REPRESENTATIVE

TEXT AND
AUTHORS FROM
REGIONS OF THE
PHILIPPINES
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REGION 1:
Ilocos Region
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Pedro
Bukaneg

March 1592 - 1630

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○ blind since childhood

Pedro ○ the first known Ilokano
Bukaneg poet.
○ the "Father of Ilokano
Poetry and Literature."
○ authored the popular epic
known as Biag ni Lam-ang
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BIAG NI LAM-ANG
 Notable for being the first Philippine
folk epic to be recorded in written
form, and was one of only two folk epics
documented during the Philippines'
Spanish Colonial period, along with the
Bicolano epic of Handiong.
The story is a mix of adventure and
romance with exciting and unpredictable
outcomes.
 Characters
◈ Lam-ang - the son of Don Juan and
Namongan
◈ Don Juan - the father of Lam-ang
◈ Namongan - wife of Don Juan
◈ Ines Kannoyan - wife of Lam-ang
◈ Sumarang - the enemy of Lam-ang 6
Settings Theme

◈ Nalbuan ◈ Bravery,
(now part when
of the displayed
northern positively,
part of the makes one
Philippines honorable.
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REGION 2:
Cagayan Valley
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Florentino
Hornedo

October 1938- December 2015

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○ Professor, cultural studies pioneer

and expert in Ivatan culture.
Florentino ○ known for his studies on Philippine
ethnic traditions, precolonial and
Hornedo colonial history and contemporary
society.
○ He was a prolific writer, researcher
and author of journal articles,
monographs and books
When the Adipasayaw Birds Pass
Florentino H. Hornedo
When the adipasayaw birds pass
under the eaves of the house, gumayam gumamitay,
serve them wine in a glass cup
because they are birds of our Lord God.
(Gold of the East, gold of the West,)
it is not that you are not being offered blood of a
piglet
it is not that you are not being sprinkled with wine
darkly rich with age
which can come from the rich field of Vachi.
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 When the Adipasayaw Birds
Pass
Florentino H. Hornedo

◈ From Laji: Anu Maddaw Ka Mu Lipus: an

Ivatan Folk Lyric Tradition by Dr.
Florentino H. Hornedo, published by the
University of Santo Tomas Publishing
House in 1997. Translated into English
and reprinted with permission from Dr.
Florentino Hornedo.
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REGION 3:
Central Luzon
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Francisco
Balagtas

April 1788- Febuary 1862

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Florante at Laura
 Balagtas wrote the epic during
his imprisonment.
He dedicated it to his sweetheart
María Asuncion Rivera, whom he
nicknamed "M. A. R." and is
referenced to as "Selya" in the
dedication
Florante at Laura is a love story.
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○ A prominent Filipino poet, and

Francisco is widely considered one of the
Balagtas greatest Filipino literary
laureates for his impact on
Filipino literature.
○ The famous epic, Florante at
Laura, is regarded as his
defining work.
Characters
◈ Florante- Duke of Albania and the main
protagonist of the novel.
◈ Laura- Daughter of King Linceo of Albania.
She is the love interest of Florante.
◈ Aladdin/Aladin- Son of Sultan Ali-Adab of
Persia.
◈ Flerida- Aladin’s fiance. 17
Settings Theme
◈ Christians and
◈ Kingdom Non-Christian,
of love, betrayal,
Albanya friendship,
happiness, pain,
grief and social
reality
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REGION 4-A:
CALABARZON
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Dr. Jose
P. Rizal

June 19, 1861- December 30, 1896

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○ Rizal was a prolific writer and

Jose was anti-violence. He rather fights
using his pen than his might.
Rizal ○ Rizal's two books "Noli Me
Tangere" (Touch Me Not) which
he wrote while he was in Berlin,
Germany in 1887 and "El
Filibusterismo" (The Rebel) in
Ghent, Belgium in 1891
Our Mother Tongue- Poetry (Jose P. Rizal)
If truly a people dearly love
The tongue to them by Heaven sent,
They’ll surely yearn for liberty
Like a bird above in the firmament.
Because by its language one can judge
A town, a barrio, and kingdom;
And like any other created thing
Our Mother Tongue- Poetry (Jose P. Rizal)

Every human being loves his freedom.

One who doesn’t love his mother tongue;
Is worse than putrid fish and a beast;
And like a truly precious thing
It therefore deserves to be cherished.
Our Mother Tongue- Poetry (Jose P. Rizal)
The Tagalog language akin to Latin,
To English, Spanish, angelical tongue;
For God who knows how to look after us
This language He bestowed us upon.
As others, our language is the same
With alphabet and letters of its own,
It was lost because a storm did destroy
On the lake the Bangka in years by gone
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REGION 4-B:
MIMAROPA
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Malou Leviste
Jacob

1948-Present
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○ Is a playwright.
MALOU
○ Jacob has been a resident
JACOB
playwright of PETA. She
finished Bachelor of Arts in
Communication in Maryknoll
College (now Miriam College).
In the eyes of many, Juan Tamban is a spectacle, someone
you can’t help but look at and be
disgusted of, a street child who eats rats,
cockroaches, and lizards to earn a living. In the eyes
of the authority, he is a juvenile criminal guilty of
snatching. In the eyes of the academe,
he is an oddity worthy of a special JUAN
case study, a case which Marina Torres,
a graduate student-social TAMBAN
worker, reluctantly accepts.
Will Marina be able to make an
objective study or will her heart triumph over the mind
when she becomes closer to the harsh realities of injustice
and abuse that is Juan’s life? Is she really helping the
child or just helping
herself? 28
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REGION 5:
BICOL
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ESTELITO BAYLON
JACOB

September 3, 1973- Present

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Estelito ○ He finished secondary educationat

Baylon the Ateneo de Naga University and
earned the degree of bachelor of
Jacob
secondary education.
○ He is one of the editors of Bangraw,
A bikol magazine, and currently the
president of kabulig, bikol writers
association.
Mga Nirukitdukit
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REGION 6:
WESTERN
VISAYAS
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ALICE TAN
-GONZALES
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ALICE TAN-
GONZALES
○Ilonggo
story writer
Sa Taguangkan sang Duta kag Iban pa nga
Sugilanon

◈ Seguiban Press,
Iloilo, 2009 — a
collection of short
stories in Hiligaynon
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REGION 7:
CENTRAL
VISAYAS
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MICHAEL
OBENIETA
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○ Was born in Cebu ,Philippines and a

MICHAEL truly Cebuano indeed. He writes
OBENIETA poetry and prose in both Cebuano
and English.
○ The most famous work of him are
“New writers speak up and mantala”
, “Likhaan” , “Fiction(1996 to 1997)”
,
Kay Ang Kahilom Usa Usab Ka Siloy
Haw-ang ang tanang Mitugdon sa iyang dila
garay, tanang ang agiw sa naugdaw
pasumbingay, Nga mga balhibo sa ugis
Kon motugbaw ang pako ug langyaw
sa panghupaw ni Nga langgam. Inanay
nanay:Pastilan, pa-ita naabo ang bulok
ining gredwan ra ta, Sa iyang matang
nagkaawop, nagpirok-
Kilawon unta’ng inengles
pirok.
kon kasabot pa…
Kay Ang Kahilom Usa Usab Ka Siloy
Samtang iyang gipahiluna Ug sarang na ang siga-
ang karaang antipara sayaw sa among lamparilya.
Samtang gapunsisok ang Sa among amakang
mga anunugba bungbong misalida
Sa among bag-ong Ang iyang kamot,
plorisin. Kaniadtong mipasundayag og pako
lunhaw tadlas
Ang akong pagtilok sa Sa akong alimpatakan. Aron
dili ka maihalas
gamut ug liso, tataw
Kay Ang Kahilom Usa Usab Ka Siloy
Sama nako, matod Nga iyang gisagol sa
niya, basa gyu’g taman… sabaw isip palihi
Tin-aw gihapon hangtud Niadtong punga-punga pa
karon, dili daman, ang akong ikasulti
Ang dam-ag sa iyang Mao’y mipikas sa akong
tingog. Ug ako nagtuo dila pinaagi sa mga pulong
Nga kadtong gipaagiw Nga duna’y pako, hangtud
nga letra sa alpabeto ako karon napakong
Kay Ang Kahilom Usa Usab Ka Siloy
Sa panganod. Apan bisan
nanghupaw si nanay,
Nagkayuring sa langyaw
kong garay, wala’y
Laing tingog sama
kalunsay sa iyang
pahiyom
Gawas sa pagsiloy sa
among kahilom.
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REGION 8:
EASTERN
VISAYAS
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ILUMINADO
LUCENTE

May 14, 1883 - February 14, 1960

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○ Was a Philippine writer, primarily

ILUMINADO writing poetry and drama in the
LUCENTE Waray language. He is considered
to be one of the finest writers in the
Waray language.
○ In 1912, he was elected as a mayor
in Tacloban.
Baga Durogas Ngan Baga Tinuod (1939)
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REGION 9:
Zamboanga
Peninsula
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EMIGDIO ALVAREZ
ENRIQUEZ

1925-PRESENT
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○ He is a Filipino by
EMIGDIO
ALVAREZ birth.
ENRIQUEZ
○ He started writing at

the age of 20. He is a

novelist, & story
writer.
The White Horse Of Alih
Characters

◈ Alih - A moro that was in love with

Fermina
◈ Fermina - A beautiful bar maid
with a mole near her mouth.
◈ Lucy - Childhood crush of Alih
◈ Omar - Brother of Alih.
The white horse of alih
Settings

◈ July 4th in the

city
The white horse of alih
Theme

◈ Tells about the

traditional, faith and
beliefs of the
Filipinos.
The white horse of alih
Description

◈ The white horse of alih is a story

that examines a discrimination
based on race and religion. It
started when the two brothers
tried to kill the people celebrating
the friend-ship day. It confuses
Alih whether he will do it or not.
The white horse of alih
Description

◈ They want to kill those people

because they want to wash away
their shame and gain respect.
Then, Alih saw Fermina standing
on a float while he waits for his
brother. Eventually, his brother
Omar came and he is drunken.
The white horse of alih
Description

◈ His brother came to Fermina but

Alih blocked his way and killed his
brother. He protected Fermina. It
came to his mind that his white
horse doesn't matter. What
matters most to him is the girl he
loved.
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REGION 10:
Nothern
Mindanao
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EMMANUEL AGAPITO
FLORES LACABA

December 1948-March 1976

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Popularly known as Eman

○
EMMANUEL
Lacaba, was a Filipino writer,
AGAPITO
FLORES poet, essayist, playwright,
LACABA short story writer,
scriptwriter, songwriter and
activist, often referred to as the
"poet warrior" of the Philippines.
Salvaged Poem
◈ “In moments of pique, or youthful pride, or despair,
[Emmanuel Lacaba] had thrown or given away many
of his early poems. In 1973 he submitted to the Don
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature what
he could put together under the title Salvaged
Poems—this was before the word “salvaged”
acquired the peculiar Filipino meaning it now has, of
being executed summarily or extrajudicially.”—Jose
Lacaba, in the second edition’s editor’s note
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REGION 11:
Davao
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RICARDO
DE UNGRIA
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○ Is a Filipino poet.
RICARDO ○ He received writing residency fellowships
M. DE at the Hawthornden Castle International
Retreat for Writers in 1991 and the
UNGRIA Bellagio Study of Conference Center in
1993. In 1999, he moved to Davao City in
Mindanao to become the first dean of the
College of Humanities and Social
Sciences of the newly established UP
Mindanao campus.
 Decimal Places Poems
A first experience of America is at the heart of this
collection. In 1987, on a Fulbright grant, the author
travelled to America to study at Washington University in
St. Louis, Missouri, for his M.F.A. Creative Writing. He
stayed there for three years meeting people and making
friends, travelling whenever he could, and cultivating the
peripatetic and peregrine in himself, and gathering a rich
hoard of experiences that found expression not only in
this book but also in his subsequent books.
Decimal Places Poems
This is one Filipino native's first flush
of excitement at being in the land of
his neighbors' dreams, and the
experiences left an indelible mark on
his impressionable spirit.
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REGION 12:
SOCCSKSARGEN
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Guillermo
Gómez Rivera

September 12, 1936-Present

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○ Is a Spanish Filipino multilingual

Guillermo author, historian, educator and
Gómez linguistic scholar whose lifelong
Rivera work has been devoted to the
movement to preserve Spanish
culture as an important element of
the Filipino identity.
Con címbalos de caña (Colección Oriente -
Ed. Moreno Mejías, 2011)
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REGION 13:
CARAGA
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JOEY AYALA

June 1, 1956-Present
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○ Is a Filipino singer, songwriter and

JOEY former chairman of the music
committee of the National Commission
AYALA for Culture and the Arts. He is well
known for his style of music that combines
the sounds of Filipino ethnic instruments
with modern pop music.
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NCR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION
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NICK JOAQUIN

May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004

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○ Nicomedes "Nick" Márquez

RICARDO Joaquín
M. DE ○ was a Filipino writer, historian and
UNGRIA journalist, best known for his short stories
and novels in the English language.
○ He also wrote using the pen name
Quijano de Manila. Joaquín was conferred
the rank and title of National Artist of the
Philippines for Literature.
 Poem
Sheba, Sheba, open your Yea, I take your mouth for mine
eyes! The apes defile the to crumple,
ivory temple, the peacocks drunk with the wisdom of your
chant dark blasphemies: flesh. But wisdom never was
content and flesh when ripened
but I take your body for falls at las: what will I have
mine to trample, I laugh when the seasons mint
where once I bent the
your golden breasts into golden
knees. dust?
 Poem
Let me arise and follow the
river
back to its source: I would
bathe my bones
among the chaste
rivuletsthat quiver
out of the clean primeval
stones.
Yea, bathe me again in the
early vision
my soul tongued forth before
your mouth
made of a kiss a fierce
contrition
salting the waters of my
youth…
Sheba, Sheba, close my eyes!
Poem
The apes have ravished the inner temple,
the peacocks rend the sacred veil
and on the manna feast their fill-
but chaliced drowsily in your ample
arms, with each brief bliss that dies
my own deep sepulcher I seal.
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CAR
CORDILLERA
ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION
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FERNANDO
MAMURI
MARAMÁG
January 21, 1893-October 23, 1936
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○ A poet and essayist, Maramág translated

FERNANDO Ibanag folk songs into English, such as
MAMURI the “Cagayanon Labor Song,” “A
MARAMAG Translation of an Orphan’s Song,” and
“Cagayano Peasant Song”.
○ His essays were anthologized in
Leopoldo Yabes’ Filipino Essays in
English 1910-1954 (1954)
The Rural Maid

◈ Thy glance, sweet ◈ We parted: though

maid, when first we we met no more, My
met, Had left a heart dreams are dreams
that aches for thee, I of thee, fair maid; I
feel the pain of fond think of thee, my
regret— Thy heart, thoughts implore
perchance, is not for The hours my lips
me. on thine are laid.
The Rural Maid

◈ Forgive these words ◈ I know not what to

that love impart, And name thy charms,
pleading, bare the Thou art half human,
poet’s breast; And if half divine; And if I
a rose with thorns could hold thee in my
thou art, Yet on my arms, I know both
breast that rose may heaven and earth
rest. were mine.
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ARMM
Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao
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IMELDA MORALES
AZNAR
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○ is a writer by profession. She is currently

IMELDA working as Senior Copywriter for
MORALES OgilvyOne (Manila) the CRM and Direct
AZNAR Marketing/Digital Marketing arm of Ogilvy
& Mather.
○ Imelda writes poetry and essays. She
also writes poems and stories for
children.
OLD HOUSE

We are this house’s The old scents have

future ghosts started to vanish
moving soundlessly as we rub names off
between rooms cabinet doors.
suffusing the air with But still we hear the
our private laughter. floorboards sighing
Our smells begin to at night. It is the house
cleave to the wood. remembering.
OLD HOUSE
This house, at fifty, is Or see a waving. But always,
old enough always we feel the sorrow
to keep secrets, to
of something left behind to
gather moments.
carry the heaviness,
It has memories of lives
other than ours to bear all the marks on its
and when it skin,
remembers, we hear to open its doors, once more,
the echoes. to passing shadows.