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Joel Toledo

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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

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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

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Poetry

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  • 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

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

Anthologies

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. 1 2 Fault Setting poems | University of the Philippines Press (en-US). Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved on 2021-05-18.
  2. 1 2 TOLEDO, Joel | The International Writing Program. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved on 2021-05-18.
  3. ↑ Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo (en-AU) (2011-07-15).
  4. 1 2 Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo (en-AU) (2011-07-15).
  5. ↑ Toledo, Joel M. (en-US) (2018-05-24).
  6. ↑ Joel Toledo, The Blue Ones Are Machines (en).
  7. ↑ ASEAN at 50: Poems from Across Southeast Asia (en-US) (2017-08-08).
  8. ↑ Chiaroscuro: a meeting with Filipino poet Joel M Toledo (en-AU) (2011-07-15).
  9. ↑ Garces-Bacsal, Myra (2011-11-11). Poetry Friday: Joel Toledo's 'Heart' (en).
  10. ↑ Toledo, Joel M (1997). Pedro and the Lifeforce. (in English). 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. 
  12. ↑ Arcellana, Juaniyo. Shelter from the storm.
  13. ↑ SOFTBLOW | Joel M. Toledo. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved on 2021-05-18.
  14. ↑ Forest with Corners | Prairie Schooner. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved on 2021-05-18.
  15. ↑ QLRS Contributor : Joel M. Toledo.
  16. ↑ News, ABS-CBN (2008-08-19). Poet Joel Toledo on exorcisms, shadowy secrets and beating the British (en).
  17. ↑ Toledo, Joel M. (en-US) (2018-05-24).
  18. 1 2 Another Filipino triumph in poetry | Philstar.com.
  19. ↑ Corcoran, Josephine (2017-06-13). Three poems by Joel M. Toledo (en).
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