Linda Ty Casper

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

Siya minundag sa ngaran na Belinda Ty sa *[[Malabon]], [[Filipinas|Philippines]]* kan taon nin 1931. Kan kasagsagi nin *[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War ll]*, nakaistar siya sa puder kan saiyang lola habang an saiyang ama nagtatrabaho sa *[[Nasyunal na Dalan na Bakal kan Filipinas|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 *[[Unibersidad kan Filipinas, Manila|University of the Philippines]]* nin sarong *valedictorian*, pakatapos nakua niya an saiyang *Master's degree* sa *[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University 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 *[[Organisasyon kan Nagkakasararong Nasyon para sa Edukasyon, Siyensya asin Kultura|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.
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