Revised National Artists for Literature 2016

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3hosen ;y imself, Selected Stories , The Porta(le-illa , The Essential -illa , "ir1i1nisa , Story asters ?:Selected Stories fro Footnote to *o#th , >> Poe s:Selected and Translated into Tagalog %y ilario .Francia.

Edith L, Tie poLiterature (1999)

Edith L, Tie po , poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic is one of the finestFilipino writers in English whose wor&s

are characteri2ed %y a remar&a%le fusion of style and su%stance, of craftsmanship and insight. hewas %orn on #pril **, 1919 in ;ayom%ong, ue!a/i2caya. er poems are intricate !er%al transfigurationsof significant e'periences as re!ealed, in two of her muchanthologi2ed pieces, $7he Little armoset$ and $;onsai$.#s fictionist, 7iempo is as morally profound. er language has %een mar&ed as $descripti!e %ut un%urdened %y scrupulous detailing.$ he is an influential tradition in6hilippine literature in English. 7ogether with her latehus%and, Edil%erto . 7iempo, she founded and directedthe illiman ational :riters :or&shop in =umaguete3ity, which has produced some of the country@s %estwriters.

7iempo@s pu%lished wor&s include the no!elA$lade of Fern (19+<),The Nati)e &oast (19+9), andThe Alien &orn (199*)A the poetry collections,TheTrac!s of $a(ylon and Other Poe s (19 ), andThe&har er@s $o= and Other Poe s (199C)A and the shortstory collectionA(ide0 2osh#a0 and Other Stories(19 4).

-irgilio S, Al ario also !no'n asRio Al aBLiterature (*00C)

-irgilio Al ario , also &nown as 5io#lma, is a poet, literary historian and critic, who hasre!i!ed and rein!ented traditional Filipino poetic forms,e!en as he championed modernist poetics. n C4 years, hehas pu%lished 1* %oo&s of poetry, which include theseminal "a!inasyon and Peregrinasyon , and thelandmar& trilogy%o!trinang Ana!pa'is , "ga Retratoat Re!'erdo and "#li , Sa Cand#ngan ng L#pa . nthese wor&s, his poetic !oice soared from the lyrical tothe satirical to the epic, from the dramatic to theincantatory, in his often se!ere e'amination of the self,and the society.

e has also redefined how the Filipino poetry is!iewed and pa!ed the way for the discussion of the samein his 10 %oo&s of criticisms and anthologies, amongwhich are Ang "a!ata sa Panahon ng "a!ina ,$alagtasis o )ers#s "odernis o , Walong %e!ada ng"a!a(agong T#la Pilipino , "#tyang %ili and$arlaan at 2osaphat .

any Filipino writers ha!e come under his wingin the literary wor&shops he founded the alian sa #rteat 7ula ( #7) and the Linangan sa mahen, 5etori&a at#nyo (L 5#). e has also long %een in!ol!ed withchildren@s literature through the #&lat #darna series, pu%lished %y his 3hildren@s 3ommunication 3enter. ehas %een a constant presence as well in national writingwor&shops and gal!ani2es mem%er writers as chairmanemeritus of the 8nyon ng mga anunulat sa 6ilipinas(8 6 L).

e headed the ational 3ommission for 3ultureand the #rts as E'ecuti!e =irector, (from 199< to *001)a%ly steering the 3ommission towards its goals.;ut more than anything else, what #lmario accomplishedwas that he put a face to the Filipino writer in the country,one strong face determinedly wielding a pen intountruths, hypocrisy, injustice, among others

A ado -, +ernande/Literature (19+C)

A ado -, +ernande/ , poet, playwright,and no!elist, is among the Filipino writers

who practiced $committed art$. n his !iew,the function of the writer is to act as the conscience of society and to affirm the greatness of the human spirit inthe face of ine?uity and oppression. ernande2 scontri%ution to the de!elopment of 7agalog prose isconsidera%le "" he stripped 7agalog of its ornate character and wrote in prose closer to the collo?uial than the$official$ style permitted. is no!el"ga I(ong"andaragit , first written %y ernande2 while in prison,is the first Filipino socio"political no!el that e'poses theills of the society as e!ident in the agrarian pro%lems of the G0s.

ernande2 s other wor&s include$ayang "alaya , Isang%ipang Langit , L#ha ng $#'aya , A ado -,+ernande/: T#dla at T#dling: Catip#nan ng gaNalathalang T#la 34D3134 , Langa' sa Isang $asong.atas at I(a Pang C#'ento ni A ado -, +ernande/ ,"ag!a(ilang "#!ha ng Isang $agol at I(a PangA!da ni A ado -, +ernande/ .

&arlos P, Ro #loLiterature (19<*)

&arlos P, Ro #lo s multifaceted career spanned G0 years of pu%lic ser!ice aseducator, soldier, uni!ersity president,

journalist and diplomat. t is common &nowledge that hewas the first #sian president of the 8nited ations

eneral #ssem%ly, then 6hilippine #m%assador to:ashington, =.3., and later minister of foreign affairs.Essentially though, 5omulo was !ery much into writing-he was a reporter at 1 , a newspaper editor %y the age of *0, and a pu%lisher at C*. e was the only #sian to win#merica s co!eted 6ulit2er 6ri2e in >ournalism for aseries of articles predicting the out%rea& of :orld :ar .5omulo, in all, wrote and pu%lished 1< %oo&s, a range of literary wor&s which includedThe United (no!el), IWal!ed 'ith +eroes (auto%iography),I Sa' the Fall of the Philippines , "other A erica , I See the PhilippinesRise (war"time memoirs).

is other %oo&s include his memoirs of his manyyears affiliations with 8nited ations (8 ),Forty*ears: A Third World Soldier at the UN , and ThePhilippine Presidents , his oral history of his e'periencesser!ing all the 6hilippine presidents.

Ale<andro R, RocesLiterature (*00C)

Ale<andro Roces , is a short story writer and essayist, and considered as the

country@s %est writer of comic short stories. e is &nownfor his widely anthologi2ed $ y ;rother@s 6eculiar 3hic&en.$ n his innumera%le newspaper columns, he hasalways focused on the neglected aspects of the Filipino



cultural heritage. is wor&s ha!e %een pu%lished in!arious international maga2ines and has recei!ed nationaland international awards.

E!er the champion of Filipino cultures, 5oces %rought to pu%lic attention the aesthetics of the country@sfiestas. e was instrumental in populari2ing se!eral localfiestas, nota%ly, oriones and #ti"atihan. e personallyled the campaign to change the country@s ndependence=ay from >uly 4 to >une 1*, and caused the change of language from English to Filipino in the country@s stamps,currency and passports, and reco!ered >ose 5i2al@smanuscripts when they were stolen from the ational#rchi!es.

is unflinching lo!e of country led him to %ecome a guerilla during the econd :orld :ar, to defymartial law and to found the major opposition party under the dictatorship. is wor&s ha!e %een pu%lished in!arious international maga2ines and recei!ed numerousnational and international awards, including se!eraldecorations from !arious go!ernments.

$ien)enido L# (eraLiterature (*00 )

$ien)enido L# (era , is a poet,li%rettist, and scholar.

#s a poet, he introduced to 7agalog literaturewhat is now &nown as ;agay poetry, a landmar& aesthetictendency that has helped to change the !ernacular poetictradition. e is the author of the following wor&s-Li!hang %ila , Li!hang %i'a (poems in Filipino andEnglish), 199CA $alay(ay , "ga T#lang L#not at"ani(alang0 D D ASa Sariling $ayan , Apat na %#lang"ay "#si!a0 D 7 A $Ag#nyas sa +acienda L#isita ,$Pa!i!ira ay0 D 7 . #s a li%rettist for theTales of the"an#)# and Ra a +ari , he pioneered the creati!efusion of fine arts and popular imagination. #s a scholar,his major %oo&s include the following-Tagalog Poetry03> 13646: Tradition and Infl#ences in its%e)elop entG Philippine Literat#re: A +istory andAnthology0 Re)al#ation: Essays on PhilippineLiterat#re0 Writing the NationHPag1a!da ng $ansa .

&irilo F, $a#tistaLiterature (*014)

&irilo F, $a#tista is a poet, fictionistand essayist with e'ceptionalachie!ements and significantcontri%utions to the de!elopment of the

country@s literary arts. e is ac&nowledged %y peers andcritics, and the nation at large as the foremost writer of hisgeneration.

7hroughout his career that spans more than four decades, he has esta%lished a reputation for fine and profound artistryA his %oo&s, lectures, poetry readings andcreati!e writing wor&shops continue to influence his peers and generations of young writers.

#s a way of %ringing poetry and fiction closer tothe people who otherwise would not ha!e the opportunityto de!elop their creati!e talent, ;autista has %een holdingregular funded and unfunded wor&shops throughout thecountry. n his campus lecture circuits, ;autista hasupdated students and student"writers on literaryde!elopments and techni?ues.

#s a teacher of literature, ;autista has reali2edthat the classroom is an important training ground for Filipino writers. n =e La alle 8ni!ersity, he wasinstrumental in the formation of the ;ien!enido antos3reati!e :riting 3enter. e was also the mo!ing spirit %ehind the founding of the 6hilippine Literary #rts3ouncil in 19<1, the ligan ational :riters :or&shop in199C, and the ;aguio :riters roup.

7hus, ;autista continues to contri%ute to thede!elopment of 6hilippine literature- as a writer, throughhis significant %ody of wor&sA as a teacher, through hisdisco!ery and encouragement of young writers inwor&shops and lecturesA and as a critic, through his essaysthat pro!ide insights into the craft of writing andcorrecti!es to misconceptions a%out art.

ajor wor&s-S# er S#ns 345?B0 Words and$attlefields 3446B0 The Trilogy of Saint La/ar#s

D 3B0 .ala' ng Asoge D ?B,

La/aro Francisco (Fe%ruary **, 1<9< >une 1+, 19<0)

6ri2e"winning writer La2aro #. Franciscode!eloped the social realist tradition in6hilippine fiction. is ele!en no!els, now

ac&nowledged classics of 6hilippine literature, em%odiesthe author@s commitment to nationalism. #madis a.

uerrero wrote, HFrancisco championed the cause of thecommon man, specifically the oppressed peasants. isno!els e'posed the e!ils of the tenancy system, thee'ploitation of farmers %y unscrupulous landlords, andforeign domination.I 7eodoro /alencia also o%ser!ed,H is pen dignifies the Filipino and accents all the positi!es a%out the Filipino way of life. is writings ha!econtri%uted much to the formation of a Filipinonationalism.I Literary historian and critic ;ien!enidoLum%era also wrote, H:hen the history of the Filipinono!el is written, Francisco is li&ely to occupy an eminent place in it. #lready in 7agalog literature, he ran&s amongthe finest no!elists since the %eginning of the *0thcentury. n addition to a deft hand at characteri2ation,Francisco has a supple prose style responsi!e to thesu%tlest nuances of ideas and the sternest stuff of passions.I

Francisco gained prominence as a writer not onlyfor his social conscience %ut also for his Hmasterfulhandling of the 7agalog languageI and Hsupple prosestyleI. :ith his literary output in 7agalog, he contri%utedto the enrichment of the Filipino language and literaturefor which he is a staunch ad!ocate. e put up an arm tohis ad!ocacy of 7agalog as a national language %yesta%lishing the apatiran ng mga #lagad ng :i&ang6ilipino ( #: #) in 19G<.

is reputation as the H aster of the 7agalog o!elI is %ac&ed up %y numerous awards he recei!ed for his meritorious no!els in particular, and for hiscontri%ution to 6hilippine literature and culture ingeneral. is masterpiece no!elsJ#ma, ;ayang agpatiwa&al, aganda 6a #ng =aigdig and =aluyongJ affirm his eminent place in 6hilippine literature.K n199+, he was honored %y the 8ni!ersity of the 6hilippineswith a special con!ocation, where he was cited as theHforemost Filipino no!elist of his generationI andHchampion of the Filipino writer@s struggle for nationalidentity.I

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