José Wendell Capili

Jose Wendell Capili is a poet and academic from the Philippines. He was educated at the University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines, University of Tokyo and University of Cambridge. He is an Associate Professor at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines, where he previously served as Associate Dean for Administration and Development.

Capili is the author of A Madness of Birds (poetry, University of the Philippines Press, 1998); Bloom and Memory (essays, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2002) and Mabuhay to Beauty! (popular culture, Milflores Publishing, 2003). His works have been published in The Philippines, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Austria, Malaysia, Singapore, England, Australia and the United States, including Literary Review (U.S.A.), The Poet’s Voice (University of Graz, Austria), Korea Times, Korea Herald, Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Manila Chronicle, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction, Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Tula at Maikling Kuwento, Diliman Review (University of the Philippines), Bulawan (National Commission on Culture and the Arts), Solidarity, Caracoa, Anagram (Johns Hopkins University), Mabuhay (Philippine Airlines), Sands and Coral (Silliman University), Unitas (University of Santo Tomas), Tomas (University of Santo Tomas), Budhi (Ateneo de Manila University), Philippine Studies (Ateneo de Manila University), Love Gathers All: Philippine-Singapore Anthology of Love Poetry (Singapore: Ethos Books), Flippin': Filipinos on America (New York: Asian American Writers' Workshop and Philadelphia: Temple University Press), and Westerly (University of Western Australia).

Capili is working on a research project involving Southeast Asian Diaspora Writers in Australia at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. In 2005, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS); Department of Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney; Westerly Centre, University of Western Australia; School of Creative Arts (SCA) and School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Sciences (SAGES), University of Melbourne; and Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland.

Books

Poetry

A Madness of Birds, University of the Philippines Press, 1998

Essays

Bloom and Memory, University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2002

Popular Culture

(as editor) Mabuhay to Beauty!, Milflores Publishing, 2003

Honors and Awards

Visiting Scholar at the National University of Singapore, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, University of Melbourne and University of Queensland
Australian National University Vice Chancellor's PhD Scholarship
Australian National University Graduate School Travel Award
U.P. System Doctoral Studies Fellowship
University of Malaya Cultural Centre Grant
University of Malaya Asia-Europe Institute Grant
Standard Chartered Bank and University of Hong Kong Grant, 1st Hong Kong International Literary Festival
British Council Fellow, Downing College, Cambridge
British Council Fellow, 5th Philippine-British Literary Conference, University of St. La Salle-Bacolod
Carlos P. Romulo Professorial Chair, U.P. Diliman
U.P. President's International Publication Award
U.P. System Creative Writing Grant
U.P. Diliman Gawad Chancellor for Outstanding Literary Work
Waseda University Research Fellowship, Japan
Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
Korea Foundation Research Fellowship, Seoul National University
Cambridge Overseas Trust Bursary, Clare Hall, Cambridge
UNESCO Japan Travel Award
National Olympic Memorial Youth Centre (Japan) Travel Award
Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbusho) Research Scholarship, University of Tokyo
Cultural Center of the Philippines Award for Literature
Mowelfund and Quezon City International Short Film Festival Essay Competition
The Humanist: A Magazine of Critical Inquiry and Social Concern (New York and Washington D.C.: American Humanist Association) North American Essay Contest
U.P. System Outstanding Student Artist
Writing Fellow, 18th U.P. National Writers Workshop
Writing Fellow, 28th National Writers Workshop (Dumaguete)

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