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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)

Amado’s

PlayMuntinglupa, 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

Ricarte referred to Abadilla as 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] Abadilla helped found the Kapisanang Panitikan in 1935 and edited a

magazine called Panitikan

Major LITERARY works

Ako Ang DaigdigAbadilla's major breakthrough in Philippine poetry was when he

wrote the poem "Ako ang 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's tanagas. In Filipino poetry, a tanaga is a short poem of one stanza with 7-7-7-7 syllabic verse, with an AAAA rhyme scheme. Usually, a tanaga is embedded with symbols.

Tanagabadilla is a coined term consisting of tanaga and Abadilla.

Parnasong Tagalog:

Katipunan ng mga piling tula mula kina Huseng Sisiw at

Balagtas hanggang sa kasalukuyang panahon ng

pamumulaklak at pagkaunlad (Tagalog Works: Compilation of

Poems from Huseng Sisiw through Francisco Balagtas

until Present Times of Flourishing Philippine Poetry).

Genoveva Edroza-MatuteBorn January 3, 1915Died March 21, 2009 (aged 94) her own bedroom, CubaoOccupation writerNationality FilipinoGenres Short storySpouse(s) Epifanio G Matute

Genoveva’s Literary 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 JoaquínWriter

Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín was 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 Quijano de Manila. Wikipedia

Born: May 4, 1917, Paco, ManilaDied: April 29, 2004, San Juan, Metro

ManilaBooks: Reportage on the Marcoses, 1964-

1970Awards: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative

Communication ArtsMovies: In Just the Wink of

Known literary Work

Tatarin was authored by National Artist Nick Joaquin. Its original title was "A Witches

Sabbath in Three Acts" and ws based 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) Jeseph Estrada and Other Sketches (1977) Nora Aunor & Other Profiles (1977) Ronnie Poe & Other Silhouettes (1977) Reportage on Lovers (1977) Reportage on Crime (1977) Amalia Fuentes & 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

Lazaro Francisco was Filipino writer known for his novels such as Ama and Daluyong. He was awarded the National Artist for Filipino Literature in 2009. Francisco also received the Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Literature in 1970.

Francisco wrote 12 novels which were serialized and eagerly read in Liwayway,

the weekly Tagalog magazine

Ama is a novel written by Lazaro Francisco and was published in 1929. It first appeared in chapters in the weekly Liwayway Magazine. It has been reprinted by the University of the Philippines Press (UP Press) since 1997. The novel features the issue regarding agrarian reform, abusive treatment to the poor, force labor to the kasama and the fate of the three brothers who, in their innocence, have the same status in life.

Daluyong is a novel written by Lazaro

Francisco and first published in 1962.

The story revolves around the vague

and difficult future that awaits those

who want a meaningful change in

society.

ILAW SA HILAGA, serialized in Liwayway from 1946 to 1947. Adjudged the best novel written during the fisrt 5 years of the Philippine Republic. Acclaimed by literary critics.

MAGANDA PA ANG DAIGDIG, serialized in Liwayway in 1956. A critically-acclaimed novel and regarded by many as the author's masterpiece along with its sequel, Daluyong.

BAYANG NAGPATI-WAKAL, published in Alitaptap from 1931 to 1932. Later, to be rewritten under the title, "Ilaw Sa Hilaga".

ANG PAMANA NG PULUBI, serialized in Liwayway in 1935 and adapted for the stage by SSG. It was filmed by the Philippine Films under the direction of Eduardo de Castro with Alma Bella and Jose Padilla, Jr. in lead roles. Another box-office hit of the 30s.

SUGAT NG ALAALA, published in Liwayway in the 1951. Adjudged "Nobelang Ginto ng 1951" by the Kalipunan nang Pambansa ng mga Alagad ng Sining. Regarded by critics as the best Tagalalog novel written about the 2nd World War.

Bienvenido N. Santos (1911–1996) was a Filipino-American fiction, poetry and

nonfiction writer. He was born and raised in Tondo, Manila. His family roots are originally from Lubao,

Pampanga, Philippines. He lived in the United States for many years where he

is widely credited as a pioneering Asian-American writer.

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)

Nonfiction• . Memory's Fictions: A Personal History (1993)• Postscript to a Saintly

Life (1994)• Selected Letters: Book 1 (1995)• Selected Letters: Book

2 (1996)