The National Arti

sts of the Philippi

nes for Literature
OBJECTIVES

1 Identify the awardees for National Artist for Literature

Explain the contributions of each artist in the field of

2 literary arts

Create a piece concerning the Philippine contemporary

3 issues.
“The decline of literatur
e
indicates the decline of
a nation.”
—Johann Wolfgang vo
n Goethe
Received a Rockefeller
Foundation Fellowship.
 N. V. M. Gonzalez
1915 - 1999
- Year of Conferment: 1997
- Received a Rockefeller
Foundation Fellowship
- Stanford University and
Columbia University
- Poet, short story writer,
essayist, professor and recipient
of numerous awards.
His famous works:
 The Winds of April (1941)
 A Season of Grace (1956)
 The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
He is the founder of PEN
(Philippine Chapter)
 F. Sionil Jose
1924
Year of Conferment: 2001
- Presents the social
underpinnings of class
struggle and colonialism in
society
- Founder of PEN (Phil.
Chapter)
- CCP Centennial Honors
foe the Arts Awardee
 The Pretenders
- Is the story of one man’s
separation from his poor
family and the
dissipation of his wife’s
prosperous family
His pen name is Quijano
de Manila.
 Nick Joaquin
1917 - 2004
- Year of Conferment:
1976
- People’s writer
- Prolific and unparalleled
- Literary journalist
- Quijano de Manila (pen
name)
His renowned works:
The Woman Who Had Two Navels
A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino: An Elegy
in Three Scenes
My Manila: A History for the Young
Rizal in Saga: A Life for the Student Fans
His first story is the Man
who would be Poe.
 Francisco Arcellana
1916 – 2002
Year of Conferment: 1990
- One of the greatest
Filipino poets of his
generation.
- The man who would be
Poe (1st story)
- Pioneer of modern
Filipino short story in
English
Exceptional Works:
 Death in a Factory
 A Clown Remembers
 Divided by Two

Poems:
 The Other Woman
 To Touch You
 I Touched Her
He is also known as Rio Alma.
 Virgilio A. Almario
1944
- Year of Conferment: 2003
- Poet and historian from
San
Miguel de Mayumo Bulacan
- Also known as Rio Alma
- Translated works of Nick
Joaquin, Bertolt Brecht,
Maxim
Gorki and Jose Rizal’s Noli
and El Fili
Poetry Collections:
 Makinasyon
 Perigrinasyon
 Doktrinang Anakpawis
 Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo
 Muli sa Kandungan ng Lupa
He wrote his novel
Mga Ibong Mandaragit.
 Amado V. Hernandez
1903 - 1970
- Year of Conferment: 1973
- Well known for his
disapproval of social
injustices in the country.
- Believed that writers play
an important role in
society.
Novel:
 Ibong Mandaragit (prison)
Notable Works:
 Bayang Malaya
 Isang Dipang langit
 Luha ng Buwaya
 Tudla at Tudling: Katipunan ng mga Nalathalang
Tula (1921-1970)
 Langaw sa Isang basong Gatas
 Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol
His pen name is
Doveglion.
 Jose Garcia Villa
1908 - 1997
- Year of Conferment:
1973
- Eccentric writer
- Powerful literary artist
of 20th century
- Doveglion (pseudonym)
1st Collection of Short Stories:
 Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines
and Others (1933)

Poetry Collections:
 Doveglion: Collected Poems
 Poems 55
 Poems in Praise of Love: The best Love Poems
of Jose Garcia Villa
A Palanca Memorial Awardee
for Literature (The Black Monkey,
1951)
 Edith L. Tiempo
1919 - 2011
- Year of Conferment: 1999
- Palanca Memorial Award
for Literature (The Black
Monkey, 1951)
- Co-Founder of Siliman
University National Writers
Workshop (Dumaguete)
Novels:
 Blade of Fern (1978)
 The Native Coast (1979)
 The Alien Corn (1992)
Poetry Collections:
 The Tracks of Babylon and other Poems (1966)
 The Charmer’s Box and Other Poems (1993)
Founder of the
Boy Scout of the Philippines.
 Carlos P. Romulo
1898 - 1985
- Year of Conferment: 1982
- Envoy, statesman, soldier,
correspondent, writer &
founder of Boy Scouts of the
Philippines
- Pulitzer Prize Awardee in
journalism
Novel:
 The United
Autobiography:
 I Walked With Heroes
 War-time Memoirs:
 I Saw the Fall of the Philippines
 Mother America
 Philippine Rise
 Forty Years: A Third World Soldier at the UN and the
 Philippine Presidents (record of his encounters with the
country’s leaders)
First National Artist for
Historical Literature
 Carlos L. Quirino
1910 - 1997
- Year of Conferment: 1997
- 1st National Artist in
Historical Literature
- University of Wisconsin at
Madison, 1931 (Journalism)
- Assistant of Pres. Elpidio
Quirino
Biography of Manuel L.
Quezon:
 Man of Destiny (1935)
One of his finest literacy
works is “My Brother’s
Peculiar Chicken”
 Alejandro R. Roces
1924 - 2011
- Year of Conferment:
2003
- Comic short stories
writer
- Multi-awarded writer:
Rizal Pro Patria Award &
Gawad CCP para sa Sining
My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken
 Received an award in University of Arizona
 Listed in Martha Foley’s Best American
Short Stories.
Founder of KAWIKA (Kapatiran
ng mga Alagad ng Wika)
 Lazaro Francisco

1898 - 1980
- Year of Conferment:
2009
- Founder of KAWIKA
- Tanglaw ng Lahi
Awardee (Ateneo de
Manila, 1979)
Novels:
 Binhi at Bunga
 Cesar; Ama
 Bayang Nagpatiwakal
 Sa Paanan ng Krus
 Ang Pamana ng Pulubi
 Bago Lumubog ang Araw
Short Stories:
 Deo
 Ang Beterano
 Ang Idolo
 Kapulungan ng mga Pinagpala
An academician and a scholar
and has taught for almost 30
years.
 Cirilo F. Bautista

1941 -
- Year of Conferment: 2014
- Poet, fictionist & essayist
- Palanca Hall of Famer,
National Book Awards, Gawad
Jose Corazon de Jesus & Gawad
CCP sa Sining.
 Philippine Centennial Awardee for epic poetry, 199
 Academician for 30 years & scholar
Works:
 Trilogy of Saint Lazarus (2001)
 Believe & Betray: New & Collected Poems (2006)
 Galaw ng Asoge (2004)
 The House of True Desire: Essay about Life &
Literature(2011)
 Things Happen: Poems 2012 (2014)
He wrote Likhang Dila,
Likhang Diwa.
 Bienvenido Lumbera
1932 -
- Year of Conferment: 2006
- Poet, librettist and scholar
- Creative works:
Likhang Dila, Likhang
Diwa (1993)
Balaybay: Mga Tulang Luna
at Manibalang (2002)
 Sa Sariling Bayan: Apat na Dulang May Musika (2004)
 Agunyas sa Hacienda Luisita, Pakikiramay (2004)
Scholarly Works:
 Tagalog Poetry
1570 – 1898:
 Tradition and Influences in its Development
 Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology
 Revaluation: Essays on Philippine Literature
 Writing the Nation/Pag-akda ng Bansa
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