“I
want to write a book that makes people debate, and makes people think, interact
with each other and exchange ideas... I write because I'm engaged in this big
conversation. – Miguel Syjuco
Born in
The Philippines on this date in 1976, Syjuco started his
writing career in the early 2000s and has won multiple writing awards,
including the Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel Ilustrado. He also is a
contributing opinion writer for the International New York Times, and both his fiction and non-fiction
focus on politics, history, inequality, cultural identity, literature, and
formal experimentation. 
Currently a Visiting Professor in New York University’s Abu Dhabi writing program, he holds advanced writing degrees from both Columbia University and Australia’s Adelaide University, where he earned a Ph.D. in English Literature.
Currently a Visiting Professor in New York University’s Abu Dhabi writing program, he holds advanced writing degrees from both Columbia University and Australia’s Adelaide University, where he earned a Ph.D. in English Literature.
“I treat my writing like a day job,
like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay the
bills. I worked as a copy editor. I was a medical guinea pig. I was an eBay
power seller of ladies' handbags. I was an assistant to a bookie at the horse
races. I bartended. I did anything I could to make ends meet.”
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