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Merlinda Bobis was born in the Philippines and taught for ten years at two universities and a tertiary college in Manila. She completed a Doctorate in Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong, where she became a senior lecturer in Creative Writing.
Merlinda Bobis has published two novels, a short story collection, five poetry books, a monograph of lectures on writing a novel and various stories, poems, plays and articles in literary anthologies, journals and magazines. She has had dramatic works performed for both stage and radio in Australia, Philippines, France, China, Thailand and Slovakia. She is an accomplished performer of her own works, embodying text in theatre, music and dance. She has won more than a dozen national and international awards and fellowships for her writing.
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 March no. 85 2018 2018 y
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 21 January 2001 2001 (p. 12) y
— Appears in: Sojourner , October vol. 27 no. 2 2001 2001 (p. 27) y
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , April 2018 2018 y
— Appears in: Transnationalism and the Asian American Heroine : Essays on Literature, Film, Myth and Media Jefferson : McFarland and Company , 2010 2010 (p. 82-102) y
— Appears in: Filipinas San Francisco : Filipinas , 1992- 1992 y
— Appears in: Interactions : Essays on the Literature and Culture of the Asia-Pacific Region Nedlands : UWA Publishing ; University of Western Australia. Centre for Studies in Australian Literature , 2000 2000 (p. 123-130) y
— Appears in: Ariel , October vol. 51 no. 4 2020 2020 (p. 99-123) y
— Appears in: Verity La , March 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 18 2015 2015 y
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 2 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group , 2000 2000 (p. 41) y
— Appears in: Journal of Postcolonial Writing , December vol. 52 no. 5 2016 2016 (p. 595-609) y
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 2 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 96 2020 2020 y
— Appears in: Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies , vol. 19 no. 7 2017 2017 (p. 948-961) y
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 438 2021 2021 (p. 35-36) y
— Appears in: Performing Women/ Performing Feminisms : Interviews with International Women Playwrights Brisbane : Australasian Drama Studies Association , 1997 1997 (p. 39-42) y
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 9 no. 1 2016 2016 y
— Appears in: Mediating Literary Borders : Asian Australian Writing London : Routledge , 2018 2018 (p. 69-83)
— Appears in: Australian Feminist Studies , no. 21 1995 1995 (p. 52-54) y
— Appears in: The Philippine Star , 31 January 2000 2000 (p. L-2) y
— Appears in: The Philippine Star , 7 February 1991 1991 y
— Appears in: Chronicle Magazine , 21 October 1990 1990 (p. 19) y
— Appears in: Hawaii Filipino Chronicle , 16 October 2001 2001 (p. 6) y
— Appears in: The Philippine Star , 11 September 2000 2000 (p. L16) y
— Appears in: San Francisco Examiner , 23 September 2001 2001 (p. C1) y
— Appears in: RealTime , April - May 1997 1997 (p. 12) y
— Appears in: Monitor , 10 October vol. 10 no. 15 2000 2000 (p. 4) y