Poetic Obituaries: The "love poet," as she [Ophelia Dimalanta]

preferred to be called, is regarded as the country's most important woman poet and one of the best Filipino writers in English.

Her celebrated poetry collection, "Montage," won an award from the Iowa State University and the Palanca in 1974.

She continued to influence the Philippine literary landscape with succeeding poetry collections such as "The Time Factor and other Poems" (1983), "Lady Polyester: Poems Past and Present" (1993), and "Love Woman" (1998). In 2004, UST published the "The Ophelia A. Dimalanta Reader," featuring a selection of her best works.

from The Varsitarian: Funeral Mass for Dimalanta set
then Philippine Daily Inquirer: Media, letters mourn death of Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta, well-loved poet and

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