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Romalyn Ante
FRSL
Born
Romalyn Pusikit Ante

January 1989
Lipa, Philippines
Websitewww.romalynante.com

Romalyn Pusikit Ante FRSL (born January 1989) is a Filipino-British poet, editor, and specialist nurse practitioner. She has received a number of accolades for her work, including the Manchester Poetry Prize.

Early life

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Ante was born in Lipa, Batangas[1] during her hometown's fiesta of San Sebastian. Her grandfather was a shaman.[2] In 2005 at age 16, Ante joined her mother, an NHS nurse, in Wolverhampton, England.[3] After completing secondary school, Ante studied nursing and specialised in renal dialysis as well as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy,[4] graduating in 2012.[5] Ante began writing English-language poetry around 2014 and took an Arvon Foundation class in 2016.[6]

Career

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Ante became co-founding editor of Harana Poetry and was apointed deputy editor of Ambit.[6] Her debut pamphlet Rice & Rain (V Press) received the 2018 Saboteur Award for Best Poetry Pamphlet. She also won the 2017 Manchester Poetry Prize[7] and the 2018 Poetry London Clore Prize.[8]

In 2019, Ante signed her first book deal with Chatto & Windus (a Penguin Random House imprint),[9] through which she published her debut collection titled Antiemetic for Homesickness in 2020. In the collection, the poet balances writing about her experiences working as an NHS nurse with nostalgia for her childhood in the Philippines.[10] Antiemetic for Homesickness was shortlisted for the 2021 Jhalak Prize and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. It was named The Observer Poetry Book of the Month and one of the best poetry books of 2020 by Irish Times.[11]

Ante spoke at the 2022 TEDxNHS event titled Reconnected[12] and introduced a selection pamphlet titled Ten Poems About Angels.[13] In 2023, Ante was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[14]

In 2024, Ante reunited with Chatto & Windus for her second poetry collection AGIMAT. The collection also touches on stories from working as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic, this time incorporating elements from Japanese occupation in the Philippines as well as the Filipino mythological character, Mebuyan.[15]

Personal life

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As of 2022, Ante is married.[5] On the side since 2017, she has helped run a Filipino shop in Wolverhampton.[6]

Bibliography

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Non-fiction

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  • GRIT (TBA) – memoir (working title)

Collections

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  • Antiemetic for Homesickness (2020)
  • AGIMAT (2024)

Pamphlets

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  • Rice & Rain (2017)

Select contributions

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  • "Half-empty" in Primers Volume Three (2018)
  • in The Good Journal #3 (2019)
  • in State of Play: Poets of East & Southeast Asian Heritage in Conversation (2023)

Selections

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  • Ten Poems About Angels (2022)

Accolades

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Year Award Category Title Result Ref
2017 Creative Future Literary Awards Platinum Poetry "Way Back Home" Won [16]
2017 Manchester Poetry Prize Won [a][7]
2018 Saboteur Awards Best Poetry Pamphlet Rice & Rain Won
2018 Poetry London Clore Prize First Prize "Names" Won [8]
2021 Dylan Thomas Prize Antiemetic for Homesickness Longlisted [17]
Jhalak Prize Shortlisted [18]

Notes

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  1. ^ Jointly won with Laura Webb

References

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  1. ^ Rumens, Carol (31 January 2022). "Poem of the week: #family by Romalyn Ante". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ^ Novio, Eunice Barbara C (22 February 2021). "Filipina nurse in UK Romalyn Ante also making waves through poetry". Inquirer. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. ^ Mehrban, Kibriya (7 January 2020). "Comfort Meeting by Romalyn Ante". Overhear. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Romalyn Ante: Poetry, Perms and Potatoes". OX Magazine. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b Dib, Roula-Marie (3 March 2022). "The Feminine: Interview with Romalyn Ante". Indelible Literatute. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "How to work in the arts: Kostya Tsolakis & Romalyn Ante (harana poetry)". Young Poets Network. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Romalyn Ante and Laura Webb joint winners of Manchester Poetry Prize". The Poetry Society. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Poetry London Clore Prize 2018 FIRST PRIZE: Names by Romalyn Ante". Poetry London. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  9. ^ Wood, Heloise (24 June 2021). "Chatto & Windus expands poetry list with three new poets". The Bookseller. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. ^ Kellaway, Kate (7 July 2020). "Poetry book of the month: Antiemetic for Homesickness by Romalyn Ante – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Best Poetry Books of 2020". Irish Times. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Performers". TEDxNHS. 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Angels earthly and celestial in poems of beauty and love". Candlestick Press. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Romalyn Ante, Janice Galloway and Kaite O'Reilly made Royal Society of Literature Fellows". Blake Friedmann. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  15. ^ Cuttle, Jade (24 September 2024). "Agimat by Romalyn Ante review – spells to ward off trauma". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Trusting your voice and beyond: an interview with CFLA17 Platinum Poetry winner, Romalyn Ante". 23 April 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Dylan Thomas Prize 2021: Longlist Announced". Wales Arts Review. 2021-01-21. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  18. ^ "Jhalak Prize Shortlist". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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Category:British Asian writers Category:British women poets Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Category:Filipino emigrants to England Category:Filipino women poets Category:People from Lipa, Batangas Category:People from Wolverhampton Category:Writers from the West Midlands (county)

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