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Merlinda Bobis
Combining Philippine storytelling with migrant experience across fiction and performance.
White Turtle · Banana Heart Summer
- Born
- 25 November 1959
- Birthplace
- Legazpi, Albay, Philippines
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Merlinda Bobis
Merlinda Bobis is a Filipina-Australian writer whose work spans novels, stories, poetry and radio drama.
Early life
Legazpi
Started writing poetry at ten.
Higher education
Studied in the Philippines before completing a Wollongong doctorate in 1995.
Career
- 1990s
Australia
Developed a writing and teaching career.
- 1998
Radio recognition
Rita’s Lullaby won the Prix Italia.
- 2016
Fiction prize
Locust Girl received the Christina Stead Prize.
Selected work
White Turtle
An award-winning story collection.
Banana Heart Summer
A novel drawing on Philippine life.
Locust Girl
A speculative love story.
Beyond work
Other arts
Also practises dance and visual art.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical data and references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Merlinda Bobis official website. Copyrighted image; source credit retained · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.