Mesandrel V. Arguelles
Associate Professor
Educational Background
AB major in Mass Communication
New Era University, Philippines
MFA in Creative Writing
De La Salle University, Philippines
PhD in Literature
De La Salle University, Philippines
Mesa虂ndel Virtusio Arguelles is a professor of literature and creative writing at De La Salle University. His research interests include contemporary art and literature, conceptual writing, and text-based experimentations. English translations (by Kristine Ong Muslim) of his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies, including聽Asymptote,听Words Without Borders, Copper Nickel, and Poetry London. In 2018, he had his first solo exhibition, Antares, at Nomina Nuda in Los Ba帽os, Laguna. He released Namamatay ang mga Nagmamahal, a 17-track CD album of his poems set to music in collaboration with several writer-musicians. A recipient of multiple national awards鈥攊ncluding the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature and Maningning Miclat Poetry Award鈥攁nd fellowships from the University of the Philippines National Writers鈥� Workshop and the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center National Workshop on Art and Cultural Criticism, Arguelles has authored more than 20 books of poetry and prose, including a volume of his collected poems, Atra: Mga Tula 1999鈥�2019 (Balangay Books, 2020), which won the Gintong Aklat Award 2023 and Three Books (Broken Sleep Books, 2020), selected by poet Ilya Kaminsky for Poetry Book Society UK Autumn 2020 Translation Choice. He finished his MFA degree in Creative Writing and PhD degree in Literature at De La Salle University.
Research Interest
- Creative Writing: Poetry
- Contemporary Poetry
- Contemporary Art
- Conceptual Writing
- Translation Studies
Selected Publications
- Ang Aming Lungkot ay Amin (poetry). Librong LIRA, 2023.
- Hollow (poetry, with English translation by Kristine Ong Muslim). Fernwood Press, 2022.
- Twelve Clay Birds: Selected Poems (with English translation by Kristine Ong Muslim). University of the Philippines Press, 2021.
- Walang Halong Biro (poetry). 开元真人Publishing House, 2018.
- Ang Iyong Buhay ay Laging Mabibigo (poetry). Ateneo de Naga University Press, 2017.