Cecilia Manguerra Brainard | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) Cebu, Philippines |
| Occupation | Filipino writer |
| Notable work | When the Rainbow Goddess Wept |
| Website | http://www.ceciliabrainard.com/ |
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947) is an author and editor of 20 books. She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; and also founded Philippine American Literary House. Brainard's works include the World War II novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, and Woman With Horns and Other Stories. She edited several anthologies including Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and two volumes of Growing Up Filipino I and II, books used by educators.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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- ^ "What Are You Writing On?", Writers on Their Works in Progress: Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Author, TooBeautiful.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on: June 16, 2007
- ^ Casper, Leonard (1996), Sunsurfers Seen From Afar:Critical Essays 1991-1996, Manila: Anvil, p. 75, ISBN 9712705404
- ^ Ty, Eleanor (2004), The Politics of the Visible in Asian North American Narratives, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 234, ISBN 978-0802086044
- ^ Manlapaz, Edna (2003), Filipino Women Writers in English, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, p. 183, ISBN 9715504515