this might help

2. At the end of the session, the students will
be able to:
a. identify canonical authors and works of
Philippine National Artists in Literature;
b. identify representative texts and authors
from each region;
c. value the contributions of local writers to
the development of regional literary
traditions; and
d. appreciate the contributions of the
canonical Filipino writers to the
development of national literature.

3. Awarded for
having made
significant
contributions to
the development
of Philippine arts
in the field of
literature.

4.  Order of National ArtistsEmblem of the Order of National Artists, which
appears on the Collar bestowed on Members.
 Awarded by Philippines TypeOrder Awarded forhaving made significant
contributions to the development of Philippine artsStatusCurrently
constitutedSovereign President of the Philippines StatisticsFirst
induction1972PrecedenceNext (higher)Order of Gabriela Silang Next
(lower)Gawad Mabini EquivalentOrder of National Scientists , Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan, Order of Lakandula - Special Class of Champion for
Life
Ribbon bar of the Order
 Order of National Artists of the Philippines (Filipino: Orden ng mga
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas) is an order bestowed by
the Philippines on Filipinos who have made significant contributions to
the development of Philippine art. Members of the Order are known
as National Artists. Originally instituted as an Award, it was elevated to
the status of Order in 2003.
 The Order is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines by
virtue of President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation № 1001 of April 2,
1972 and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. The first
award was posthumously conferred on Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo

5. Literary Canon
a collection of works by which
others are measured in terms of literary skill
and value.

6. He was a Filipino author,
essayist , teacher, dramatist
and a National Artist of the
Philippines for literature.
KNOWN FOR:
Changing the date of the
Philippine Independence Day
from July 4 to June 12
recovering the stolen
original manuscipts of Noli Me
Tangere, El Filibusterismo and
Mi Ultimo Adios
Changed the language
used in Philippine passports,
coins, bills and diplomas to
Wikang Pambansa

7.  My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken
 We Filipinos Are Mild Drinkers

8. He was one of the most widely
read Filipino writers in the English
language.
His novels and short
stories depict the social underpinnings of
class struggles and colonialism in Filipino
society.
José's works—written in
English—have been translated into 28
languages.
F. Sionil Jose holds two
distinctions in Philippine writing in
English, indeed in Philippine writing in
general.
He is the only writer who has
produced a series of novels that
constitute an epic imaginative creation
of a century of Philippine life, and he is
perhaps the most widely known abroad,
his writings having been translated into
more foreign languages than those of
any other Filipino writer.

9. LITARARY WORKS:
Novels
 The Pretenders. Manila, Solidaridad, 1962; published as The Samsons: The Pretenders; and, Mass,
New York, Modern Library, 2000.
 Tree. Manila, Solidaridad, 1978.
 My Brother, My Executioner. Manila, New Day, 1979.
 Mass. Amsterdam, Wereldvenster, 1982; London, Allen and Unwin, 1984; as Mis, Manila,
Solidaridad, 1983.
 Po-on. Manila, Solidaridad, 1985.
 Ermita. Manila, Solidaridad, 1988.
 Spiderman. Manila, Solidaridad, 1991.
 Sin. Manila, Solidaridad, 1994; published as Sins, New York, Random House, 1996.
 Dusk. New York, Modern Library, 1998.
 Don Vincente: A Novel in Two Parts (contains Tree and My Brother, My Executioner). New York,
Modern Library, 1999.
Short Stories
 The Pretenders and Eight Short Stories. Manila, Regal, 1962.
 The God Stealer and Other Stories. Manila, Solidaridad, 1968.
 Waywaya and Other Short Stories from the Philippines. Hong Kong, Heinemann, 1980.
 Two Filipino Women (novellas). Manila, New Day, 1982.
 Platinum and Other Stories. Manila, Solidaridad, 1983.
 Olvidon and Other Stories. Manila, Solidaridad, 1988.
 Three Filipino Women (novellas) . New York, Random House, 1992.
 Uncollected Short Stories
 "The Chief Mourner" (serial), in Women's Weekly (Manila), 11 May-10 July 1953.
 "The Balete Tree" (serial), in Women's Weekly (Manila), 4 March 1954-6 July 1956.

10. He was from Camiling,
Tarlac.
He was
a Filipino diplomat,
statesman, soldier, journalist
and author. He was a
reporter at 16, a newspaper
editor by the age of 20, and
a publisher at 32. He was a
co-founder of the Boy Scouts
of the Philippines, a general
in the US Army and the
Philippine Army, university
president, President of the
UN General Assembly, was
eventually named one of the
Philippines' National Artists in
Literature

11.  I Saw the Fall of the Philippines
 Mother America
 My Brother Americans
 I see The Philippines Rise

12. Bautista was born in Manila
on July 9, 1941 and spent his
childhood in Balic-Balic, Sampaloc.
He was a Filipino poet,
critic and writer of nonfiction. He
was conferred with the National
Artist of the Philippines award in
2014.
Bautista taught creative
writing and literature at St. Louis
University (1963–1968) and
the University of Santo
Tomas (1969–1970) before moving
to De La Salle University-Manila in
1970.
He is also a co-founding
member of the Philippine Literary
Arts Council (PLAC) and a member
of the Manila Critics Circle,
Philippine Center of International
PEN and the Philippine Writers
Academy.

13. Poetry
 Summer suns (with Albert Casuga 1963)
 The Cave and Other Poems (1968)
 The Archipelago (1970)
 Charts (1973)
 Telex Moon (1981)
 Sugat ng Salita (1985)
 Kirot Ng Kataga (1995),
 Sunlight On Broken Stones (2000)
 Tinik Sa Dila: Isang Katipunan Ng Mga Tula (2003)
 The Trilogy Of Saint Lazarus (2001)
 Believe and Betray: New and Collected Poems (2007)
 Third World Geography
Fiction
 Stories (1990)
 Galaw ng Asoge (2004)
 Literary Theory and Cultural Studies
 Breaking Signs (1990)
 Words And Battlefields: A Theoria On The Poem (1998)
 The Estrella D. Alfon Anthology Vol. I – Short Stories (2000)
 Bullets And Roses: The Poetry Of Amado V. Hernandez / A Bilingual Edition (translated Into English
And With A Critical Introduction) (2002)

14. He was a Filipino writer,
historian and 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.
He has been considered one
of the most important Filipino
writers, along with José
Rizal and Claro M. Recto, his major
works are in English, but was
native Spanish speakers, unlike
Rizal and Recto whose
masterpieces were written in
Spanish.

15. ]
 May Day Eve (1947)
 Prose and Poems (1952)
 The House On Zapote Street (1960)
 The Woman Who had Two Navels(1961)
 La Naval de Manila and Other Essays (1964)
 A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1966)
 Tropical Gothic (1972)
 A Question of Heroes (1977)
 Joseph Estrada and Other Sketches (1977)
 Nora Aunor & Other Profiles (1977)
 Ronnie Poe & Other Silhouettes (1977)
 Reportage on Lovers (1977)
 Reportage on Crime (1977)
 Amalia Fuentes & Other Etchings (1977)
 Gloria Diaz & Other Delineations (1977)
 Doveglion & Other Cameos (1977)
 Language of the Streets and Other Essays (1977)
 Manila: Sin City and Other Chronicles (1977)
 Pop Stories for Groovy Kids (1979)
 Reportage on the Marcoses (1979)
 ar Cruz (2004)
 Language of the Streets and Other Essays (1977)
 Manila: Sin City and Other Chronicles (1977)
 Pop Stories for Groovy Kids (1979)
 Reportage on the Marcoses (1979)
 Language of the Street and Other Essays (1980)
 The Ballad of the Five Battles (1981)
 Reportage on Politics (1981)
 Tropical Baroque (1982)
 The Aquinos of Tarlac: An Essay on History as Three
Generations (1983)
 Almanac for Manileños
 Cave and Shadows (1983)
 The Quartet of the Tiger Moon: Scenes from the People
Power Apocalypse (1986)
 Collected Verse (1987)
 Culture and History: Occasional Notes on the Process of
Philippine Becoming (1988)
 Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young (1990),
 Mr. Rural Reform: The Times and Tidings of Manny
Manahan (1990),
 The D.M. Guevara Story (1993),
 Mr. F.E.U., the Culture Hero That Was Nicanor
Reyes (1995).
 Rizal in Saga (1996)
 ABE: A Frank Sketch of E. Aguilar Cruz (2004)

16. He was a Filipino poet, literary
critic, short story writer, and painter.
He was awarded the National Artist
of the Philippines title for literature in 1973.
He used the pen name Doveglion
(derived from "Dove, Eagle, Lion"), based on
the characters he derived from himself.
These animals were also explored by
another poet E. E. Cummings in Doveglion,
Adventures in Value, a poem dedicated to
Villa.
He is known to have introduced
the "reversed consonance rhyme
scheme" in writing poetry, as
well as the extensive use of
punctuation marks—
especially commas, which made
him known as the Comma Poet.
He was considered as one
of the finest contemporary poets
regardless of race or language.
Villa, who lived in Singalong,
Manila

17. He was a Filipino composer
and lyricist who is credited to
writing not less than 4,000 songs.
Celerio was recognized as
a National Artist of the Philippines
for Music and Literature in 1997.
He is also known for using
the leaf as a musical instrument
which led to being recognized as
the "only man who could play music
using a leaf" by the Guinness Book
of Records. This led to him making
guest appearance in television
shows recorded outside the
Philippines.
Aside from being a
musician, Celerio is also poet. He
was also a film actor who appeared
in various Philippine films of the
1950s and 1960s.

18. Edith L. Tiempo (April 22, 1919 –
August 21, 2011), poet, fiction writer,
teacher and literary critic was
a Filipino writer in the English language.
Tiempo was born in Bayombong,
Nueva Vizcaya, but later became a resident
of Dumaguete City , Negros Oriental,
Her poems are intricate verbal
transfigurations of significant experiences as
revealed, in two of her much anthologized
pieces, "Lament for the Littlest
Fellow" and "Bonsai." As fictionist, Tiempo is
as morally profound.
Her language has been marked as
"descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous
detailing." She is an influential tradition
in Philippine Literature in English.
Together with her late husband,
writer and critic Edilberto K. Tiempo, they
founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman
National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete
City, which has produced some of the
Philippines' best writers.
She was conferred the National
Artist Award for Literature in 1999

19. Bonsai

20. He was a Filipino
novelist, short story
writer, essayist and
poet. Conferred
as the National Artist of
the Philippines for
Literature in 1997.
He was born in
Romblon, Philippines.
González,
however, was raised
in Mansalay, a southern
town of the Philippine
province of Oriental
Mindoro

21. Novels
 The Winds of April (1941)
 A Season of Grace (1956)
 The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
 The Land And The Rain
 The Happiest Boy in The World
Short fiction
 "The Tomato Game".1992
 A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories. University of the Philippines Press, 1997
 The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993; University of
the Philippines Press, 1993
 Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-one Stories. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1981;
New Day, 1989
 Selected Stories. Denver, Colorado Alan Swallow 1964
 Look, Stranger, on this Island Now. Manila: Benipayo, 1963
 Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories. Manila: Benipayo, 1954; Bookmark Filipino
Literary Classic, 1992
 Seven Hills Away. Denver, Colorado: Alan Swallow, 1947
Essays
 A Novel of Justice: Selected Essays 1968–1994. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the
Arts and Anvil (popular edition), 1996
 Work on the Mountain (Includes The Father and the Maid, Essays on Filipino Life and Letters and
Kalutang: A Filipino in the World), University of the Philippines Press, 1996

22. He was
a Filipino poet, dramatist,
director, actor, critic, ess
ayist and educator.
Rolando Tinio is a
Philippine National Artist
for Theater and
Literature. He was born in
Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila
on March 5, 1937