Joel M. Toledo

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Joel M. Toledo
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Born1972 (age 51–52)
NationalityFilipino
CitizenshipPhilippines
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines
Occupation
  • Poet
  • Fictionist
  • Critic
  • Journalist

Joel M. Toledo (born 1972) is a poet, fictionist, critic, and journalist based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. He has been granted residencies by the Rockefeller Foundation[1] in Bellagio, Italy, and the International Writing Program (IWP)[2] in Iowa, United States.

Early life and education

He grew up in the town of Silang, Cavite.[3] He holds a master’s degree in poetry from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, where he also finished two undergraduate degrees (creative writing and journalism).[4][5]

Works

Poetry

  • The Blue Ones Are Machines, (2017, Vagabond Press, Australia)[6]
  • Fault Setting (2016, University of the Philippines Press)[7]
  • Ruins and reconstructions (2011, Anvil Publishing)[8]
  • The Long Lost Startle (2009,University of the Philippines Press)[9]
  • Chiaroscuro (2008, University of Santo Tomas Press)[4]

Fiction

  • Pedro and the Lifeforce (1997, Giraffe Books)[10][11]

Anthologies

  • Under the Storm: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Poetry (Co-editor, 2011, Antithesis Collective)[12]
  • Caracoa 2006 (2006, Co-Editor)[13][14]

Awards, prizes, and fellowships

  • 2006 2nd and 3rd Prize Winner, Bridport Prize for Poetry Dorset, UK[15][16]
  • 2011 International Writing Program Fellowship, Iowa, US[2]
  • 2011 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Writing Residency (Poetry), Bellagio, Italy[1]
  • 2005-2006 Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Writers Prize Recipient[17]
  • First Prize, 2005 Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Poetry in English (What Little I Know of Luminosity)[18]
  • Second Prize, 2004 Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Poetry in English (Literature and Other Poems)[18]
  • 2006 Meritage Press Award for Poetry[19]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fault Setting poems | University of the Philippines Press". Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "TOLEDO, Joel | The International Writing Program".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo". Radio National. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo". Radio National. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  5. "Toledo, Joel M." panitikan.ph. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  6. "Joel Toledo, The Blue Ones Are Machines". Vagabond Press. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  7. "ASEAN at 50: Poems from Across Southeast Asia". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  8. "Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo". Radio National. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  9. Garces-Bacsal, Myra (2011-11-11). "Poetry Friday: Joel Toledo's 'Heart'". Gathering Books. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  10. Toledo, Joel M (1997). Pedro and the Lifeforce. Quezon City: Giraffe Books. ISBN 978-971-8967-45-4. OCLC 41905677.
  11. Toledo, Joel M. (1997). Pedro and the Lifeforce. Quezon City: Giraffe Books. ISBN 978-971-8967-45-4. OL 23061632M.
  12. Arcellana, Juaniyo. "Shelter from the storm". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  13. "SOFTBLOW | Joel M. Toledo". www.softblow.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  14. "Forest with Corners | Prairie Schooner". prairieschooner.unl.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  15. "QLRS Contributor : Joel M. Toledo".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. News, ABS-CBN (2008-08-19). "Poet Joel Toledo on exorcisms, shadowy secrets and beating the British". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-03-27. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. "Toledo, Joel M." panitikan.ph. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  18. 18.0 18.1 "Another Filipino triumph in poetry | Philstar.com".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. Corcoran, Josephine (2017-06-13). "Three poems by Joel M. Toledo". And Other Poems. Retrieved 2021-03-27.

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