The (Mis)Education of the Filipino Writer: The Tiempo Age and Institutionalized Creative Writing in the Philippines

• Main Author: Cruz, Conchitina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: creative writing pedagogy; writing workshops; politics of aesthetics; cultural diplomacy; Philippine writing in English
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss28/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/2108/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n28_2017_5D_202.1_Article_Cruz.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

According to Merlie Alunan, the writers Edilberto and Edith Tiempo, founders of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, have so influenced Philippine literary production that the latter half of the twentieth century and “a few more decades hereafter” can be called “The Tiempo Age.” This e...