Philippine Literature Authors

Father of Philippine Painting

Damian Domingo

• specialized in miniature portraits

Father of Tagalog Short Story

Deogracias Rosario

• known for his contributions to the Tagalog language and literary form.

• works: Aloha; Greta Garbo; Ang Manika ni Takeo

Father of Tagalog Poetry

(Ama ng Panulaang Tagalog)

Prinsipe ng Makatang Tagalog

Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar

• "Florante at Laura" (awit) — talinghagang pagpuna ni Balagtas sa kolonyal na Pilipinas

Hari ng Balagtasan
Makata ng Pag-ibig

Jose Corazon De Jesus “Huseng Batute”
naglapat ng titik sa “Bayan Ko”

Father of Tagalog Classics
(Ama ng Tuluyang Klasiko sa Tagalog)

Modesto de Castro
“Urbana at Feliza” - epistolary novel consisting of a series of letters exchanged between two sisters, Urbana and Feliza

Father of Philippine Linguistics
(Ama ng Lingguwistikang Pilipino)

Cecilio Lopez
- first Filipino linguists to systematically study and analyze Philippine languages using modern linguistic methods

Father of the Filipino Grammar
(Ama ng Balarilang Pilipino)

Lope K. Santos
“Banaag at Sikat” - first socialist novel in the Philippines; Bible of working class Filipinos

pseudonym: Ka Amado

Father of the Tagalog Novel

Valerio Pena
“Nena at Neneng” - first novel published in the Tagalog language; about friendship and love lives of two women, Nena and Neneng, amid societal expectations and personal struggles

Manunulat ng mga Manggagawa

Amado Hernandez

• practiced “committed art”

• Isang Dipang Langit; Luha ng Buwaya; Mga Ibong Mandaragit

Lupang Tinubuan

Jose Maria Panganiban (JOMAPA)

• known for Memoria Photographica

Life and Success

Child of Sorrow

Zolio Galang

• Child of Sorrow (First Filipino novel written in English)

• Life and Success (1st Volume of Essays in English)

• Box of Ashes and Other Stories (1st Collection of Stories in Book Form)

Ang Sampagitang Walang Bango

Inido ed Regalado

Uhaw ang Tigang na Lupa

Liwayway Arseo

First Palanca Award in short story

“Kwento ni Mabuti”
by Genoveva Matute

Madamdaming Mananalaysay ni Carmen Nakpil

Teodoro Agoncillo

• championed understanding “Philippine history from below” (perspective of the common people)

• History of the Filipino People; The Revolt of the Masses

Sa Pula, Sa Puti

Francisco Rodrigo

compilation on Philippine Botany
(1,081 plants)

Flore de Filipinas
by Manuel Blanco

Huseng Sisiw

Jose de la Cruz
- mentor of Francisco Balagtas

first Filipino essayist to write in English during the American Colonial era

Ismael Mallari

• “When I Was A Little Boy” - autobiographical essays

• “Literature is Life”

first modern short story written in English

Dead Stars

• symbolizes the disillussioned love of Alfredo for Julia
  

  by Paz Marquez Benitez

Juan Tamad series

Manuel Arguilla

Quijano de Manila

Nick Joaquin
- National Artist for Literature in 1976
- May Day Eve; The Summer Solstice

Scent of Apples

Bienvenido Santos

Letter from America

Carlos Bulosan

• Filipino-American writer

• “America is in the Heart” - semi-autobiographical novel

Rosales Saga (5 novel epic about a life or a family in different generations)

F. Sionil Jose

• Philippines’ most widely translated author

• Viajero

First Post War Novel in English

Without Seeing the Dawn
by Steven Javellana

He said, “There is no such thing as children’s literature.”

NVM Gonzales

• The Bread and Salt

Catching a Falling Star

Christina Pantoja-Hidalgo

His Native Soil

Juan Laya

“Art was not created for art’s sake, but for man’s sake.”

Salvador Lopez

• Literature and Society - won first prize in the Commonwealth Literary Awards

Pulitzer Price for Journalism (He was the only Asian to win)

Carlos P. Romulo

• National Artist for Literature (1982)

• his broadcast during the Spanish colonization was known as the “Voice of Freedom”

• 1st Asian Pres. of UN General Assembly; Phil Ambassador to the US

Father of Tagalog Zarzuela (musical play)

Severino Reyes (Lola Basyang)

• “Walang Sugat”
  - theme: patriotism, sacrifice, and the cruelty of colonial rule
  - revolves around Tenyong and Julia, lovers torn apart by war and oppression

Laong Laan, Dimasalang, Agno

Jose Rizal

• Laong Laan - “ever prepared”; used in La Solidaridad and letters

• Dimasalang - “untouched” or “untarnished”

Plaridel, Dolores Manapat

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Diego Laura

Graciano López Jaena

Father of Pampango Literature

Juan Crisostomo Sotto (Crissot)

• translated European literature like Romeo and Juliet, Faust, and Faust-type plays into Kapampangan

Pingkian, Dimasilaw

Emilio Jacinto

Taga-Ilog

Antonio Luna

Father of Cebuano Literature

Vicente Sotto

Father of Philippine Free Verse

Alejandro Abadilla

• Ako Ang Daigdig

Father of Philippine Journalism
Father of Philippine Masonry

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Father of Ilocano Literature

Pedro Bucaneg

Father of the Philippine Local Autonomy
Father of the Local Government Code

Aquilino Pimentel Jr.

Father of Philippine Movies

José Nepomuceno

• Dalagang Bukid (A Tagalog zarzuela written by Hermogenes Ilagan) - first Filipino full-length feature film

• Unang Pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal; Ang Tatlong Hambog