Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas

Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born Rowena Lopez Tiempo; June 13, 1951) is a Filipina poet, fiction writer and essayist.

Personal life and education She was born to writers Edilberto K. Tiempo and Edith L. Tiempo in Dumaguete, Philippines. Torrevillas received a bachelor's degree in 1971, and a masters in 1978, both in creative writing. She also received a PhD in English Literature, all from Silliman University. She married Multimedia artist Lemuel Torrevillas and together they have a daughter, Lauren Maria Torrevillas Seamans .

Career Torrevillas worked for the International Writing Program (IWP) as the associate program coordinator. She worked for the University of Iowa's English department as an adjunct faculty member.

Awards The Palanca Award 1977 - Second Prize: Prodigal Season 1978 - Second Prize: Sunday Morning 1979 - First Prize: Behind the Fern 1980 - First Prize: The Fruit of the Vine 1983 -First Prize: Seeress and Voyager

Works Flying Over Kansas: Personal Views (1999) The Sea Gypsies Stay (1999) The World Comes to Iowa Upon the Willows and Other Stories (1980) Mountain Sacraments (1991) Generic Dreams Three Times Three:Three Genres by Three Generations of Tiempo Women The Roadrunner