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Eunice Andrada

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Eunice Andrada is a Filipina poet, educator, and organizer. Her debut poetry collection Flood Damages (Giramondo Publishing, 2018) won the Anne Elder Award and was a finalist for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry and the Dame Mary Gilmore Award. She has performed her poetry on diverse international stages, including the UN Climate Conference in Paris, Sydney Opera House, and Parliament of New South Wales.

Her previous works have been awarded the John Marsden & Hachette Australia Prize (2014) and shortlisted for the Fair Australia Prize (2018). Through her work in ecopoetics, she was awarded the Australian Poetry & NAHR Eco-Poetry Fellowship in Northern Italy. Her poetry is currently exhibited in the Museum of Sydney to accompany the photography exhibition A Thousand Words. Of Ilonggo heritage, she was born in Quezon City and raised moving between Iloilo and Manila. She currently lives and writes on unceded Gadigal land.  

Eunice Andrada reads her poems at Anakbayan’s community fundraiser for the families of farmers murdered by the Philippine military, 2019; photo: Bryle Leaño

Eunice Andrada reads her poems at Anakbayan’s community fundraiser for the families of farmers murdered by the Philippine military, 2019; photo: Bryle Leaño

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