This document provides an overview of Philippine literature from pre-colonial times to the contemporary period. It outlines the major literary forms that developed during the pre-colonial, Spanish, American, Japanese and contemporary periods. It also profiles 10 influential Filipino writers such as Nick Joaquin, Jose Garcia Villa, Francisco Arcellana, F. Sionil Jose and Edith Tiempo and 1-2 of their major works. The document serves to give the reader a high-level understanding of the history and development of Philippine literature across different eras as well as highlight some of the most prominent Filipino writers.
2. Literature
literature is any written
work that is related to the
ideas and feelings of people.
Literature may be true-
taken from experience or
imaginary- made-up by the
mind.
9. Representative Writers and Works
NICK JOAQUIN
National Artist for
Literature (1976)
Famous Works:
1. The Woman Who Had Two Navels
2. The Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
3. My Manila: A History for the Young
4. The Ballad of the Five Battles
5. Almanac for Manileño
10. Representative Writers and Works
JOSE GARCIA VILLA
National Artist for
Literature (1973)
Famous Works:
1. Footnote to Youth
2. Many Voices
3. Poems in Praise of Love: The Best Love
Poems of Jose Garcia Villa
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11. Representative Writers and Works
ALEJANDRO ROCES
National Artist for
Literature (2003)
Famous Works:
1. My Brother's Peculiar Chicken
2. We Filipinos are Mild Drinkers
3. Of Cocks and Kites
4. Fiesta
5. Something to Crow About
12. Representative Writers and Works
NESTOR VICENTE
MAGDALI (N.V.M.)
GONZALES
National Artist for Literature
(1997)
Famous Works:
1. Seven Hills Away
2. The Winds of April
3. Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and
Other Stories
4. The Bamboo Dancers
13. Representative Writers and Works
LUALHATI BAUTISTA
Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awardee (1980, 1983 and
1984)
Famous Works:
1. Bata Bata Pa'no Ka Ginawa?
2. Gapo
3. Dekada '70
14. Representative Writers and Works
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
National Artist for Literature
(1990)
Famous Works:
1. Frankie
2. The Flowers of May
3. Death in a Factory
4. A Clown Remembers
15. Representative Writers and Works
F. SIONIL JOSE
National Artist for Literature
(2001)
Famous Works:
1. The Pretenders
2. Tree
3. My Brother, My Executioner
4. Mass
5. Poon
16. Representative Writers and Works
EDITH L. TIEMPO
National Artist for Literature
(1999)
Famous Works:
1. A Blade of Fern
2. The Native Coast
3. The Alien Corn
4. The Charmer's Box and Other Poems
17. Representative Writers and Works
VALERIANO HERNANDEZ-
PEÑA
Father of the Tagalog Novel
Famous Works:
1. Kasaysayan ng Magkaibigang si Nena at
Neneng
2. Mag-inang Mahirap
3. Hatol ng Panahon
18. Representative Writers and Works
CARLOS P. ROMULO
National Artist for Literature
(1982)
Famous Works:
1. Forty Years: A Third World Soldier at the UN
2. The Philippine Presidents
3. I Walked with Heroes
4. The United