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{{Short description|Filipino professor, writer (1913–1996)}}

'''Edilberto K. Tiempo''' taught fiction and literary criticism for four years in two American schools, was asked to stay permanently, but opted to return to [[Silliman University]] where he has taught literary criticism and creative writing for a third of a century. He founded the [[Silliman National Writers Workshop]] in 1962, the first in [[Asia]], which has been in operation since then. At Silliman University, he has been department chair, graduate school dean, vice-president for academic affairs, and writer-in-residence.

{{Philippine name|Kaindong|Tiempo}}

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| name = Edilberto Kaindong Tiempo

| birth_date = {{birth-date|August 5, 1913}}

| birth_place = [[Maasin City]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]

| death_date = {{death-date and age|September 19, 1996|August 5, 1913}}

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| occupation = Writer and professor

| work_institutions = [[Silliman University]]

| spouse = [[Edith Tiempo]]

}}

'''Edilberto Kaindong Tiempo'''<ref>Some references refer to him as "Edilberto Kaindoy Tiempo".</ref> (August 5, 1913<ref>[http://www.mc.edu.ph/library/bookinfo.asp?strSearch=&nType=1&nResourceID=1000070734 Resource Information<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006140354/http://www.mc.edu.ph/library/bookinfo.asp?strSearch=&nType=1&nResourceID=1000070734 |date=2007-10-06 }}</ref> &ndash; September 19, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.panitikan.com.ph/authors/t/ektiempo.htm |title=panitikan.com.ph :: Philippine Literature Portal<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218102422/http://www.panitikan.com.ph/authors/t/ektiempo.htm |archive-date=2007-02-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) was a Filipino writer and professor. He and his wife, [[Edith L. Tiempo]], are credited by [[Silliman University]] with establishing "a tradition in excellence in creative writing and the teaching of literacy craft which continues to this day"<ref name="su">[http://www.su.edu.ph/suapw/_HTMLVERSION_/Cas/english/eng_home.htm Untitled Document<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111224/http://www.su.edu.ph/suapw/_HTMLVERSION_/Cas/english/eng_home.htm |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> at that [[university]].

For his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] [[thesis]] at the [[University of Iowa]] where he was a writing fellow at the [[Iowa Writers Workshop]] for four years and concurrently a [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]] fellow in his fourth year, he submitted a novel, ''"Cry Slaughter,"'' which had four printings by [[HarperCollins|Avon]] in New York, a hardbound edition in London, and six European translations.

==Career==

As a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim]] writing fellow, he submitted a collection of short stories, ''"A Stream at Dalton Pass and Other Stories,"'' for his [[Ph.D.]] in [[English]] at the [[University of Denver]]. This collection won a prize at the at the same time that his second novel, ''"More Than Conquerors"'' won the first prize for the novel.

During his tenure there, he was department chair (1950 to 1969),<ref name="su" /> graduate school dean, vice-president for academic affairs, and writer-in-residence. Tiempo was also a part-time professor in St. Paul University Dumaguete, teaching fine arts, drama, and graduate school.

As a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim]] writing fellow]] in 1955,<ref>[http://www.gf.org/tfellow.html John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation T Fellows Page<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314122449/http://www.gf.org/tfellow.html |date=March 14, 2008 }}</ref> he submitted a collection of short stories, ''"A Stream at Dalton Pass and Other Stories,"'', for his [[Ph.D.]] in [[English studies|English]] at the [[University of Denver]]. This collection won a prize at the at the same time that his second novel, ''"[[More Than Conquerors" (novel)|More Than Conquerors]]'', won the first prize for the novel.

He married [[Edith L. Tiempo]], a multi-awarded writer, poet, and critic and a [[National Artist]] for Literature (1999). They have a daughter, also a multi-awarded writer and scholar, [[Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas]].

Tiempo and his wife studied with [[Paul Engle]] in the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]], graduating in 1962;<ref>[http://itsnt166.iowa.uiowa.edu/uns-archives/2005/may/050205students_philippines.html UI Nonfiction Writing Students To Travel To Philippines For Workshop – University News Service – The University of Iowa<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219052440/http://itsnt166.iowa.uiowa.edu/uns-archives/2005/may/050205students_philippines.html |date=2010-12-19 }}</ref> their experience there inspired them to found the [[Silliman National Writers Workshop]], the first in Asia, which has been in operation since then.<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE 41ST NATIONAL WRITERS WORKSHOP|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2002/05/ht/ht002585.htm|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.newsflash.org}}</ref>

==Works==

* Novels: ''"Cry Slaughter," "More Than Conquerors," "To Be Free," "Farah," "Cracked Mirror," "The Standard Bearer"''

Tiempo was also a [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]] fellow. In addition to his career at Silliman, Tiempo taught fiction and literary criticism for four years in two American schools during the 1960s.<ref name="etiempo">[http://panitikan.com.ph/authors/t/ektiempo.htm "Edilberto K. Tiempo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213043647/http://www.panitikan.com.ph/authors/t/ektiempo.htm |date=2010-12-13 }}. Panitikan.com.ph. Retrieved 2010-09-02.</ref>

* Short Stories: ''"A Stream at Dalton Pass and Other Stories," "Finalities," "A Rainbow for Rima," "Snake Twin and Other Stories"''

==Works== <!-- based on collections held in UP Diliman and Miriam College Libraries -->

His novel, ''Cry Slaughter'', [[1957 in literature|published in 1957]] was a revised version of his ''Watch in the Night'' novel published four years earlier in the Philippines.<ref>http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/details.asp?code=208729{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Cry Slaughter'' had four printings by [[HarperCollins|Avon]] in New York, a hardbound edition in London, and six European translations.<ref name="etiempo"/>

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===Novels===

*''[[Watch in the Night]]'' (1953)

*''[[Cry Slaughter!]]'' (1957)

*''To Be Free'' (1972, {{ISBN|971-10-0014-8}})

*''[[More Than Conquerors (novel)|More Than Conquerors]]'' (1982, {{ISBN|971-10-0388-0}})

*''Cracked Mirror'' (1984, {{ISBN|971-10-0145-4}})

*''The Standard Bearer'' (1985, {{ISBN|971-10-0237-X}})

*''Farah'' (2001, {{ISBN|971-10-1046-1}})

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===Poetry===

*''Inside Job''

===Collections===

*''Stream at Dalton Pass and Other Stories'' (1970)

*''Finality, a novelette and five short stories'' (1982)

*''Rainbow for Rima'' (1988, {{ISBN|971-10-0332-5}})

*''Snake Twin and Other Stories'' (1992, {{ISBN|971-10-0490-9}})

*''The Paraplegics And Five Short Stories'' (1995, {{ISBN|971-8967-19-2}})

* ''Literary Criticism inIn The Philippines andAnd Other Essays,'' [[De(1995, La Salle University{{ISBN|DLSU]] Press, 1999971-555-040-1}})

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==Awards==

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* Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Prize

* Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Prize

* [[Palanca Awards]]

* [[University of the Philippines|U.P.]] Golden Anniversary Literary Contest

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==References==

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* ''Literary Criticism in The Philippines and Other Essays,'' [[De La Salle University|DLSU]] Press, 1999

==External links==

* Photograph of [https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2010/01/e-k-tiempo.html Edilberto K. Tiempo]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071110144956/http://www.mc.edu.ph/library/results.asp?key1=Tiempo,%20Edilberto%20K. Collection] from the [[Miriam College]] Library

*[http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/results.asp?field1=author&RecCount=45&query1=Tiempo,%20Edilberto Collection]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from the Library of the [[University of the Philippines, Diliman]]

* [http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/Literature/Short%20Stories/The%20witch.htm "The Witch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518100523/http://www.seasite.niu.edu/tagalog/Literature/Short%20Stories/The%20witch.htm |date=May 18, 2006 }}, one of Tiempo's short stories, from a [[Northern Illinois University]] website

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