Genevieve L. Asenjo is a Filipino

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Kinaray-a The Karay-a language ( krj, label=none, Kinaray-a, krj, label=none, Binisayâ nga Kinaray-a or krj, label=none, Hinaraya; en, Harayan) is an Austronesian regional language in the Philippines spoken by the Karay-a people, mainly in Antique, I ...

, Hiligaynon and

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. Her first novel, '' Lumbay ng Dila'', (C&E/DLSU, 2010) received a citation for the Juan C. Laya Prize for Excellence in Fiction in a

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Language in the National Book Award. In 2012, Asenjo participated in the International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency of the

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. In 2009, she spent six months in

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as Overseas Writing Fellow sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea. Asenjo is an associate Professor at De La Salle University in Manila. In 2010, she founded Balay Sugidanun (The House of Storytelling).

Work

She is finishing her second novel, the first in contemporary Kinaray-a, titled ''Kamatayun sa Isla Boracay''. Her earlier books include ''Komposo ni Dandansoy'' (UST Press, 2007), a collection of her

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winning stories in Hiligaynon with translation in Filipino, ''Pula ang Kulay ng Text Message'' (University of San Agustin Press, 2006), a collection of poetry in Kinaray-a with translation in Filipino, and ''taga-uma@manila'' (National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2005), a collection of

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in Kinaray-a. Her first book of children's stories, ''Mabaskog nga Hiligaynon 1'', (C&E, 2013) is accompanied by a teacher's guide for the Mother Tongue curriculum in the K-12 program of the Philippine government. Her essay, ''After America'' (2012), is part of the ''On Going Home'' series where authors who have spent nearly three months in the U.S. writing, researching, travelling, and interacting with Americans share their experiences and insight on what the process of returning home was like.

Reviews/Studies on Genevieve Asenjo's work

Water and/or bodies of water is the predominant motif in the poems of Genevieve Asenjo created in the years 1995 to 2005 and was published in her book ''Pula ang Kulay ng Text Message.'' The recurrence of water and bodies of water in her works signifies the presence and importance of the said resource to Antique and to the Antiqueños. As a vital part of the community, water also represents artistic expression and human experience which in return reflects West Visayan culture, tradition and identity. - ''Bea Altar, et al. (2019)''

Interviews

On the Map 2012: Genevieve L. ASENJO (2012)
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Behind the Pages: A Conversation with Genevieve Asenjo (2018)

Reference

* https://web.archive.org/web/20131006230153/https://iwp.uiowa.edu/sites/iwp.uiowa.edu/files/ASENJO_ICPL2012.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Asenjo, Genevieve L. Year of birth missing (living people) Karay-a people People from Antique (province) Filipino writers Academic staff of De La Salle University Living people Literary scholars