Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas


Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas is a Filipina poet, fiction writer and essayist.

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. She married Multimedia artist Lemuel Torrevillas and together they have a daughter, Lauren Maria Torrevillas Seamans

Career

Torrevillas worked for the International Writing Program 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.

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