NAME DESCRIPTION
ARTIST
1. Amado V. Hernandez Known for his criticism of
13 September 1903 24 social injustices
March 1970 Imprisoned for his
involvement in the
communist movement
2. Jose Garcia Villa (August 5, Finest contemporary poets
1914 February 7, 1997) regardless of race or language
known as the Comma Poet
used the penname
Doveglion (derived from
"Dove, Eagle, Lion"),
3. Carlos P. Romulo- Diplomat, statesman,
soldier, journalist, author
Pulitzer Prize for
Correspondence
might have been lived in a
different country and a
different age
4. Francisco Arcellana Writer, poet, essayist,
critic, journalist,
teacher
Master of words, and
master of storytelling
From a family of many
children
5. Nstor Vicente Madali Novelist, short story
Gonzlez (September 8, 1915 writer, essayist, poet
November 28, 1999) Articulated the Filipino
spirit in rural, urban
landscapes
6. Edith L. Tiempo Fiction writer, poet, teacher,
(April 22, 1919 August 21, literary critic
2011) Wrote Philippine literatures in
English
Works are characterized by a
remarkable fusion of style and
substance, of craftsmanship
and insight
7. Francisco Sionil Jos (born 3 Novelist, short story writer
December 1924 One of the most widely read
Filipino writers in English
His novels and short stories
depict the social
underpinnings of class
struggles and colonialism in
the society
WORKS NATIONAL
Novels: Luha ng Buwaya, Mga 1973
Ibong Mandaragit,
Poems: Bullets & Roses:Panata
sa Kalayaan
Guggenhei Fellowship in Creative 1973
Writing (Conrad Aiken)
The Anchored Angel, Doveglion
I Walked With Heroes, I am a 1982
Filipino
The Mats 1990
Children of the Ash-covered Loam, 1997
The Tomato Game, On the Ferry,
Lupo and the River
The Winds of April (1941)
A Season of Grace (1956)
The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
The Land And The Rain
The Happiest Boy in
Bonsai, Lame A Blade of Fern 1999
(1978)
His Native Coast (1979)
The Alien Corn (1992)
One, Tilting Leaves (1995)
The Builder (2004)
The Jumong (2006nt for the
Littlest Fellow
Rosales Saga novels[edit] 2001
A five-novel series that spans three
centuries of Philippine history,
translated into 22 languages
Po-on (Source) (1984) ISBN
971-8845-10-0
The Pretenders (1962) ISBN
971-8845-00-3
My Brother, My Executioner
(1973) ISBN 971-8845-16-X
Mass (December 31, 1974)
ISBN 0-86861-572-2
Tree (1978) ISBN 971-8845-
14-3
8. Virgilio S. Almario
9. Alejndro R. Roces
(July 13, 1924 May 23, 2011)
10 Bienvenido Lumbera
. Introduced Bagay poetry, a
11 Lazaro Francisco
. (February 22, 1898 June 17,
1980)
12 Cirilo F. Bautista
. born July 9, 1941)
Nick Joaquin
(May 4, 1917 April 29, 2004)
RIO ALMA
Artist, poet, critic, translator,
editor, teacher, cultural
manager
Revived and reinvented
traditional poetic forms to
modernism
Wielding a pen into untruths,
hypocrisy, injustice, etc
Author, essayist, dramatist,
Secretary of Education (1961-
1965)
The countrys best writer of
comic short stories
Ever the champion of Filipino
cultures, Roces brought to
public attention the aesthetics
of the countrys fiestas.
Poet, critic, dramatist
Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems
landmark aesthetic tendency
that has helped to change the
vernacular poetic tradition
Pioneered the creative fusion
of fine arts and popular
imagination
Novelist
Master of the Tagalog Novel
Developed the social realist
tradition in Philippine fiction,
embodied in his works his
commitment to nationalism
Poet, fictionist, essayist
Discovery of encouragements
of the young, provide insights
into the craft of writing and
correctives to misconception
about art
Nick Joaquin, is regarded by
many as the most
distinguished Filipino writer in
English writing so variedly and
so ell about so many aspects of
the Filipino. Nick Joaquin has
also enriched the English
language with critics coining
Joaquinesque to describe his
baroque Spanish-flavored
English or his reinventions of
English based on Filipinisms.
Aside from his handling of
language,
UP Diksyunaryong Pilipino,
Doktrinang Anakpawis 2003
Palipad-Hangin. (1985)
Katon Para sa Limang
Buwan, Buwang, Bulawan.
(2009
My Brothers Peculiar Chicken 2003
He was instrumental in popularizing
several local fiestas, notably,
Moriones and Ati-atihan. He
personally led the campaign to
change the countrys Independence
Day from July 4 to June 12, and
recovered Jose Rizals manuscripts
when they were stolen from the
National Archives
Tales of the Manuvu and Rama Hari 2006
in Filipino and English), 1993;
Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot at
Manibalang, 2002; Sa Sariling
Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musika,
2004;
Ama, Bayang Nagpatiwakal, 2009
Maganda pa ang Daigdig, Daluyong
Summer Suns, Words and 2014
Battlefields, The Trilogy of Saint
Lazarus, Galaw ng Asoge
The Woman Who Had Two Navels, (1976)
A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino,
Manila, My Manila: A History for the
Young, The Ballad of the Five
Battles, Rizal in Saga, Almanac for
Manileos, Cave and Shadows.