CPAR

1. THE NATIONAL
ARTISTS OF THE
PHILIPPINES FOR
LITERATURE

2. Objectives:
- Identify the awardees for
National Artist for Literature
- Explain the contributions
of each artist in the field of
literary arts

3. NATIONAL
ARTIST FOR
LITERATURE

4. FRANCISCO
ARCELLANA
1916-2002
Year of
Conferment:
1990

5. - wrote his first story, “The
Man Who Would Be Poe.”
- Considered as one of the
pioneers of modern
Filipino short story in
English.

6. - exceptional works;
fiction - “Death in a Factory”, “A
Clown Remembers”, and “Divided
by Two”.
- POEMS “The Other Woman”,
“To Touch You”, and “I Touched
Her”

7. N.V.M.
GONZALEZ
1915-1999
Year of
Conferment:
1997

8. - Nestor Vicente Madali
Gonzalez
- born on September 8, 1915
- Famed poet, short story
writer, essayist, professor, and
recipient of numerous
recognitions.

9. - WORKS: “Winds of
April” (1941), “A Season
of Grace” (1956), and
“The Bamboo Dancers”
(1988).

10. - Works were published in
several languages including
FILIPINO, ENGLISH,
CHINESE, GERMAN,
RUSSIAN and
INDONESIAN.

11. NICK
JOAQUIN
1917-2004
Year of
Conferment:
1976

12. - Considered by many as
the people’s writer because
his passion for writing
embraced the manifold
being of Filipinos.

13. - “The Sorrows of
Vaudeville”, first short
story of Joaquin, published
in 1937 by the Sunday
Tribune Magazine.

14. Joaquin’s renowned works:
- “The Woman Who Had
Two Navels”
- “A Portrait of the Artist as
Filipino: An Elegy in Three
Scenes”

15. - “Manila”
- “My Manila: A History for the
Young”
- “The Ballad of the Five
Battles”
- “Rizal in Saga: A Life for the
Student Fans”

16. - “Almanac for Manileños”
- “Cave and Shadows”
- PEN NAME: Quijano de
Manila

17. F. SIONEL
JOSE
1924-
Year of
Conferment:
2001

18. - Franciso Sionel Jose
- His literary works
represent the social
underpinnings of class
struggles and colonialism
in the society.

19. - POPULAR NOVELS - ROSALES
SAGA –
“The Pretenders”
“Tree”
“My Brother”
“My Executioner”
“Mass”
“Po-on”

20. JOSE GARCIA
VILLA
1908-1997
Year of
Conferment:
1973

21. - Works were noticeable because of
his use of comma in every word.
- First collection of short stories
was published under the title
“Footnote to Youth: Tales of the
Philippines and Others (1933)

22. - “DOVEGLION”
Jose Garcia Villa’s
pseudonym

23. - Poetry Collections:
“Doveglion: Collected Poems”
“Poems 55”
“Poems in the Praise of Love:
The Best Love Poems of Jose
Garcia Villa”

24. Much, beauty, is, less,
than, the, face, of,
My, dark, hero. His,
under, is, pure,
Lightning. His, under, is,
the, socket

25. EDITH L.
TIEMPO
1919-2001
Year of
Conferment:
1999

26. - AWARDS RECEIVED:
“National Artist for
Literature in 1999”
“Carlos Palanca Memorial
Awards for Literature” in
1951

27. - LITERARY WORKS:
“ The Black Monkey”
NOVELS: “A Blade of
Fern”(1978)
“The Native Coast (1979)”
“The Alien Corn (1992)”

28. - LITERARY WORKS:
POETRY: “The Tracks of
Babylon and Other Poems
(1966)”
“The Charmer’s Box and
Other Poems (1993)”

29. - with her husband,
“Edilberto K. Tiempo”,
founded the Silliman
University National
Writers Workshop

30. - the Silliman University
National Writers Workshop
is Asia’s longest running
writer’s workshop held in
the city of Dumaguete

31. VIRGILIO S.
ALMARIO
1944-
Year of
Conferment:
2003

32. - a.k.a. Rio Alma
- a Filipino poet and
historian
- born on March 9, 1944 in
San Miguel de Mayumo,
Bulacan

33. - his translations of Jose Rizal’s
“Noli Me Tangere” and “El
Filibusterismo” were
considered by the Manila
Critics Circle as the best
version.

34. - POETRY WORKS:
“Makinasyon”
“Perigrinasyon”
the trilogy “Doktrinang
Anakpawis”
“Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo”, “Muli”
“Sa Kandungan ng Lupa”

35. AMADO V.
HERNANDEZ
1903-1970
Year of
Conferment:
1973

36. - married to another
national artist,
Filipino actress
“Atang de la Rama”

37. - NOVELS:
“Mga Ibong Mandaragit”
“Bayang Malaya”, Isang Dipang
Langit”
“Luha ng Buwaya”
“Tudla at Tudling: Katipunan ng
mga Nalathalang Tula 1921-1970”

38. - NOVELS:
“Langaw sa Isang Basong
Gatas at Iba Pang Kuwento”
“Magkabilang Mukha ng
Isang Bagol at Iba Pang
Akda”

39. CARLOS P.
ROMULO
1898-1985
Year of
Conferment:
1982

40. - an envoy, a statesman,
soldier, correspondent,
writer, and founder of
the Boy Scouts of the
Philippines

41. - a reporter at the age of 16
and a publisher at 32
- the only Asian to be awarded
a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism
for a series of articles
forecasting the outbreak of
World War II

42. LITERARY WORKS:
“The United” (a novel)
“I Walked with Heroes” (an
autobiography)
“I Saw the Fall of the Philippines”
“Mother America”
“I See the Philippines Rise” (war-time
memoirs)

43. LITERARY WORKS:
“Forty Years: A Third
World Soldier at the UN
and the Philippine
Presidents”

44. CARLOS L.
QUIRINO
1910-1999
Year of
Conferment:
1997

45. - First Filipino to be
recognized as the
National Artists in
Historical Literature in
1997

46. - wrote “Man of Destiny”
(1935)
- most of Quirino’s topics
covered war, politics, art,
business, and agriculture

47. ALEJANDRO
R. ROCES
1924-2011
Year of
Conferment:
2003

48. - Exceptional writer of comic short
stories.
- multi-awarded writer, receiving
honors and recognitions including
the “Rizal Pro Patria Award” and
the “Gawad CCP para sa Sining”

49. LITERARY WORKS:
“My Brother’s Peculiar
Chicken”; won an award in
University of Arizona and
was listed in Martha Foley’s
best American Short Stories

50. LAZARO
FRANCISCO
1898-1980
Year of
Conferment:
2009

51. - is considered to be an icon in
Tagalog writing through his
nationalist and social criticisms.
- founded the “Kapatiran ng
mga Alagad ng Wikang Pilipino
(KAWIKA)” in 1958

52. WORKS:
Novels – “Binhi at Bunga”
“Cesar”
“Ama”
“Bayang Nagpatiwakal”
“Sa Paanan ng Krus”
“Ang Pamana ng Pulubi”
“Bago Lumubog ang Araw”

53. WORKS:
SHORT STORIES
“Deo”
“Ang Beterano”
“Ang Idolo”
“Kapulungan ng mga
Pinagpala”

54. - (1979) Ateneo de Manila
University awarded
Francisco the “Tanglaw ng
Lahi Award”

55. BIENVENIDO
LUMBERA
1932 -
Year of
Conferment:
2006

56. - an award-winning poet, librettist, and
scholar
LITERARY AND CREATIVE
WORKS:
- “Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa” (1993);
“Balabay: Mga Tulang Lunot at
Manibalang” (2002);

57. LITERARY AND CREATIVE
WORKS:
- “Sa Sariling Bayan: Apat na
Dulang May Musika” (2004);
“Agunyas sa Hacienda Luisita”,
“Pakikiramay (2004)

58. SCHOLARLY WORK IN
THE FIELD OF LITERARY
HISTORY AND CRITICISM:
- “Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898:
Tradition and Influences in its
Development”

59. SCHOLARLY WORK IN
THE FIELD OF
LITERARY HISTORY
AND CRITICISM:
- “Philippine Literature: A
History and Anthology”

60. SCHOLARLY WORK IN
THE FIELD OF
LITERARY HISTORY
AND CRITICISM:
- “Revaluation: Essays on
Philippine Literature”

61. SCHOLARLY WORK IN
THE FIELD OF
LITERARY HISTORY
AND CRITICISM:
- “Writing the Nation/Pag-
akda ng Bansa”

62. CIRILO F.
BAUTISTA
1941 -
Year of
Conferment:
2014

63. - a highly praised poet,
fictionist, and essayist
- a Palanca Hall of Famer, and
has countless awards and
honors including: “National
Book Awards”, “Gawad Jose
Corazon de Jesus”

64. - awards and honors: “Gawad
CCP Para sa Sining”
- (1998) named winner of the
“Philippine Centennial Prize
for Epic Poetry”

65. WORKS:
- “The Trilogy of Saint
Lazarus” (2001)
“Believe and Betray: New and
Collected Poems” (2006);
“Galaw ng Asoge” (2004)

66. WORKS:
- “The House of the True
Desire: Essays About Life and
Literature” (2001);
“Things Happen: Poems 2012
(2014)