Romalyn Ante

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Romalyn Ante
FRSL
Born
Lipa, Philippines
Websitewww.romalynante.com

Romalyn Ante FRSL is a Filipina-British poet, editor, and cognitive behavioral therapist. She has received a number of accolades for her work, including the Manchester Poetry Prize.

Early life and education

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Romalyn Ante was born in Lipa, Batangas[1] during her hometown's fiesta of San Sebastian. Her grandfather was a manghihilot and shaman.[2] In 2005 at age 16, Ante joined her mother, an NHS nurse, in Wolverhampton, England.[3]

After completing secondary school, Ante studied nursing and specialised in renal dialysis as well as counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy,[4] graduating in 2012.[5] Ante began writing English-language poetry around 2014 and took an Arvon Foundation class in 2016.[6]

Career

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Ante became co-founding editor of Harana Poetry and was appointed deputy editor of Ambit.[6] Her debut pamphlet Rice & Rain (V Press) received the 2018 Saboteur Award for Best Poetry Pamphlet. She also won the 2017 Manchester Poetry Prize[7] and the 2018 Poetry London Clore Prize.[8]

In 2019, Ante signed her first book deal with Chatto & Windus (a Penguin Random House imprint),[9] through which she published her debut collection titled Antiemetic for Homesickness in 2020. In the collection, the poet balances writing about her experiences working as an NHS nurse with nostalgia for her childhood in the Philippines.[10] Antiemetic for Homesickness was shortlisted for the 2021 Jhalak Prize and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. It was named The Observer Poetry Book of the Month and one of the best poetry books of 2020 by Irish Times.[11]

Ante spoke at the 2022 TEDxNHS event titled Reconnected[12] and introduced a selection pamphlet titled Ten Poems About Angels.[13] In 2023, Ante was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[14]

In 2024, Ante reunited with Chatto & Windus for her second poetry collection Agimat. The collection also touches on stories from working as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic, this time incorporating elements from Japanese occupation in the Philippines as well as the Filipino mythological character, Mebuyan.[15]

Personal life

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As of 2022, Ante is married.[5] On the side since 2017, she has helped run a Filipino shop in Wolverhampton.[6]

Bibliography

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Fiction

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  • The Left-Behind Child – novel (Chatto, forthcoming 2026)

Collections

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  • Antiemetic for Homesickness (2020)
  • AGIMAT (2024)

Pamphlets

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  • Rice & Rain (2017)

Select contributions

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  • "Half-empty" in Primers Volume Three (2018)
  • in The Good Journal #3 (2019)
  • in State of Play: Poets of East & Southeast Asian Heritage in Conversation (2023)

Selections

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  • Ten Poems About Angels (2022)

Accolades

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Year Award Category Title Result Ref
2017 Creative Future Writers' Awards Platinum Poetry "Way Back Home" Won [16]
2017 Manchester Poetry Prize Won [a][7]
2018 Saboteur Awards Best Poetry Pamphlet Rice & Rain Won
2018 Poetry London Clore Prize First Prize "Names" Won [8]
2021 Dylan Thomas Prize Antiemetic for Homesickness Longlisted [17]
Jhalak Prize Shortlisted [18]
2024 Poetry Book Society "Autumn Recommendation" Agimat [19]
2025 Jhalak Prize Poetry Prize Longlisted [20]

Notes

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  1. ^ Jointly won with Laura Webb

References

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