This document provides information on Philippine literature in English and notable Philippine authors. It discusses how Philippine literature in English developed as the United States established public education in the country in 1901. It then highlights some notable works in graphic novels, poetry, and fiction from authors such as Dean Francis Alfar, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Ian Rosales Casocot, Gémino Henson Abad, Cirilo F. Bautista, and Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta. Brief biographies are provided for some of these authors.

1. SCRAP
BOOK

2. Philippine
Literature
2000 UP
Prepared by:
Josephine
Gabilo

3. Philippine literature in English has its roots in the efforts
of the United States, then engaged in a war with Filipino
nationalist forces at the end of the 19th century. By
1901, public education was institutionalized in the
Philippines, with English serving as the medium of
instruction. That year, around 600 educators in the S.S.
Thomas (the "Thomasites") to replace the soldiers who
had been serving as the first teachers. Outside the
academe, the wide availability of reading materials, such
as books and newspapers in English, helped Filipinos
assimilate the language quickly.

4. Notable
Works

5. 2004- Best Comic Book (Siglo:
Freedom) The first book, had
been hailed by critics for
pushing the envelope in the
realm of graphic novels
2006- Best Comic Book (Siglo:Passion) the newest book in the Sigloseries, is one of the most ambitiouscomic book projects in Philippinepublishing and literary history.

6. The sorcery of
t he t it le ref ers
t o t he f uel t hat
powers an
imaginary
Spanish galleon
t o soar t hrough
t he skies.

7. Gintong Aklat Award
(Golden Book Award), for
Finding God: True Stories
of Spiritual Encounters (co
edited with Marily Y.
Orosa) (2009)
Magdalena (novel, Plain
View Press, 2002)
Magnificat: Mama Mary's
Pilgrim Sites (Edited by
Brainard, Anvil, 2012)

8. The 2003 UBOD New Writers Series.
The
200
3
UBO
D
New
Writ
ers
Seri
es.

9. "Care
of
Light
:
New
Poem
s and
Foun
d",
2010
Poetry
Friday
Care o
Light
by
Gemin
H. Ab
ad

10. · 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 (2006)

11. PASSIONAL
Wakes conjure in an uncanny
pall,
A kind of sepulchral air
evoking
Tombstones turned trysting
chambers
For romancing late lovers
freed
From life’s containing vaults.
How she hates funerals,
This communal show
Of makeshift grief, as leaden
Feet shove mourners in,
deader
Than the mourned dead,
The pale gloss of sympathy
Plastered on thicker than the
Expert’s swab of simulated
smile
Upon her own bemused face.

12. The
Ophelia
Alcanta
ra
Dimala
nta
Reader,
Volume
1,
Poetry
(2005)

13. Notable
Authors

14. Dean Francis Alfar (born 1969)
is a Filipino playwright, novelist
and writer of speculative fiction.
His plays have been performed in
venues across the country, while
his articles and fiction have been
published both in his native
Philippines and abroad, such as in
Strange Horizons, Rabid Transit,
The Year's Best Fantasy and
Horror and the Exotic Gothic
series.[1]
2006- Best Comic Book (Siglo:
Passion)
2004- Best Comic Book (Siglo:
Freedom)

15. author and
editor of
nineteen books.
She co-founded
PAWA or
Philippine
American is an
award-winning
Women Writers
and Artists; she
also founded
Philippine
American
Literary House.
Magdalena
(novel, Plain
View Press,
2002)
Magnificat:
Mama Mary's
Pilgrim Sites
(Edited by
Brainard, Anvil,
2012)
Gintong Aklat
Award (Golden
Book Award),
for Finding
God: True
Stories of
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

16. Ian Rosales
Casocot (born
1975) is a creative
writer and
journalist from
Dumaguete City,
Negros Oriental,
Philippines. He is
known for his
prizewinning short
stories Old Movies,
The Hero of the
Snore Tango,
Rosario and the
Stories, and A
Strange Map of
Time. He also
maintains A
Critical Survey of
Philippine
Literature, a
website on Filipino
writings and
literary criticism.
The 2003 UBOD
New Writers
Series.
Ian Rosales Casocot

17. Gémino
Henson
Abad is a
poet and
critic from
Cebu,
Philippines
.
AMakeshift
Sun, 2001
"Care of
Light: New
Poems and
Found",
2010
Gemino Henson Abad

18. Cirilo F. Bautista (born
1941) is a multi-awarded
Filipino poet, fictionist, critic
and writer of nonfiction. He
received his basic
education from Legarda
Elementary School (1st
Honorable Mention, 1954)
and Mapa High School
(Valedictorian, 1959).
· 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
(2006)
Cirilo F. Bautista

19. Ophelia Alcantara
Dimalanta (June 16,
1932 – November 4,
2010) was a poet,
editor, author, and
teacher. One of the
country's most
respected writers,
Dimalanta published
several books of poetry,
criticism, drama, and
prose and edited
various literary
anthologies. In 1999,
she received Southeast
Asia's highest literary
honor, the S.E.A. Write
Award. Passional
(2002)The Ophelia
Alcantara Dimalanta
Reader, Volume 1,
Poetry (2005)

20. Dean Francis Alfar
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