1. Francisco Arcellana - The narrator thinks of his sister Victoria who died in May.

The
narrator speaks of the great depth of pain of his father, his morher's
- was born in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
perhaps futile attempt to comfort his father over the loss
- In 1932, he entered the University of the Philippines (UP) as a pre-
2. Cirilo Bautista
medicine student and graduated in 1939 with a bachelor of
philosophy in degree - received his degrees in AB Literature from the University of Santo
Tomas (magna cum laude, 1963), MA Literature from St. Louis
- went on to medical school after receiving his bachelor's degree
University, Baguio City (magna cum laude, 1968), and Doctor of Arts
while holding jobs in Herald Midweek Magazine, where his weekly
in Language and Literature from De La Salle University-Manila
column “Art and Life” (later retitled “Life and Letters”) appeared.
(1990)
-to him, the pride of fiction is “that it is able to render truth, that is
- has also received Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards (for poetry,
able to present reality”
fiction and essay in English and Filipino)
- he kept alive the experimental tradition in fiction, and had been
- was hailed in 1993 as Makata ng Taon by the Komisyon ng mga
most daring in exploring new literary forms to express the sensibility
Wika ng Pilipinas for winning the poetry contest sponsored by the
of the Filipino people
government.
- pioneered the development of the short story as a lyrical prose-
Sample Works:
poetic form within Filipino literature
a. Sunlight on Broken Stones
- He was conferred a doctorate in humane letters, honorary degree
(honoris causa in latin), by the UP in 1989 - garnered the National Book Award given by the Manila Critics
Circle and the Gintong Aklat Award given by the Book Development
- as declared National Artist for Literature in 1990
Association of the Philippines
Other works:
b. Addressed to Himself
a. The Man Who Could be Poe (1932)
Awards:
- his first published story while still a student at Torres High School
a. Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
b. The Flowers of May
- for Literature nine (9) times for poetry, fiction and essay.
- won second prize in 1951 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for
b. National Book Award
Literature.
- given by the Manila Critics Circle for 5 times
- for The Archipelago, Sugat ng Salita, Sunlight on Broken Stones,
The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus and Tinik sa Dila.
c. Diwa ng Lahi, Gawad Antonio Villegas at Patnubay ng Sining at
Kalinangan
- This award is given to outstanding Manila artists who have
contributed to the advancement of arts and culture. 430th Araw ng
Maynila, June 22, 2001, Bulwagang Villegas, Manila City Hall.
3. Carlos P. Romulo
-Was born on Jan. 14, 1899, in Manila; but his well-to-do parents
lived in Camiling, Tarlac.
- his multifaceted career spanned 50 years of public service as
educator, soldier, university president, journalist and diplomat.
- he was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and
a publisher at 32.
- In 1931 Romulo (32 y/o) was made editor in chief of TVT
Publications, comprising three newspapers, one in English, one in
Spanish, and one in Tagalog
- Rómulo was the recipient of more than a hundred honorary
doctorates, awards, and medals, given by American and Asian
universities, organizations, and foreign governments:
 he was the only Asian to win America’s coveted
Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for a series of articles
predicting the outbreak of World War II.
- Romulo, in all, wrote and published 18 books, a range of literary
works
Sample Works:
1. I am a Filipino
- sheds light on national identity through an examination of the
Filipino’s fervent dream for freedom from colonial rule.
- “I am a Filipino born of freedom and I shall not rest until freedom
shall have been added unto my inheritance–for myself and my
children and my children’s children–forever.”
2. I walked with Heroes (autobiography)
- In I Walked with Heroes, Romulo personally reviewed his boyhood,
early life, school days, and career in which he presented the facts and
events with "frankness, intimacy, sense of person-to-person
communication". It included Romulo's memories of his parents and
the first time he met the Americans in the person of soldiers
stationed in Camiling, his native town in Tarlac. The time was during
the Philippine War of Independence. The nameless soldier taught
Romulo and other Filipino boys how to read and write in English
using Edward Baldwin's Primer. Romulo also narrated his life
in Manila when he was both a morning-time student and an evening-
time news reporter. A part of the book mentioned how Romulo was
praised by then President of the Philippine Senate Manuel L.
Quezon after writing a news item against Quezon's political
opponents. In the pages of the autobiography, the reader would find
that Romulo was comfortable in employing humor such as "telling
jokes on himself", particularly in reference to his height to make the
reader enjoy his writing. The book revealed Romulo's "unfailing faith
in mankind".
4. I see the Philippines Rise
- the reactions of a leading Filipino editor to the liberation of his
homeland.
Sources:

https://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/francisco_arcellana_2
012_5.pdf

https://www.poemhunter.com/cirilo-bautista/biography/

c/o http://www.manilatimes.net/cirilo-bautista-and-his-lifelong-
affair-with-words/112655/

http://carlospromulo.org/2009/04/i-am-a-filipino/