Manuel Estabilla Arguilla

 Born in Nabrebcan, Bauang La Union

 June 17, 1911 - August 30, 1944
 Died in Manila Chinese Cemetery by Beheading
Works:
 How my brother Leon brought home a wife., Midsummer , Heal, A son is
born ,Morning in Nabrebcan, Rice
Other infos:
 Studied in University of the Philippines
 Became a writing teacher in University of Manila

Aurelio Tolentino
 Born in Santa Cristo Guagua Pampanga
 October 15, 1869 - July 5, 1915
 Buried in Manila North Cemetery
Works
 Lagrimas Malayas, Sinukuan, Filipinas and España, Sinagtala, Kambal, Duplo,
Neneng, Hindi Sinadya, Dos jarrones de oro, Makata, Puñal del Muerto, Rizal y los
Dioses, Ayer, Hoy, y Mañana, Nuevo Cristo, Germinal, La Rosa, Paz Buen Viaje,
Boda Maldita, Liceo, Manila Satirica, Aray!, kahapon, Ngayon, at Bukas, And ang
Bagong Cristo.
Other infos:
 Studied In Colegio de San Juan de Letran and University of Santo Thomas
 He met Andres Bonifacio and became a member of the katipunan

Wilfredo Ma. Guerrero

 Born in Ermita Manila
 January 22, 1910 - April 28, 1995
Works:
 Movie Artists, Basketball Fight, Wanted: A Chaperone, Forever, No Todo Es Risa
Frustrations.
Other Infos:
 He is the first Filipino to have a theater named after him within his lifetime, the
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater of the University of the Philippines.
 Guerrero received three national awards: the Rizal Pro-Patria Award in 1961, the
Araw ng Maynila Award in 1969, and the Republic Cultural Heritage Award in
1972.

Jose Garcia Villa

 Born in Manila’s Singalong District
 August 5, 1908 - February 7, 1997
Works:
 Many Voices, Poems by Doveglion, Have Come Am Here, Volume Two,
Selected Poems and New, Poems 55, Appasionata, Footnote to youth: Tales of
the Philippines and Others, Philippine short stories: Best 25 Short Stories of
1928, A Celebration of Edith Sitwell, The Anchored Angel, The emperor’s New
Sonnet.
Other Info:
 Awards: Order of National Artists of the Philippines Tubod National Artist,
LNNCHS Award for Literature, YFC Fellowship/ Campus Kuya, UP Golden
Jubilee Literary Contests, Pro Patria Award, Heritage Award.

Alejandro Roces
 July 13, 1924 - May 23, 2011
Works:
 We Filipinos are Mild Drinkers, My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken, Of Cocks and
Kites, Fiesta, Poems 55, and Something to Crow About.
Other Info:
 Changing the date of Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12
 Recovering the stolen original manuscripts of Noli Me Tangere, El
Filibusterismo and Mi último Adiós
 Changed the language used in Philippine passports, coins, bills and diplomas
to Wikang Pambansa

Edith Tiempo
 Born in Bayombobong Nueva Vizcaya Philippines
 April 22, 1919 - August 21, 2011
 Died in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental Philippines
Works:
 Halaman, Bonsai, A Blade of Fern, His Native Coat, The Alien Corn, One:
Tilting Leaves, The Builder, The Jumong, Abide, Joshua, The Tracks of Babylon,
The Charmer’s Box, Marginal Annotations, Condemned Contend Beyond
Extensions.
Other Info:
 National Artist Award for Literature (1999)
 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
 Cultural Center of the Philippines (1979)
 Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas (1988)

Francisco Arcellana
 September 6, 1916 - August 1, 2002
 As a National Artist he received a state funeral at the Libingan ng mga Bayani
Works:
 Selected Stories, Poetry and Politics: The State of Original Writing in English in
the Philippines Today, The Francisco Arcellana Sampler, Philippine PEN
Anthology of Short Stories, Fifteen Stories: Story Masters 5, Frankie, The Man
Who Could Be Poe, Death in Factory, Lina, A Clown Remembers, Divided by
Two, The Mats, The Other Woman, To Ouch You, I Touched Her, I Wait For
You, and Prayer.
Other Info:
 Arcellana pioneered the development of the short story as a lyrical prose-poetic
form within Filipino literature.
 The University of the Philippines conferred upon Arcellana a doctorate in
humane letters, honoris causa in 1989.
F. Sionil Jose
 Born in Rosales Pangasinan
 December 3, 1924 - January 6, 2022
 Died in Makati Metro Manila Philippines
Works:
 Po-on, The Pretenders, My Brother My Executioner, Mass, Tree, Gagamba,
Viajero, Sin, Ben Singkol, Ermita, Vibora!, Sherds, Muse and Balikbayan: Two
Plays, Three Filipino Women, Two Filipino Women, The God Stealer, Puppy
Love, Olvidon, Platinum;ten Filipino Stories, Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Stories,
Asian PEN Anthology, The Molave and The Orchid, In Seach of the Word, We
Filipinos: Our Moral Malaise, Our Heroic Heritage, Soba Sensei and Shibuya: A
Memoir of Post War Japan, Heroes in Attic, Termites in the Sala: Why We are
Poor, This I believe: Gleanings from a Life in Literature,Literature and
Liberation, and The Feet of Juan Bacnang.

Cirilo Bautista
 July 9, 1941 - May 6, 2018
 He received his basic education from Legarda Elementary School (1st Honorable
Mention, 1954) and Victorino Mapa High School (Valedictorian, 1959). He
received his degrees in AB Literature from the University of Santo
Tomas (magna cum laude, 1963), MA Literature from St. Louis
University, Baguio (magna cum laude, 1968), and Doctor of Arts in Language
and Literature from De La Salle University-Manila (1990). He received a
fellowship to attend the International Writing Program at the University of
Iowa (1968–1969).
Works:
 Summer suns, The Cave and Other Poems, The Archipelago, Charts, Telex, Sugat
ng Salita, Kirot Ng Kataga, Sunlight On Broken Stones, Tinik Sa Dila: Isang
Katipunan Ng Mga Tula, The Trilogy Of Saint Lazarus, Believe and Betray: New
and Collected Poems, Third World Geography, Pedagogic, Villanelle For Old
Men, Stories, Galaw ng Asoge, Breaking Signs, Words And Battlefields: A
Theoria On The Poem, The Estrella D. Alfon Anthology Vol. I – Short Stories,
Bullets And Roses: The Poetry Of Amado V. Hernandez / A Bilingual Edition.

Nick Joaquin
 May 4, 1917 - April 29, 2004
 Used a pen name Quijano de Manila
Works:
 May Day Eve, Prose and Poems, The House On Zapote Street, The Woman Who
had Two Navels, La Naval de Manila and Other Essays, A Portrait of the Artist as
Filipino, Tropical Gothic, A Question of Heroes, Joseph Estrada and Other
Sketches, Nora Aunor & Other Profiles, Ronnie Poe & Other
Silhouettes, Reportage on Lovers, Reportage on Crime, Amalia Fuentes & Other
Etchings, Gloria Diaz & Other Delineations, Doveglion & Other
Cameos, Language of the Streets and Other Essays, Manila: Sin City and Other
Chronicles, Pop Stories for Groovy Kids, Reportage on the Marcoses, Language
of the Street and Other Essays, The Ballad of the Five Battles, Reportage on
Politics, Tropical Baroque, The Aquinos of Tarlac: An Essay on History as Three
Generations, Almanac for Manileños, Cave and Shadows, The Quartet of the
 Tiger Moon: Scenes from the People Power Apocalypse, Collected
Verse, Culture and History: Occasional Notes on the Process of Philippine
Becoming, Intramuros, Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young, Mr. Rural
Reform: The Times and Tidings of Manny Manahan, The D.M. Guevara Story,
Mr. F.E.U., the Culture Hero That Was Nicanor Reyes, Rizal in Saga: A Life for
Student Fans, ABE: A Frank Sketch of E. Aguilar Cruz, Siglo Filipino : Odyssey
of a Nation, The Sorrows of Vaudeville, and Summer Solstice.

Gregorio Coching
 Born in Buting, Pasig City in 1892
 Used the Pen Name Kalingkingan
Works:
 Sanggumay, Baliya, Nita Ravinsky, Okami San, Dama de Noche, Nanay Ko,
Babae ng Bayan, Teniente Rosario, Hara Siri, and Ilaw ng Langit.
Other Info:
 He translated into Tagalog John Milton’s Paradise Lost.
 He is the Father of Francisco Coching a noted comic writer and excellent
illustrator.

Lope K. Santos
 Born in Buting Pasig Metro Manila
 September 25, 1879 - May 1, 1963
Works:
 Banaag at Sikat, Ag Paggiggera, Kundangan…! Nobelang Tagalog Katha,
Tinging Pahapaw sa Kasaysayan ng Pamitikang Tagalog, Puso’t Diwa, Sino Ka?
Ako’y Si… 60 sagot na mga Tula, Mga Hamak na Dakila: 60 Tula, and
Makabagong Balarila?: Mga Puna at payo sa “Sariling Wika”.
Other Info:
 In 1940, Santos published the first grammar book of the "national
language", Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa (Grammar of the National Language)
which was commissioned by the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (SWF). The next
year, he was appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon as director of SWF until
1946. When the Philippines became a member of the United Nations he was
selected to translate the 1935 Constitution for UNESCO. He was also appointed
to assist in the translation of inaugural addresses of presidents Jose P.
Laurel and Manuel A. Roxas. His pen name is “Berdugo”

Bernardo Del Rosario Jr.

 Amazing indeed that this mechanical engineering graduate of the University of
the Philippines, and now associate professor of the Rizal Technological
University, would be a twice-awarded literary personality for works in Filipino.
 In 1966, he won the first prize in the Palanca Awards for his one-act play, Itim
ang Kulay ng Paruparo. In 1968, he won first prize in the Liwayway novel
contest for Ang Panginoon ng Madera.
 Effacing and mostly reticent, he is a living proof of “depth in silence.”
 He lives in Sagad with his family, where his roots have always been.
Federico Licsi Espino Jr.
 Born in 1939 in Palatiw, Pasig, multi-awarded Federico Licsi Espino, Jr. received
his journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1959. He worked as
editorial assistant of Saturday Mirror Magazine. Later, he became a freelance
writer, writing in four languages: English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Ilocano.
 He also authored collections of stories: The Country of Sleep, Percussive, Blood,
and Geometries, Bright and Dark.
 He wrote two Palanca winning plays: The Ricebird Has Brown Wings and Lady
Macbeth/ A Black Symphony in Three Movements.
 Espino continues to live and write in Palatiw, Pasig City.

Benigno R. Juan
 November 20, 1938 - ~
Works:
 Ang mga Deboto, Bagyo, Ina, Kapag di ukol, Kotse, Maluwalhating Pasko, Sa
Paskong Darating, Si Tatang, Sorpresa, Sumpa, Ang mga tinik ni Sigfreda, Wala
nang lawin sa bukid ni Tata Felipe, Trahedya, Tagtuyot, Saan ihahanap ng
puwang ang hininga’t panagimpan, Piitan, Pangamba, Orasyon, Monumento,
Malas, Maibabalik pa ba?, Lagablab ng isang yagit, Kabayu-kabayuhan, Isang
ganap na paglaya, Inhustisya, Ibagsak ang ano, kailan at paano, Gusto kong
umiyak, Duguang sapatos, Dilim, Ama, Masarap, Masakit Umibig (Taliba
newspaper, 2006), Bahay Kuwago (Taliba, 2006), and Futuristic.
Awards:
 Seven Don Carlos Palanca Awards, Ten Surian ng Wikang Pambansa awards for
essay, Two Samahang Balagtas awards for fiction, The Binhi Award for
Agricultural Writing, An Outstanding Pasigueño Award for literature and
journalism (1994), 2005 Outstanding Senior Citizen of Pasig City Award, 2006
Gawad Pambansa Alagad ni Balagtas, which was given by the Unyon ng
Manunulat ng Pilipinas