Hermana Ramarui

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Hermana Ramarui is a Palauan poet and educator.

Biography

Ramarui is from Palau and studied English at the University of Guam. [1] [2]

After returning to Palau, Ramarui worked at the Ministry of Education (MOE) and taught at Palau High School in Koror City. [1] As an educator, she contributed to the creation of the Palauan Cultural Profile Curriculum and Palauan Orthography to preserve Palauan language and culture. [2]

Ramarui's poetry collection The Palauan Perspectives (1984) explored topics including colonialism, identity, the environment, traditions, war, [1] [3] and the United States nuclear presence in Micronesia. [4] It was locally printed. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pojas, Rhealyn C. (7 May 2019). "Her poetry lives on". Island Times. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Hermana Ramarui". The Poetry Foundation. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Au, Kimberly Kay. (1991) "Analysis of Meaning, Content and Style: Poetry from the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau." Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Nagy-Zekmi, Silvia; Zabus, Chantal J. (1 January 2010). "Nuclear Imperialism: The United States and Micronesia". Colonization Or Globalization?: Postcolonial Explorations of Imperial Expansion. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 94. ISBN   978-0-7391-3176-3.
  5. ↑ Kiste, Robert; Marshall, Mac (1 March 1999). American Anthropology in Micronesia: An Assessment. University of Hawaii Press. p. 293. ISBN   978-0-8248-6142-1.
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