ Hubler, Dana (March–April 1997), An Interview with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Palm Coast, Fl: Poets & Writers Magazine, p. 97
  9. ↑ Grow, L.M. (2003), And Quiet Flows the Dawn, Quezon City: Giraffe, p. 77, ISBN   9718832815
  10. ↑ Advisors, Program (2001), Asian American Literature, Columbus, Ohio: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, p. 150, ISBN   978-0078229299
  11. ↑ Pantoja, Cristina (1994), Filipino Woman Writing: Home and Exile in the Autobiographical Narratives of Ten Writers, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, p. 95, ISBN   9715501133

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