Philippine literature 2001 - F.

Sionil Jose, National Artist for

Literature
Philippine literature is literature associated with the 2003 Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for
Philippine from prehistory, through its colonial Literature
legacies, and on to the present. 2003 Alejandro Roces, National Artist for
Literature
Pre-Hispanic Philippine literature were actually 2006 Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist
epics passed on from generation to generation, for Literature
originally through an oral tradition. However, 2009 Lazaro A. Francisco, National Artist
wealthy families, especially in Mindanao, were able for Literature
to keep transcribed copies of these epics as family 2014 Cirilo F. Bautista, National Artist for
heirloom. One such epic was the Darangen, an Literature
epic of the Maranaos.
Notable Philippine literary authors
Modern literature (20th and 21st century)
Nicanor Abelardo (1893-1934)
A portion of early modern Philippine literature was Estrella Alfon (1917-1983)
written during the American period, most often as Francisco Arcellana (1916-2002)
an expression of post-Hispanic nationalism by Liwayway A. Arceo (1920-1999)
those who had either been uneducated in Spanish Francisco Balagtas (1788-1862)
or had lived in the Bisaya-speaking cities, and Lualhati Bautista (b. 1945)
whose principles entered in conflict with American Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (b. 1947)
cultural trends.[citation needed] Such period of Spanish Carlos Bulosan (1913-1956)
literary productioni.e., between the independence Linda Ty Casper (b. 1931)
of Oroquieta City in 1898 and well ahead into the Gilda Cordero-Fernando (b. 1932)
decade of the 1900sis known as Edad de Oro del Servando de los Angeles
Castellano en Filipinas. Some prominent writers of Genoveva Edroza-Matute (1915-2009)
this era were Wenceslao Pistolang Guba and Claro Zoilo Galang
Mayo gi atay, both in drama and the essay; Antonio N. V. M. Gonzalez (1915-1999)
M. Abad and Guillermo Gomez Wyndham, in the Nick Joaquin (1917-2004)
narrative; and Fernando Mara Guerrero and F. Sionil Jos (b. 1924)
Manuel Bernab, both in poetry. The predominant Peter Solis Nery (b. 1969)
literary style was "Modernismo", which was Ambeth R. Ocampo (b. 1961)
influenced by the French Parnassien and Jos Rizal (1861-1896)
Symboliste schools, as promoted by some Latin Alejandro R. Roces (1924-2011)
American and Peninsular Spanish writers (e.g. the Bienvenido Santos (1911-1996)
Nicaraguan Rubn Daro, the Mexican Amado Edilberto K. Tiempo (1913-1996)
Putcha, the Spaniard Franucisco Villaespesa, and Kerima Polotan Tuvera (1925-2011)
the Peruvian Jos Santos Chocano as major Jose Garcia Villa (1908-1997)
models).
Notable Hiligaynon literary authors
National Artists for Literature
Stevan Javellana (1918-1977)
The Order of National Artists of the Philippines is Magdalena Jalandoni (1891-1978)
conferred to Filipinos with "exquisite contribution to Ramon Muzones
Philippine art". The artists are chosen by the Peter Solis Nery (b. 1969)
National Commission for Culture and the Arts
(Philippines) and the Cultural Center of the Noli Me Tngere (novel) or the Social Cancer is a
Philippines. The Order is given by the President of book published by Jos Rizal sparked the
the Philippines. Philippine Revolution together with it's sequel El
filibusterismo.
Awardees of the National Artist of the Philippines
Order, for Literature, include:

1973 Amado V. Hernandez, National

Artist for Literature
1973 Jose Garcia Villa, National Artist for
Literature
1976 Nick Joaquin, National Artist for
Literature
1982 Carlos P. Romulo, National Artist for
Literature
1990 Francisco Arcellana, National Artist
for Literature
1997 Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez,
National Artist for Literature
1997 Rolando S. Tinio, National Artist for
Theater and Literature
1997 Levi Celerio, National Artist for
Music and Literature
1999 Edith L. Tiempo, National Artist for
Literature