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 A Low-Residency ProgramBino A. Realuyo was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. He has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the School of International Service of The American University in Washington, D.C. and Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His poetry and fiction have appeared in several literary journals and anthologies in the U.S. and the Philippines including The Kenyon Review, Manoa, New Letters and The Nation. He received the 1998 Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from Poetry Society of America and 2000 New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for fiction. He edited The NuyorAsian Anthology: Asian American Writings in New York City published by the Asian American Writer's Workshop and Temple University Press in 1999 (awarded PEN Open Book Award 2000). His acclaimed debut novel, The Umbrella Country was released in March 1999 by Ballantine Reader's Circle, Random House. The novel was included in Booklist's "Top Ten First Novels of 1999," a finalist for Barnes and Noble's "Discover Great New Writers Award" and a recipient of an Asian American Literary Award 2000. He is an educator in adult literacy and lives in Manhattan. For more information, see his homepage.
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