Nicomedes 

"Nick" Marquez Joaquin (Tagalog: [hwaˈkin]; May 4, 1917 –

April 29, 2004) was a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short
stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen
name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title
of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He has been considered
one of the most important Filipino writers, along with José Rizal and Claro
M. Recto. Unlike Rizal and Recto, whose works were written in Spanish,
Joaquin's major works were written in English despite being a native
Spanish speaker. Before becoming one of the leading practitioners of
Philippine literature in English, he was a seminarian in Hong Kong – who
later realized that he could better serve God and humanity by being a
writer.
Among his voluminous works are The Woman Who Had Two Navels, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, Manila,
My Manila: A History for the Young, The Ballad of the Five Battles, Rizal in Saga, Almanac for Manileños,
Cave and Shadows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Joaquin

Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán[2] (Spanish: [maɾˈθe.lo iˈla.ɾjo ðel pi

ˈlaɾ]; Tagalog: [maɾˈse.lo ɪˈla.ɾjo del pɪˈlaɾ]; August 30, 1850 – July 4, 1896),
Marcelo H. del Pilar commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his pen
name Pláridel,[3][4] 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.[5]
Del Pilar was born and brought up in Bulakan, Bulacan. He was suspended at
the Universidad de Santo Tomás and imprisoned in 1869 after he and the parish
priest quarreled over exorbitant baptismal fees. In the 1880s, he expanded his
anti-friar movement from Malolos to Manila.[6] He went to Spain in 1888 after an
order of banishment was issued against him. Twelve months after his arrival
in Barcelona, he succeeded López Jaena as editor of the La
Solidaridad (Solidarity).[7] Publication of the newspaper stopped in 1895 due to
lack of funds. Losing hope in reforms, he grew favorable of a revolution against
Spain. He was on his way home in 1896 when he contracted tuberculosis in
Barcelona. He later died in a public hospital and was buried in a pauper's grave.[8]
On November 15, 1995, the Technical Committee of the National Heroes Committee, created through Executive
Order No. 5 by former President Fidel V. Ramos, recommended del Pilar along with the eight Filipino historical
figures to be National Heroes.[9] The recommendations were submitted to Department of Education Secretary Ricardo
T. Gloria on November 22, 1995. No action has been taken for these recommended historical figures.[9] In 2009, this
issue was revisited in one of the proceedings of the 14th Congress.[10]
In 1887 and 1888, del Pilar wrote a series of anti-friar petitions to the colonial authorities and the Queen Regent.
[68]
 On November 20 and 21, 1887, he wrote the complaints of two Navotas residents, that of Mateo Mariano[e] and
the gobernadorcillo de naturales of Navotas, to the civil governor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_H._del_Pilar

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor who is

widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the

world’s greatest dramatist. Shakespeare’s work has made a lasting

impression in particular; he expanded the dramatic potential of characterization, plot, language, and genre.

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The date of his birth is unknown, but is traditionally observed

on 23 April, Saint George’s Day. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays,154 sonnets,

three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship.His plays have been translated into

every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. We highly recommend

you to read a of his books, but as a personal favorite, we highly recommend The Merchant of Venice.

1 – Romeo and Juliet (1595) ...

2 – The Merchant of Venice (1595-96) ...
3 – Henry V (1597-99) ...
4 – Much Ado About Nothing (1598) ...
5 – Hamlet (1601) ...

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Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic who created

some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the

greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Dickens’s approach to the novel is influenced

by various things, including the picaresque novel tradition, melodrama and the novel

of sensibility.

He was born in Portsmouth, England on 7th February 1812 and began his literary

career as a journalist. Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short

stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and

campaigned vigorously for children’s rights, for education, and for other social reforms.

Dickson’s must-read novels include Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, and A Christmas Carol.
 Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE was an English

writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional

detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

Agatha was born on 15 September 1890, into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon. She is credited

with writting the world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) for her

contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her

novels having sold more than two billion copies.

And Then There Were None is Christie’s best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world’s best-

selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time.

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