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Notable Writers

Amado Vera Hernandez, commonly known as

Amado V. Hernandez (September 13, 1903–March

24, 1970), was a Filipino writer and labor leader

who was known for his criticism of social

injustices in the Philippines and was later

imprisoned for his involvement in the communist

movement. He was the central figure in a landmark

legal case that took 13 years to settle.

Isang Dipang Langit

(A Stretch of Heaven

Panata sa

Kalayaan (Oath

to Freedom)

Kung Tuyo Na ang Luha Mo

Aking Bayan (When Your

Tears Dry Up, My Country)

Muntinglupa, 1957

Hagdan sa Bahaghari (Stairway to

the Rainbow), 1958

Ang Mga Kagalang-galang (The

Venerables), 1959

Alejandro G. Abadilla(March 10, 1906–August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet,

essayist and fiction writer. Critic Pedro Ricartereferred to Abadillaas the father of modern Philippine poetry, and was known for challenging established forms and literature's

"excessive romanticism and emphasis on rime and meter".[1] Abadillahelped found the KapisanangPanitikanin 1935 and

edited a magazine called Panitikan

Major LITERARY

works

AkoAngDaigdig

Abadilla'smajor breakthrough in Philippine

poetry was when he wrote the poem "Akoang

Daigdig" ("I Am the World") in 1955. Initially, poetry

critics rejected the poem since it does not follow

the traditional poetry that uses rhyme and meter.

Tanagabadilla,

Una at Ikalawang

Aklat

(Tanagabadilla: First and Second Books)-

compilation of Abadilla'stanagas. In Filipino

poetry, a tanagais a short poem of one

stanza with 7-7-7-7 syllabic verse, with an

AAAA rhyme scheme. Usually, a tanagais

embedded with symbols. Tanagabadilla

is a coined term consisting of tanagaand

Abadilla.

ParnasongTagalog:

Katipunanngmgapiling tulamulakina HusengSisiwat Balagtashanggangsa

kasalukuyangpanahonngpamumulaklakat pagkaunlad(Tagalog Works:

Compilation of Poems from HusengSisiwthrough Francisco Balagtasuntil

Present Times of Flourishing Philippine Poetry).

Genoveva’sLiterary

works

The first prize she

was awarded was

in 1951 for her

short story entitled

Kuwento ni

Mabuti.

The second first

prize she was

awarded was

for her short

story

Paglalayag sa

Puso ng Isang

Bata.

The third first prize

that acknowledged her

work as an author was

for her short story

entitled Parusa, which

she was awarded in

1961.

Genoveva’s other Literary

works

Akoy isang tinig

Nick Joaquín

Writer

NicomedesMárquezJoaquínwas a Filipino writer, historian

and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in

the English language. He also wrote using the pen name

Quijanode Manila. Wikipedia

Born: May 4, 1917, Paco, Manila

Died: April 29, 2004, San Juan, Metro Manila

Books: Reportage on the Marcoses, 1964-1970

Awards: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism,

Literature, and Creative Communication Arts

Movies: In Just the Wink of

Tatarinwas authored by National Artist Nick Joaquin.

Its original title was "A Witches Sabbath in Three Acts"

and wsbased on the short story "Summer Solstice". Its

dramatic structure is in three acts, written in 1978.

Other literary work

1. May Day Eve (1947)

2. Prose and Poems (1952)

The Woman Who had Two Navels (1961)

La Naval de Manila and Other Essays (1964)

A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1966)

Tropical Gothic (1972)

A Question of Heroes (1977)

JesephEstrada and Other Sketches (1977)

Nora Aunor& Other Profiles (1977)

Ronnie Poe & Other Silhouettes (1977)

Reportage on Lovers (1977)

Reportage on Crime (1977)

AmaliaFuentes & Other Etchings (1977)

Gloria Diaz & Other Delineations (1977)

Doveglion& Other Cameos (1977)

Language of the Streets and Other Essays (1977)

Manila: Sin City and Other Chronicles (1977)

Tropical Baroque (1979),

Pop Stories for Groovy Kids (1979)

The cave and the shadows

Novels

• The Volcano (1965)

• Villa Magdalena (1965)

• The Praying Man (1982)

• The Man Who (Thought He)

Looked Like Robert Taylor

(1983)

• What the Hell for You Left Your

Heart in San Francisco? (1987)

Short story collections

You Lovely People (1955)

Brother, My Brother (1960)

The Day the Dancers Came

(1967, 1991)

Scent of Apples (1979)

Dwell in the Wilderness (1985)

Poetry

• The Wounded Stag

(1956,1992)

• Distances: In Time

(1983)