Authors from the Region II of the Philippines and

their Literary works

Florentine Hornedo

 Born on October 16, 1938 in Batches

 He was born to Leon Hornedo and Bienvenida
Hontomin.
 Hailing from Sadivug, Sabtang, Batanes, Hornedo
obtained his BSE from the University of Santo
Tomas in 1961. He received his Masters in English
and Philosophy from St. Louis University in 1996
and 1972 respectively and his Ph.D. in Literature
from UST in 1977.
 He also completed a post doctorate in History and
Political Science from UST in 1985-88 and has
trainings in Journalism and cultural Anthropology.

 As a writer, Dr. Hornedo has authored 13 books in Philosophy, Education, Culture and History. In
addition, he has been an editor of ad veritatem, a journal of Research at the UST Graduate School, and
Ivatan Studies Journal.
 A recipient of Palanca Awards for Literature in 1988. His winning essay is entitled, “Discourse of Power
in Florante at Laura”.
Number of awards such as “Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards “, “National Catholic Authors
Awards”, “Pilak Award for service to Culture, the Arts and Community”,”Batanes Provincial
Achievement Recognition for Cultural and Social Research”, “Recognition Award for Social Research”
from UST College of Education Alumni Association, and “Most Outstanding Thomasian Alumni
Awardee” in the Arts and Humanities 2006.
Fernando Maramag
 He was born on January 21, 1893 to a wealthy landowners
in Ilagan, Philippines. His father was Rafael Maramag and his
mother was Victoria Mamuri.
 Finished high school in 1908 at the age of 15, he entered
Philippine Normal School. However, due to the insistence of his
father, he transferred to the University of the Philippines where
he started to write for a school organ.
 At age 21, he was named principal of the Institute de
Manila.
 Later, he became an English professor at UP. He also
taught at San Juan de Letran. During his time, he met and married
Constancia Ablaza, by whom he had 6 children.
 In 1917, he became the editor of Rising Philippines. The
Philippines Herald and the National Weekly also benefited from
his editorship.
 With his credentials he started to work in the government
as chief of the publications division of the department of Justice.
 Later, he became technical assistant to then Senate
President Manuel Luis Quezon.
 Maramag published countless poems which were devoured and admired by the reading public, like
“My queen Tagala”, “The Atheist”, “A Christ without cross”, “Jose Rizal”, and “The presentation”.
 He wrote about the history of the English language in the Philippines. This enabled him to mine the
secrets of English poetics, especially it’s techniques.
 Leopoldo Y. Tables, a noted Literary historian, included seven of Maramag's works in his book of
Filipino essays in English, which has become a standard textbook in English in Philippine schools and
universities.
 He died on October 23, 1936.
Edith L. Tiempo
 She was born on April 22, 1919 in San Nicolas, Bayombong, Nueva
Vizcaya.
 Her parents are Salvador T. Lopez and Teresa Cutaran.
 She went to high school in Bayombong, and then went to take
pre-law at the University of the Philippines. In 1047, she graduated
magna cum laude from Sullivan University with a Bachelor of Science
degree in education, majoring in English.
 Her graduate studies led her to the States University of Iowa, from
which she gained an international fellowship which lasted from 1947 to
1950. She also took part in the State University of Iowa's creative
writing workshop which was headed by veritable American Poet Paul
Engle.
 She received a scholarship grant from the notable United Board of
Christian Higher Education in Asia and attained a doctorate degree in
English from the University of Denver, Colorado in 1958.

CAREER
 From 1946 to 1965, Tiempo was part of the faculty at Wartburg College, Iowa. She also taught at
western Michigan University from 1965 to 1966, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Baptist
College from 1978 to 1979. In 1978, she received the Elizabeth Luce Moore Distinguished Asian
Professor award. She also held the L.T. Ruiz Professional Chair in English from 1981 to 1989..
 Gifted in the use of English language, Edith Tiempo is proclaimed as one of the Philippines’s foremost
writers in English alongside other seminal writers like Jose Garcia Villa.
 Her poetry I’d hailed for its witty and complex wordplay. This characteristic is most evident on two of
her most famous poems, “Bonsai” and “The Little Marmoseth”. Literary scholars often refer to either
of these poems in their studies of Tempo’s work.
 Husband Edilberto K. Tiempo