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by: Merlinda Bobis

•Grew up in Albay, Philippines

•Her main interest was painting, but at age ten she began writing poetry because ‘painting with words’ was cheaper

•She is also a dancer and visual artist

•She has a Bachelor of Arts (Summa cum Laude) from Aquinas University of Legazpi

•Also, had a Master of Arts in Literature (Meritissimus) from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila

•She completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong

•Currently, she lives in Wollongong

Works:

- Fish-Hair Woman (novel)

- The Solemn Lantern Maker (novel)

- Banana Heart Summer (novel)

- White Turtle (collection of short stories)

- A Novel-in-Waiting (lecture series)

- Pag-uli, Pag-uwi, Homecoming (trilingual poetry collection)

- Summer Was A fast Train Without Terminals (poetry collection)

- Cantata of the Warrior Woman Daragang Magayon / Kantada ng Babaing Mandirigma Daragang Magayon (bilingual epic poem for performance)

- ang lipad ay awit sa apat na hangin / flight is song on four - winds (bilingual poetry collection)

- Rituals (poetry collection)

AWARDS:

> Ian Reed Foundation Prize for Radio Drama (1995)

> Awgie for Best Radio Play (1998)

> Pamana Philippine Presidential Award (1998)

> International Prix Italia (1998)

> Steele Rudd Award for the Best Collection of Australian Short Stories (2000)

> Philippine National Book Award (2000)

> NSW Ministry for the Arts Writers’ Fellowship for novel in progress (2000)

> Judges’ Choice Award, Bumbershoot Bookfair, Seattle Arts Festival (2001)

> Gintong Aklat Award (Golden Book Award, Philippines) (2006)

> Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (National Balagtas Award: a lifetime award for author’s poetry and prose in English, Pilipino, Bikol) (2006)

DISLOCATION

DIASPORA

DISPLACEMENT

SUMMARY

It starts with..

PART 1

rica

Rica is on the bed waiting for the BIG LADY to come.

She's been a "GOOD GIRL"

she wonders if the BIG LADY is really there..

Letters & Postcards

Big lady saves Rica from sadness

Rica saves Big lady from bursting

part 2

tells Rica about the Big Lady.

factory worker.

Comes home late, drunk every night.

His wife becomming

"LEGAL"

PARIS.

"SHUT-UP!!"

PART 3

the big lady

the big lady comes at night & eats off the sadness in every pot, pan & cutlery.

rica drew her with pretty baubles & make-up, with a paris ribbon and a chic hat

the big lady is sad, like her meals.

"SALTY" FOOD

flies like a GIANT CLOUD.

THIS "FEAST" WILL LAST A LIFETIME.

QUIZ:

1.)What was the work of the Rica’s Mother?

2.)Where did Rica’s Mother decided to work?

3.)What was the name of the main character in the story that her father told her?

4.)To what did the author compared the term “salty”?

5.)Who is the author of the selection?

- FIN.

Ida Urian &

Zia Mojica

1 OT B :)

The Sadness Collector

The sadness collector

PERSONAL

INTERPRETATION

ANGRY, HUNGRY,

TURNING THE PLACE UPSIDE DOWN.

GAME:

THE SADNESS COLLECTOR'S

S A D N E S S

C O L L E C T O R

The Sadness Collector

FATHER

THEME

REFERENCES:

http://merlindabobis.com.au/

http://ithmlit102.blogspot.com/2007/12/lecture-sadness-collector.html

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