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M. Evelina Galang (born Harrisburg, PA in 1961) is an American novelist, short story writer, editor, essayist, educator, and activist of Filipina descent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first1=M. Evelina )〕 Her novel ''One Tribe'' won the AWP Novel of the Year Prize in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An Interview with Evelina Galang )〕 == Biography == Maria Evelina Galang, the eldest of six children, was the first American-born member of her family. Her father, Miguel T. Galang, a physician, and mother, Gloria Lopez-Tan Galang, met in the United States while she was earning a Master's degree in English at Marquette University, and he was in residency at a local hospital. After returning to live in the Philippines when Galang was one year old, the family immigrated permanently to the United States to avoid the coming Marcos dictatorship. The family lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Baltimore, Saskatchewan, and Peoria before settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when Galang was ten.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.voicesatvona.org/mission/ )〕 Galang earned a degree in radio, TV, and film at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983. She briefly worked at an NBC affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin, as a producer and on-air arts/entertainment reporter. Relocating to Chicago, she forged a 20-year career as a script and continuity supervisor in TV commercial production. Over the same period, Galang pursued an MFA in creative writing at Colorado State University, completing her degree in 1994. After teaching creative writing at Old Dominion University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Iowa State University, Galang received a 2002 Fulbright Research Fellowship, allowing her to spend eight months in the Philippines researching the stories of surviving comfort women.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first1=M. Evelina )〕 Upon her return to the United States, Galang joined the Creative Writing Program at the University of Miami, where she is a professor of English. She became director of the program in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An Interview with Evelina Galang )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M. Evelina Galang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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