Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born Rowena Lopez Tiempo; June 13, 1951)"Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas." Pantikan.com.ph. UP Institute of Creative Writing and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. http://www.panitikan.com.ph/content/rowena-tiempo-torrevillas. is a Filipina poet, fiction writer and essayist.Miller, J. (2001). Torrevillas, Rowena Tiempo. In Who's who in contemporary women's writing (p. 323). London: Routledge.
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.Barclay, Winston. "IWP's Rowena Torrevillas Again Wins the Philippines National Book Award." The University of Iowa News Services, 1 Oct. 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2001/october/1001torrevillas.html She married Multimedia artist Lemuel TorrevillasSomoza de la Cruz, J. (2011, June 17). Alumni letter April 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2014, from http://su.edu.ph/article/175-alumni-letter-april 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. Torrevillas has also been the director-in-residence of the Silliman National Writer's Workshop.Casocot, Ian R. "A Golden Age of Writing." Inquirer.net. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 May 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/2252/a-golden-age-of-writing
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
References
Further reading "Philippine Writing Workshop Anniversary Celebrated CLAS Ties." University of Iowa News Services. University of Iowa, 6 July 2011. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. <http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/news/2011/07/6philippine.shtml>. "Philippine Studies."