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Luisa Igloria is a Louis I. Jaffe Professor and University Professor of English and Creative Writing at Old Dominion University. She served as the 20th Poet Laureate of Virginia (2020-2022) and received a 2021 Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets.
Her literary work explores themes of migration, cultural identity, memory, and the Filipino diaspora through multiple genres including poetry, creative nonfiction, and literary criticism. She maintains an active creative practice of writing at least one poem daily for over twelve years.
Awards include the 2021 Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (Philippine National Lifetime Achievement Award), 2015 Resurgence Prize (UK), and 2014 May Swenson Poetry Prize. She has published 14 poetry collections and teaches in ODU's MFA Creative Writing Program.
- Poet Laureate of Virginia (2020-2022)
- Academy of American Poets Fellowship (2021)
- Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (2021)
- Resurgence Prize for Poetry (2015)
- May Swenson Poetry Prize (2014)
