Edith Tiempo

Edith Cutaran Lopez-Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011) was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language. She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.

Biography Tiempo was born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.

Works

Novels A Blade of Fern (1978) His Native Coast (1979) The Alien Corn (1992) One, Tilting Leaves (1995) The Builder (2004) The Jumong (2006)

Short story collections Abide, Joshua, and Other Stories (1964)

Poetry collections The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems (1966) The Charmer's Box and Other Poet (1993) Marginal Annotations and Other Poems Commend Contend. Beyond Extensions (2010)

Honors and awards National Artist Award for Literature (1999) Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Cultural Center of the Philippines (1979, First Prize in Novel) Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (1988)