Ruth Elynia Mabanglo


Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo is a retired professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was the coordinator for the Filipino and Philippine Literature Program. Her most recent publications were "Balada ni Lola Amonita" and "The Ballad of Lola Amonita" in Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers, edited by Nick Carbó and Eileen Tabios and published by Aunt Lute Books in the year 2000.
Born in Manila to Fortunato and Miguela Mabanglo, she received a degree in Filipino from the University of the East, a Filipino language and literature master's degree from Philippine Normal College, and a doctorate in Filipino from Manuel L. Quezon University. Aside from teaching at University of the East, Manuel L. Quezon University, Philippine Normal College, and De La Salle University, she was a journalist with Taliba and Abante for a while.

Achievements

Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
"Caloocan: Balada ng Duguang Tinig"
"Dalit-puri at Iba Pang Tula"
"Si Jesus at si Magdalena"
"Dalawampu't Isang Tula"
"Awiyao"
"Mga Abong Pangarap"
"Mga Puntod"
"Mga Liham ni Pinay at Iba Pang Tula"
CCP Literary Contest
"Ang Pilipinisasyon ni Juan"
"Supling"
"Regla"
Talaang Ginto, Surian ng Wikang Pambansa
"Kalookan: Balada ng Duguang Tinig"
"Gabi ng Isang Kasal: Isang Kakintalan"
"Anibersaryo: Tagpo at Alaala"
"Sa Abenida, Sanghapo't Sanggabi"
"Ang Pag-ibig ay Di Kasal at Iba Pang Tula"
"Hindi Ako Nawawala'y Hinahanap Mo"
"Gahasa"
National Book Award for Poetry, Manila Critics Circle, 1990
"Mga Liham ni Pinay"