The Thomasian Poet in Contemporary Philippine Literature
But aside from her considerable production as a poet, dramatist,…
PARFAN, Benedict B.
PARFAN, Benedict B.
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Asst. Prof. Benedict B. Parfan, MFA
Department of Literature | Research Center on Culture, Arts, and the Humanities | Publishing House
Academic Qualifications
Research Highlights
Research Interests
Academic Qualifications
Degrees
- Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines
Research Highlights
- “Orbits of Obsession: Notes on the Philippine Lyric Sequence in English”
- “Diction and Contradiction in the Poems of Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta”
- “The Faults of Memory: Writing the Lyric Sequences in The Murmur Asylum”
Research Interests
- Philippine Poetry in English
- Lyric Sequence
Courses Handled
Major Recognitions
Professional Activities
Courses Handled
Major Recognitions
- Finalist, Madrigal Gonzalez Best First Book Award, 2015
- Finalist, Gemino H. Abad Prize for Poetry (UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs), 2016
- Outstanding Thesis for MFA Creative Writing (De La Salle University), 2013
- Finalist, Maningning Miclat Awards for Poetry (Maningning Miclat Foundation), 2009, 2011
Professional Activities
- Deputy Director, UST Publishing House
- Resident Fellow, UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
- “From Epistles, Part 2” (Kritika Kultura, 2018)
- “Selections from The Murmur Asylum” in The Achieve of, The Mastery: An Anthology of Philippine Poetry and Verse from English, mid-‘90s to 2016, edited by Gemino H. Abad and Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta (UP Press, 2018)
- “By the Fisherman’s Grief” in Sustaining the Archipelago: An Anthology of Philippine Ecopoetry, edited by Rina Garcia Chua (USTPH, 2017)
- The Murmur Asylum (UP Press, 2014)
- Tilt Me and I Bend (UP Press, 2017)
- “Three Poems” (Kritika Kultura, 2014)
- “Poems from Tilt Me and I Bend” (Tomás, 2015)
- “From Epistles” (Likhaan, 2017)
- “Antarctica” (Tomás, 2017)