Linda Ty Casper
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Linda Ty Casper is a Filipino writer who has published over 15 books including the historical novel "DreamEden" and the political novels "Awaiting Trespass", "Wings of Stone", "A Small Party in a Garden", and "Fortress in the Plaza." She has also published three collections of short stories which present a cross-section of Filipino society. In 1992, "Tides and Near Occasions of Love" won the Philippine P.E.N. short story prize; another at the UNESCO International Writers' Day, London; and the SEAWrite Award in Bangkok. "Triptych for a Ruined Altar" was in the Roll of Honor of The Best American Short Stories, 1977. She lives in Massachusetts and is a member and officer of The Boston Authors Club, founded in 1900 by Julia Ward Howe and friends. Her degrees are from the University of the Philippines and Harvard.
Her novel "Awaiting Trespass" which is about the politically sensitive theme of torture by the Marcos regime was published by Readers International of London. This work gained her major critical attention in the USA for the first time, and in Britain "Awaiting Trespass" was chosen as one of the five best works of fiction by a woman writer published in 1985-86.
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[edit] Biography
Linda Ty Casper was born in Manila in 1931. She immigrated to the United States in 1956. She is married to literary critic, Leonard Casper.
[edit] Education
- A.A. LL.B., University of the Philippines, 1949-1955
- LL.M., Harvard Law, 1956-1957
- Silliman University, 1963
- Radcliffe Institute, 1974-1975
[edit] Published works
- The Transparent Sun (short stories), Peso Books, 1963
- The Peninsulares (historical novel), Bookmark 1964
- The Secret Runner (short stories), Florentino/National Book, 1974
- The Three-Cornered Sun (historical novel), New Day, 1974
- Dread Empire (novella), Hong Kong, Heinemann, 1980
- Hazards of Distance (novella), New Day, 1981
- Fortress in the Plaza (novella), New Day, 1985
- Awaiting Trespass (novella), London, Readers International, 1985
- Wings of Stone (novella), London, Readers International, 1986
- Ten Thousand Seeds (historical novel), Ateneo, 1987
- A Small Party in a Garden (novella), New Day, 1988
- Common Continent (short stories), Ateneo, 1991
- Kulasyon: Uninterrupted Vigils (collected first chapters), Giraffe, 1995
- DreamEden (historical novel) Ateneo 1996 and University of Washington Press 1997
[edit] Awards
- Djerassi, 1984
- Filipino-American Women Network Award for Literature, 1985
- Massachusetts Artists Foundation, 1988
- Wheatland, 1990
- UNESCO/P.E.N. Short Story, 1993
- SEA Write Award, Bangkok, 1993
- Bellagio, 1994
[edit] Sources
- Ty Casper, Linda (2003). Growing Up Filipino. PALH.
