Background
Lanot, Marra Patricia Licad was born on March 17, 1944 in Manila. Daughter of Serafin and Gloria Licad Lanot.
("Cool, keen and clean, her verse is a lens through which ...)
"Cool, keen and clean, her verse is a lens through which minutiae are seen unfurling and details emerge in relief, like a submarine world of weed and coral seen through a glass brightly." -Nick Joaquin
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Lanot, Marra Patricia Licad was born on March 17, 1944 in Manila. Daughter of Serafin and Gloria Licad Lanot.
Bachelor, University of The Philippines, 1965.
Apprentice Tamaraw Public Company, Inc., Philippines, 1964-1965. Editorial assistant University of Philippines, 1965. Graduate assistant University Philippines Press, 1965-1966.
Editorial assistant Alemar-Phoenix Public Company, 1973-1975. Public relations/public information assistant National Manpower and Youth Council, Philippines, 1975-1976. Columnist Ang Bagong Masa, Philippines, 1985, National Midweek, Philippines, 1986-1989.
Literature editor, columnist Mirror Weekly magazine, Philippines, since 1994. Lecturer department film, College Mass Communications University of Philippines, 1989-1994, department English College of Arts and Letters, since 1995. Fellow, Philippine delegate International Writing Program, University Iowa, 1986.
Delegate V Encuentro de Poetas del Mundo Latino, Ministry Foreign Affairs and University National Autónoma de Mexico, Guadalajara, 1990, non-governmental organization Forum on Women, United Nations, Huairou and Beijing, 1995, IV Encuentro International de Poetas Mujeres, Estudios de la Cultura Mixteca, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1996. Speaker 6th International Feminist Book Fair, Melbourne, Australia, 1994. Philippine representative Kuala Lumpur World Poetry Reading, Malaysian Ministry Education, 1994.
("Cool, keen and clean, her verse is a lens through which ...)
National council officer GABRIELA, Philippines, 1985-1986. Founding member Women's Solidarity in the Philippines, 1985-1986. Member Lakas ng Kababaihan, 1985-1986.
Member Philippine Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, National Press Club, Women's Media Circuit, Women Involved in Creating Cultural Alternatives (founding), Concerned Artists of Philippines Women's Desk (founding, coordinator), Philippine Astrol. Studies, Inc., others.
Married Jose F. Lacaba, December 24, 1970. 1 child, Kris Lanot Lacaba.