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{{short description|Filipino writer (born 1976)}}
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{{Philippine name|Jalbuena|Syjuco}}
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|name = Miguel Syjuco
|image = Miguel Syjuco Frankfurter Buchmesse 2015.JPG
|caption = Syjuco at Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
|birth_name = Miguel Augusto Gabriel Jalbuena Syjuco
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|11|17}}
|birth_place = [[Metro Manila]], Philippines
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|occupation = Writer
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'''Miguel Augusto Gabriel Jalbuena Syjuco''' (born November 17, 1976) is a Filipino writer from [[Manila]] and the grand prize winner of the 2008 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] for his first novel ''Ilustrado''.

==Early life and education==
Syjuco, the son of Representative Augusto Syjuco Jr. of the second district of [[Iloilo]] in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Philippine House of Representatives]], and Judy Jalbuena.<ref name="Lau">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/asia/09syjuco.html?pagewanted=1&ref=world&src=me|title=An Expatriate Filipino Writes of a Parallel Life|last=Lau|first=Joyce Hor-Chung|date=May 8, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 11, 2010}}</ref>

Syjuco graduated from high school in 1993 from the [[Cebu International School]]. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[English studies|English Literature]] from the [[Ateneo de Manila University]] in 2000 and completed his [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] from [[Columbia University]] in 2004.
In early 2011 he completed a PhD in [[English studies|literature]] from the [[University of Adelaide]].

Early in his career, he was a fellow of the 1998 [[Silliman National Writers Workshop]] in [[Dumaguete]], [[Negros Oriental]].

==Writing career==

Even before it was published, Syjuco's debut novel ''Ilustrado'' won the Grand Prize for a Novel in English at the [[2008 Palanca Awards]], the Philippines' highest literary honor. In November of the same year, Syjuco was also awarded the 2008 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] for ''Ilustrado'' (titled after the historical [[Ilustrado]] class during the [[History of the Philippines (1565–1898)|Spanish colonial period]]).<ref name="Global_Filipino_Novel">{{Cite web|url= http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/artsandbooks/artsandbooks/view/20110321-326678/Miguel-Syjuco-author-of-global-Filipino-novel-graces-Perth-Writers-Festival|title= Miguel Syjuco, author of 'global Filipino novel,' graces Perth Writers Festival|author= Sophia Lizares Bodegon|date= March 21, 2011|publisher= Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date= 10 May 2018|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125458/http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/artsandbooks/artsandbooks/view/20110321-326678/Miguel-Syjuco-author-of-global-Filipino-novel-graces-Perth-Writers-Festival|archive-date= April 13, 2014|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2010, the novel won the [[Quebec Writers' Federation Awards|QWF Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/miguel-syjuco-wins-quebec-writers-federation-prize-for-ilustrado/article1810662/print/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | title=Miguel Syjuco}}</ref> [[Quebec]]'s top literary prize, and was a [[The New York Times Book Review|New York Times Notable Book]] of 2010<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/books/review/100-notable-books-2010.html | work=The New York Times | title=100 Notable Books of 2010 | date=November 24, 2010}}</ref> as well as a ''[[The Globe and Mail|Globe and Mail]]'' Top 100 of 2010.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/the-2010-globe-100-canadian-fiction/article1813220/ | location=Toronto | work=The Globe and Mail | first1=Martin | last1=Levin | first2=Jack | last2=Kirchhoff | title=The 2010 Globe 100: Canadian fiction – The Globe and Mail | date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> The novel was also a finalist for the [[Commonwealth Writers' Prize]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/02/10/canadians-dominate-commonwealth-writers-prize-shortlists/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701133117/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/02/10/canadians-dominate-commonwealth-writers-prize-shortlists/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |title=Unknown }}</ref> a finalist for the [[Amazon.ca First Novel Award|Amazon First Novel Award]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/02/22/kathleen-winter-miguel-syjuco-among-nominees-for-amazon-ca-first-novel-award/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711204602/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/02/22/kathleen-winter-miguel-syjuco-among-nominees-for-amazon-ca-first-novel-award/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |title=Unknown}}</ref> and a finalist for the 2010 Grand Prix du Livre de [[Montreal]].'' ''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/livres/201104/08/01-4387821-miguel-syjuco-philippines-au-pays-de-la-fiction.php|title = Miguel Syjuco : Philippines, au pays de la fiction| newspaper=La Presse |date = April 8, 2011| last1=Girard | first1=Marie-Claude }}</ref>

In 2011, ''Ilustrado'' joined books by [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]], [[Aleksandar Hemon]], [[Marie NDiaye]], and [[Wells Tower]] for the [[Premio Gregor von Rezzori|Premio von Rezzori]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premiovonrezzori.org/shortlist-edition-2011.html |title=Shortlist - Edition 2011: The shortlist |access-date=2011-11-20 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704223852/http://www.premiovonrezzori.org/shortlist-edition-2011.html |archive-date=July 4, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It was also among the three top finalists for the $55,000 [[Jan Michalski Prize|Prix Jan Michalski]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/en/prix-jan-michalski/edition-2011/ | title=Edition 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203221943/http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/en/prix-jan-michalski/edition-2011/ | archive-date=2021-12-03}}</ref> an annual Swiss prize for the best international book, as well as the [[Courrier International|Prix Courrier International]], which honors the best international books translated in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2011/09/22/notre-selection-2011|title = PRIX COURRIER INTERNATIONAL. Notre sélection 2011|date = September 22, 2011}}</ref>

''Ilustrado'' has been published in 16 languages. In late 2010, the novel was published in Spanish ([[Esther Tusquets|Tusquets]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/207625/filipino-novel-ilustrado-launched-in-spain|title = Filipino novel 'Ilustrado' launched in Spain| date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref> Swedish ([[Natur & Kultur]]), and Dutch ([[Luitingh-Sijthoff|Mouria]]). In 2011, it was published in [[Serbian language|Serbian]] (Geopoetika), French (Editions Christian Bourgois), [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ([[Esther Tusquets|Tusquets]]), Italian (Fazi), Japanese (Hakusuisha), [[Czech language|Czech]] (Jota), German (Klett-Cotta), and [[Brazilian Portuguese]] ([[Companhia das Letras]]). The novel is currently taught in university and high school literature classes in the Philippines.<ref name="nyuad.nyu.edu">{{Cite web | title=Miguel Syjuco | publisher=NYU Abu Dhabi | url=https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/divisions/arts-and-humanities/faculty/miguel-syjuco.html}}</ref>

Syjuco is represented by Peter Straus at the [[Deborah Rogers|Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary Agency]] in [[London]] and by Melanie Jackson in [[New York City]]. He has sold a second book to [[North America]]n publishers.<ref name="Lau" />

In 2013, he was a [[fellow]] at the [[Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study|Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies]] at [[Harvard University]]. In 2014, he served as the International [[Artist-in-residence|Writer-in-Residence]] at [[Nanyang Technological University]] in [[Singapore]].

He is currently a [[Visiting scholar|visiting professor]] in the Literature and [[Creative Writing]] department at [[New York University Abu Dhabi]].

As a journalist, he is a contributing [[Opinion journalism|opinion writer]] for the [[The New York Times International Edition|International ''New York Times'']]. He was previously a [[Copy editing|copy editor]] at [[InDaily|''The Independent Weekly'']] (Australia) and [[Montreal Gazette|''The Montreal Gazette'']]. His articles have appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']], ''[[Newsweek]]'', the International Herald Tribune, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[Rappler]]'' (Philippines), [[Esquire (magazine)|''Esquire'']], ''[[Boston Review]]'', [[OpenDemocracy]], the [[BBC Online|BBC]], the [[CBC News|CBC]], ''[[Inside Higher Ed]]'', and others.<ref name="nyuad.nyu.edu"/>

His novel ''I Was the President's Mistress'' was published in 2022.

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