Canonical Authors Literature

collection of works considered representative of a certain genre and period

What is canon?

canonical authors

writers of works in canon

be recognized by the NCCA and given National Artists for Literature award

How does a writer become a canonical author in the Philippines?

National Comission on Culture and the Arts

NCCA stands for?

National Artists for Literature

highest national recognition given to Filipino writers who made significant contributions to the development of Philippine literature

Nick Joaquin

National Artist for Literature - 1976

Nick Joaquin

most distinguished Filipino writer in English writing

Quijano de Manila

Nick Joaquin's pen name

Nick Joaquin

explored Philippine colonial past under Spain and probed into the psychology of social danger as seen by the young

Jose Garcia-Villa and Amado V. Hernandez

National Artist for Literature - 1973

Doveglion

Jose Garcia-Villa's pen names

Comma Poet

What was Jose Garcia-Villa referred to as? (not his pen name)

Jose Garcia-Villa

finest contemporary poet regardless of race and language

Jose Garcia-Villa

introduced reversal consonance and comma poems

Carlos P. Romulo

National Artist for Literature - 1982

Carlos P. Romulo

had 50 years of public service as educator, soldier, university president, journalist, and diplomat; 1st Asian President of UN General Assembly and the Philippine Ambassador to US

Carlos P. Romulo

was a reporter at 16, newspaper editor at 20, publisher at 32

Voice of Freedom

Carlos P. Romulo's broadcasts during the Japanese colonization

Carlos P. Romulo

only Asian to win Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for a series of articles predicting the outbreak of World War II

Francisco Arcellana

National Artist for Literature - 1990

Francisco Arcellana

one of the most important progenitors of the modern Filipino short story in English

Francisco Arcellana

pioneered the development of short story as a lyrical prose-poetic form

Amado V. Hernandez

practiced committed art

Manunulat ng Manggagawa

What was Amado V. Hernandez known as?

Amado V. Hernandez

said that the function of a writer is to act as the conscience of the human spirit in face of inequity and oppression

Amado V. Hernandez

had works that talked about the struggles of Filipino laborers

NVM Gonzales

National Artist for Literature - 1997

NVM Gonzales

wrote of the Filipino life and of the Filipino in the world

NVM Gonzales

said that there is no such thing as children's literature; adults and children can read the same books

Nestor Vincent Madali Gonzales

NVM Gonzales full name

National Artist Award for Literature

What award did Edith L Tiempo win in 1999?