Maningning Miclat

Maningning Cruz Miclat (April 15, 1972 – September 29, 2000) was a Filipina poet and painter born in China to Filipino parents. She was known for her Chinese bamboo Zen paintings as well as her poetry.

Biography Miclat was born in Beijing, China on April 15, 1972 to Filipino parents Mario Ignacio Miclat (September 12, 1949 - April 3, 2021) and Alma Cruz Miclat (December 15, 1950) who were based there. She had four more solo shows in her lifetime.

Miclat became a Fellow of the University of the Philippines National Writers Workshop in 1990 and won an award for a Filipino play there.

Miclat attended the University of the Philippines Diliman to pursue a master's degree in fine arts and then taught at the Far Eastern University.

Death and legacy On September 29, 2000 at the age of 28 she committed suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of the Education Hall Building of Far Eastern University in Manila where she was teaching. On April 15, 2001 the Maningning Foundation was founded in her memory to celebrate the talents of young artists both in the visual and written arts.

Poetry and publications Maningning Miclat Poems Wo De Shi (My Poems) Voice from the Underworld (2000)