Linda Ty Casper

Linda Ty Casper (kamundagan 1931) sarong parasurat na Filipino. Siya nakaresibe nin S.E.A. Write Award.

Siya minundag sa ngaran na Belinda Ty sa Malabon, Philippines kan taon nin 1931. Kan kasagsagi nin World War ll, nakaistar siya sa puder kan saiyang lola habang an saiyang ama nagtatrabaho sa Philippine National Railways asin an saiyang ina nag tatrabaho sa Bureau of Public Schools. Dae mabilang ang istorya kan saiyang lola manungod sa pagsakit kan mga pilipino asin katalingkasan kun kaya dae naghaloy, iyo ini an naging laog kan saiyang mga surat. Nagtapos si Linda Ty Casper sa University of the Philippines nin sarong valedictorian, pakatapos nakua niya an saiyang Master's degree sa Harvard University for International Law. Kan 1956, nagpakasal siya ki Leonard Casper, sarong professor emeritus kan Boston College na saro man kritiko kan Philippine Literature. Igwa sindang duwang aking babae na nakaistar sa Massachusetts.

An saiyang mga nagibo kaiba na an historical novel Dream Eden asin political novels na may ngaran na Awaiting Trespass, Wings of Stone, A Small Party in the Garden, asin Fortress in the Plaza. Igwa man siyang naka-publish nin tulong koleksyon nin halipot na mga istorya na nagpapahiling nin cross-section kan Filipino society.

Kan 1992, an Tides and Near Occasions of Love nanggana sa Philippine PEN short story prize; asin man sa UNESCO International Writers' Day, London; asin an SEAWrite Award sa Bangkok. An "Triptych for a Ruined Altar" piglakip sa Roll of Honor kan The Best American Short Stories, taon nin 1977.

An saiyang nobela na Awaiting Trespass na tugot sa politikal na sensitibong tema kan tortyur kan rehimeng Marcos, iniluwas kan Readers International kan London. An obra na ini nagtao nin dakulang atensyon sa saiya sa Estados Unidos sa enot na pagkakataon, asin man napili sa Britanya an nobela bilang saro sa limang pinaka-magayon na mga obra nin piksyon hale sa sarong babae na parasurat na iniluwas kan 1985-1986.

 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
A River, One-Woman Deep: Stories (novella and short stories), PALH (Philippine American Literary House), 2017; University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2018
Will You Happen, Past the Silence, Through the Dark?: Remembering Leonard Ralph Casper (biography), PALH (Philippine American Literary House), 2022

 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

 Sources 

 Grow, L. M. "Ty-Casper (1931-)".The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature. Ed. Guiyou Huang. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2009, 937-940.