CLPW - AUTHORS FROM PH REGION

doctrina christiana

• written in 1593 by fray juan de plasencia

• an early roman catholic catechism and one of the first books printed in the philippines

francisco lopez

• translated the first iloko poems

• published the first iloko book, a doctrina christiana translation

leona florentino

• national poetess of the philippines

• known as the “mother of philippine women’s literature” and “the bridge from oral to written tradtion”

pedro bucaneg

• was a filipino poet blind from birth

• father of ilocano literature

• wrote the ilocano epic poem “biag ni lam-ang”

biag ni lam-ang

is an epic of the ilocano people from the ilocos region

ines cammayo

• first prize for “people of consequence”

• second prize for “on friends you pin such hopes”

• second prize for “tears, melancholy”

fernando maramag

• excelled as a poet and journalist in english

• authored the poem “the rural maid"

anicio pascual

• authored “juan manalaksan”

• he is from arayat, pampanga

macaria garcia

narrated two stories: suan, the good guesser and suan’s good luck

suan, the good guesser

suan’s good luck

macaria garcia narrated these 2 stories

manuel reyes

• tagalog from rizal province

• narrated “suan eket”

jose rizal

• wrote “legend of maria makiling”

• also “noli me tangere and “el filibusterismo”

mariano perfecto

• father of bicol literature

• he published the first bikol paper “ang parabareta”

ibalon

ancient name of bicol region

western visayas literature

also known as panayanon literature

paktakon

a type of riddle in western visayas literature

hurubaton

a type of proverb in western visayas literature

vicente sotto

• father of cebuano literature

• wrote the first written cebuano literature “maming”

ang suga

first cebuano newspaper

clodualdo del mundo

he wrote the poem “ang kaniyang mga mata”

carlos angeles

he wrote the poem “gabu”

short stories

examples are magnificence by estrella alfon and footnote to youth by jose garcia villa

nick joaquin

wrote the poems “happy ever after” and “the martyr”