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Phil. Lit 6
Phil. Lit 6
FILIPINO AUTHORS
Antonio Luna
- A pharmacist who was banished by the Spaniards to Spain. Most of his
works dealt with Filipino customs and others were accusations about how
the Spaniards ran the government. He joined propaganda movement which
he contributed his writings to LA SOLIDARIDAD
Pen name was Tagaliog
Works:
NOCHE BUENA (Christmas Eve). It pictured true Filipino life.
Works:
ANG LUPANG TINUBUAN (My Native Land)
ANG AKING BUHAY (My Life)
EMILIO JACINTO
Works:
Works:
Ang Manok Kong Bulik ("My White Rooster", 1911) - a poem about a
country man's
Works:
Works:
Sampaguita ("Jazmine") (1901)
Anak ng Dagat ("Child of the Sea")
He also authored Filipinos y filipinistas (Filipinos and Filipinists), Filipinas para los
Filipinos, Cuentos y paisajes Filipinos (Philippine Stories and Scenes) and Criminality
in the Philippines (1903–1908).
Aurelio Tolentino.
Works:
LUHANG TAGALOG
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Pascual H. Poblete
- was a Filipino writer and feminist, remarkably noted as the first translator
of Dr. José Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere into the Tagalog language.
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Nemesio E. Caravana
- He was a Filipino film director and actor. He made a film acting debut in a
1939 Filipino literature story Florante at Laura[1] under Salumbides Co Ltd.
He made another two movies as an actor in Sampaguita Pictures' musical
Magbalik ka Hirang (Come Back, Darling) and another musical from
Salumbides Pictures, Krisantemo (Chrysanthemum).
- was a Filipino statesman, jurist, poet and one of the foremost statesmen
of his generation.
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Nick Joaquin
- He was well known as a historian of the brief Golden Age of Spain in the
Philippines, as a writer of short stories suffused with folk Roman
Catholicism, as a playwright, and as a novelist. Joaquin wrote his works in
English.
- Nick Joaquin was able to publish a large body of literary works during his
time and through this, he has had great contribution to Philippine literature
in English.
Works:
Novel the Woman Who Had Two Navels (1961)
Alejandro G. Abadilla
- Commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction writer.
Critic 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 rhyme and meter".
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Liwayway A. Arceo
- was a multi-awarded Tagalog fictionist, journalist, radio scriptwriter and
editor from the Philippines. Arceo authored a number of well-received
novels.
Works:
Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa
Canal de la Reina (1973)
Titser (1995)
Bienvinido Santos
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Cirilo F. Bautista
- A poet, fictionist and essayist with exceptional achievements and
significant contributions to the development of the country’s literary arts.
He is acknowledged by peers and critics, and the nation at large as the
foremost writer of his generation.
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Anabella"
- Commonly known as Marcelo H. Del Pilar and also known by his pen name
Plaridel, was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar,
along with José Rizal and Graciano López Jaena, became known as the
leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain.
Works:
Rolando Tinio
Sitsit sa Kuliglig
Manuel Arguilla
Works:
Midsummer
Teodoro Agoncillo
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Works:
The Anchored Angel
The Emperor's New Sonnet, and Footnote to Youth
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
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Isang Dipang Langit (A Stretch of Heaven)
Bayang Malaya (Free Nation)
Alejandro Roces
- is a short story writer and essayist and considered as the country's best
writer of comic short stories.
Works:
My Brother's Peculiar Chicken
Gilda Cordero-Fernando
- Philippine culture’s towering figure, for the broad, impressive range of her
accomplishments. She has written and illustrated children’s books. She was
Filipino writer, fashion designer, artist, producer, and cultural icon
Works:
The Baker
The Candlestick Maker (1962)
Bienvenido Lumbera,
- known as Ka Bien to friends, comrades and colleagues, literary scholar,
social commentator, librettist, and poet has been chosen as 2006 National
Artist for Literature.
Works:
Rama
Hari Noli Me Tángere Bayan at Lipunan