Horacio de la Costa

BIOGRAPHY

Horacio de la Costa (May 9, 1916 – March 20, 1977) was the first Filipino
Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, and a
recognized authority in Philippine and Asian culture and history.

A brilliant writer, scholar, and historian, Horacio de la Costa was born in

Maúban, Quezon on May 9, 1916 to Judge Sixto de la Costa and Emiliana
Villamayor. Ordained a Jesuit priest at the age of 30, he became, at age
55, the first Filipino provincial superior of this religious order, the Society of
Jesus.

BOOKS

Readings in Philippine history

Originally published: 1965
Author: Horacio de la Costa
Editor: Horacio de la Costa

The Jesuits in the Philippines, 1581-1768

Originally published: 1961
Author: Horacio de la Costa

Light Cavalry
Originally published: 1942
Author: Horacio de la Costa

Title Five Plays

Author Horacio De la Costa
Publisher New Day Publishers, 1982
Néstor Vicente Madali González
BIOGRAPHY

He was born on 8 September 1915 in Romblon, Philippines. González, however, was raised
in Mansalay, a southern town of the Philippine province of Oriental Mindoro. González was
a son of a school supervisor and a teacher. As a teenager, he helped his father by delivering
meat door-to-door across provincial villages and municipalities. González was also a
musician. He played the violin and even made four guitars by hand. He earned his first peso
by playing the violin during a Chinese funeral in Romblon. González attended Mindoro High
School (now Jose J. Leido Jr. Memorial National High School) from 1927 to 1930. González
attended college at National University but he was unable to finish his undergraduate
degree. While in Manila, González wrote for the Philippine Graphic and later edited for the
Evening News Magazine and Manila Chronicle. His first published essay appeared in the
Philippine Graphic and his first poem in Poetry in 1934. González made his mark in the
Philippine writing community as a member of the Board of Advisers of Likhaan: the
University of the Philippines Creative Writing Center, founding editor of The Diliman Review
and as the first president of the Philippine Writers' Association. González attended creative
writing classes under Wallace Stegner and Katherine Anne Porter at Stanford University. In
1950, González returned to the Philippines and taught at the University of Santo Tomas, the
Philippine Women's University and the University of the Philippines (U.P.). At U.P., González
was only one of two faculty members accepted to teach in the university without holding a
degree. On the basis of his literary publications and distinctions, González later taught at
the University of California, Santa Barbara, California State University, Hayward, the
University of Washington, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of
California, Berkeley. Gonzalez is buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. On 14 April 1987, the
University of the Philippines conferred on N.V.M. González the degree of Doctor of Humane
Letters, honor is cause a, "For his creative genius in shaping the Philippine short story and
novel, and making a new clearing within the English idiom and tradition on which he
established an authentic vocabulary, ...For his insightful criticism by which he advanced the
literary tradition of the Filipino and enriched the vocation for all writers of the present
generation...For his visions and auguries by which he gave the Filipino sense and sensibility
a profound and unmistakable script read and reread throughout the international
community of letters. N.V.M. González was proclaimed National Artist of the Philippines in
1997. He died on 28 November 1999 at the age of 84. As a National Artist, Gonzalez was
honored with a state funeral at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
WORKS

The Winds of April (1941)

Originally published: 1941
Author: N. V. M. Gonzalez
Genre: Autobiographical novel

A Season of Grace (1956)

Originally published: 1956
Author: N. V. M. Gonzalez
Genre: Fiction

The Bamboo Dancers (1988)

Originally published: 1959
Author: N. V. M. Gonzalez
Genre: Fiction

Bread of Salt(1993)
Originally published: 1993
Author: N. V. M. Gonzalez
Genre: Fiction

Children of the ash-covered loam, and other stories

Originally published: 1954
Author: N. V. M. Gonzalez
Genre: Fiction
MOST FAMOUS WORK
The Bamboo Dancers

(Filipino Literary Classics)

by N.V.M. Gonzalez

In the Philippines, the caste of “untouchables” is not the impoverished peasant

but the elite leadership, on which society depends so much for patronage, but
from which the masses more commonly have received indifference, cruelty, and
betrayal of purpose.

In the Bamboo Dancers... Gonzalez’s characters are discovered rather than

explained. They present themselves without comment from the author. Such
subtlety and disciplined self-restraint keep Gonzalez’s fiction far from the ordinary
“literature of protest” ... Perhaps Gonzalez’s constant attentiveness to the
manner of speech, and even to silence, owes much to his culture’s reliance, for
unobtrusive communication, on courteous consideration of others... Gonzalez’s
craft is perfectly expressive of these Asian aspects of Philippine folkways.-
Leonard Casper, Critical Survey of Long Fiction (less)
MARS RAVELO
BIOGRAPHY
Mars Ravelo (born October 9, 1916 in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines - September 12,
1988)

was a prolific writer, artist, illustrator and the recognized king of Philippine
Komiks.He was the man behind several popular characters that captivated
generations of Filipinos since the late 1940s. His crisp and humorous lines,
visualized into vivid and animated illustrations, have engrossed readers of all
ages. Perhaps this is also because of the range and depth of his characters --- from
the young to the elderly, from virtuous mortals to the superhuman. From 1950s
to 1970s, Ravelo wrote and collaborated with other illustrators and writers to
produce more than 300 komiks stories. Many of these were adapted on screen.
Who wouldn’t recognize Darna, Dyesebel, Captain Barbell, Bondying, Lastikman?
These are only some of Ravelo’s characters that have come to life beyond the
realm of the printed medium and successfully traversed into the world of cinema
and other media. His komiks novels also introduced readers to characters in
melodrama and comedy like Roberta, Trudis Liit, Ging, Maruja and Facifica
Falayfay.

Mars Ravelo’s stories have brought us into the worlds of the fantasy and the
supernatural as well as into the lives of people like us. His works show us different
views of our joys and sorrows and our weaknesses and strengths. The popularity
of komiks may have dwindled in recent years, but his characters will remain part
of Philippine pop culture.
Published Works (in alphabetical order)
1. Ako’y Nauuhaw
2. Ako’y Tao…May Dugo at Laman
3. Alicia Alonzo
4. Alipin ng Busabos
5. Alyas James Bond-ying
6. Anak ni Dyesebel
7. Ang Biyenan Kong Amerikana
8. Ang Pinasulabi
9. Angelito
10. Baby Bubut
11. Balahibong Nangangalisag
12. Bartola (Ang Mangangatay)
13. Basahang Ginto
14. Bata Batuta
15. Berdugo ng mga Anghel
16. Bitter Sweet (Ang Pait at ang Tamis)
17. Biyenang Hindi Tumawa
18. Bobby
19. Boksingera
20. Bondying
21. Booma
22. Boyoyoi
23. Buhay Pilipino
24. Bwana Hai
25. Captain Barbell
26. Captain Barbell Kontra Kapitan Bakal
27. Captain Barbell Versus Flash Fifita
28. Cumbanchera
29. Dalaginding na si Tessie
30. Darna
31. Darna at Ang Babaing Lawin
32. Darna at Ang Babaing Linta
33. Darna at Ang Babaing Tuod
34. Darna at Ang Impakta
35. Devil Pig
36. Diyosa, Queen of the Dancing Waters
37. Dobol Trobol
38. Dragonna
39. Dugo sa Mukha ng Buwan
40. Dyangga
41. Dyesebel
42. Elepanta
43. Eternally
44. Facifica Falayfay
45. Flash Bomba
46. Galo Gimbal
47. Ganid, The Last Man on Earth
48. Ging
49. Gog
50. Goomba
51. Goomboo-Roomboo
52. Goro
53. Goyo
54. Gringgo
55. Gumuhong Daigdig
56. Haydee (The Brown Girl & The White Idol)
57. Higantina, Da Big Byuti
58. Hootsy-Kootsy
59. Hudas sa Hudas
60. I Believe
61. Iniluha Ko’y Dugo
62. Inspirasyon
63. Isang Lakas
64. Ito Ba Ang Aking Ina?
65. Jack and Jill
66. Jesus Iscariote
67. Jinkee
68. Jungle Boy
69. Kamay ni Bruldo
70. Kapitan Boom
71. Kiko
72. Kitikiti
73. Kontra Partido
74. Kwatang (A Star is Born)
75. Lastikman
76. Little Lucy
77. Magic Guitar
78. Magic Makinilya
79. Mambo-Dyambo
80. Mariposa
81. Maruja
82. Miss Tilapia
83. Mowmoo
84. Nakangiting Halimaw
85. Ngitnit ng Pitong Whistle Bomb
86. Pomposa
87. Prinsesa Gusgusin
88. Raul Roldan
89. Rita
90. Rebecca
91. Roberta
92. Rodora
93. Rosa Rossini
94. Rowena
95. Rubi-Rosa
96. Selosang-Selosa
97. Si Gorio at si Tekla
98. Silveria, Ang Kabayong Daldalera
99. Sindak!
100. Suicide Susy
101. Taong Tuod
102. Teksas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita
103. Three Sisters
104. Thunderstar
105. Tiny Tony
106. Torpe (Inferiority Complex)
107. Trudis Liit
108. Tubog sa Ginto
109. Tumbando Cana
110. Varga
111. Via Dolorosa
112. Vicky
113. Zorina
CAPTAIN BARBELL

Captain Barbell is a fictional Filipino comics superhero created by writer,

Mars Ravelo and artist Jim Fernandez. His characteristics are similar to
American fictional superheroes Superman, DC Comics' Captain Marvel,
and Thor but Ravelo based his backstory on Captain America. He first
appeared in Pinoy Komiks #5 on May 23, 1963. Like Darna, he also had
an alter-ego named Tenteng, a thin, weakling and asthmatic person
whose only dream was to become strong and muscular. He also
appeared in Kampeon Komiks.

A young boy named Enteng would lift the magical barbell to become
Captain Barbell.

In previous Captain Barbell films, the Barbell which was given to Teng
by an old man is the literal barbell that we know. However, in the TV
series, the Barbell looks like a medallion with "CB" engraved on it. The
name "Captain B" is also depicted on the medallion. Teng twists the
medallion and it forms into a barbell, raises it and shouts "Captain
Barbell" to change him into the superhero. The "barbell" is actually a
power battery that grants him unlimited strength, the ability to fly, and
that big yellow muscle suit he wears. As Captain Barbell, the medallion
is depicted in his chest. To go back to his human form as Teng, he just
grabs the medallion on his chest. Teng, however, can only use his
natural powers for a short period of time before he gets exhausted. The
medallion is said to be made from Barbanium, a powerful element
discovered in the year 2016. Only an equally powerful Askobar can
counter its power.
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RAMON JULIO S. MADRIAGA

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