Literature

Short stories Novels

•Deo, 1927 •Binhi at Bunga
•Ang Beterano (Seed and Fruit),
LAZARO (The Veteran), 1925
FRANCISCO 1931 •Cesar, 1926
National Artist for
•Ang Idolo (The •Tatsulok
Literature (2009)
(February 22, 1898 Idol), 1932 (Triangle), 1946
– June 17, 1980) •Maganda pa ang
Plays Daigdig (The
•Ang Ikaapat na World is Still
Mago (The Fourth Beautiful), 1956
Mage), 1942
 Prize-winning writer Lazaro A. Francisco developed the social realist
tradition in Philippine fiction. His eleven novels, now acknowledged
classics of Philippine literature, embodies the author’s commitment to
nationalism. Already in Tagalog literature, he ranks among the finest
novelists since the beginning of the 20th century. he contributed to the
enrichment of the Filipino language and literature for which he is a
staunch advocate. He put up an arm to his advocacy of Tagalog as a
national language by establishing the Kapatiran ng mga Alagad ng
Wikang Pilipino (KAWIKA) in 1958. His masterpiece novels—Ama,
Bayang Nagpatiwakal, Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig and Daluyong—affirm
his eminent place in Philippine literature.
 Novels Poems
•Mga Ibong •Isang Dipang
Mandaragit Langit (An Arm-
(Birds of Stretch of Sky)
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
Prey),1969. •Panata sa
National Artist for
•Luha Ng Kalayaan (Pledge
Literature
Buwaya to Freedom)[5] -
(September 13, 1903 –
(Crocodile's this poem is carved
May 24, 1970)
Tears),[5] 1972. on his marble
•Pili sa Pinili headstone April 22,
Essays (Chosen from 1952
•Si Atang at ang
the Selected), •Ang Mga
Dulaan (Atang and
the Theater)
1964. Kayamanan ng Tao
Amado V. Hernandez, poet, playwright, and novelist, is among the
Filipino writers who practiced “committed art. He stripped Tagalog of its
ornate character and wrote in prose closer to the colloquial than the
“official” style permitted. His novel Mga Ibong Mandaragit, first written
by Hernandez while in prison, is the first Filipino socio-political novel
that exposes the ills of the society as evident in the agrarian problems of
the 50s. Hernandez’s other works include Bayang Malaya, Isang Dipang
Langit, Luha ng Buwaya, Amado V. Hernandez: Tudla at Tudling:
Katipunan ng mga Nalathalang Tula 1921-1970, Langaw sa Isang
Basong Gatas at Iba Pang Kuwento ni Amado V. Hernandez,
Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol at Iba Pang Akda ni Amado V.
Hernandez.