21ST CENTURY LITERATURE AUTHORS

Question 1

● was a poet, fictionist and essayist from Quezon City,
- died in pneumonia at 76.

Answer 1

Cirilo F. Bautista

Question 2

○“Sunlight on Broken Stones (2000)”
○ “Tinik sa Dila: Isang Katipunan Ng Mga Tula (2003)”
○ “The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus (2001)

Answer 2

Cirilo F. Bautista

Question 3

○ Palanca Awards Hall of Famer for winning (9) times for
poetry, fiction and essay.
○ National Artist for Literature in 2014

Answer 3

Cirilo F. Bautista

Question 4

● PHANTOM OF FILIPINO LITERATURE
● web developer and contemporary novelist known for
his conversational writing technique which creates a
comical and reflective descriptions

Answer 4

Roberto “Bob” Ong

Question 5

○ “Stainless Longganisa (2005)”
○ “Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas (2003)”
○ “ABNKKBSNPLAKO (2001)”
○ “Kapitan Sino (2009)”

Answer 5

Roberto “Bob” Ong

Question 6

● writer, Indie filmmaker, author, and pride of Pampanga

Answer 6

Jason Paul Laxamana

Question 7

○ Gawad Urian Award for Best Screenplay nominee for “Babagwa” (2014)
○ Gawad Urian Award for Best Screenplay and Best Direction
nominee for “The Coffin Maker (2015).

Answer 7

Jason Paul Laxamana

Question 8

● a Cebuana movie and television writer and a melodrama novelist
● her well-known novels in pocketbooks have been turned into live-action movies by film industries in this country, and were also made into a telenovela.

Answer 8

Gilda Olvidado

Question 9

○“Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig (1987)
○ The “Temptation of Wife (2012)”
○ “The Half Sisters (2014)”

Answer 9

Gilda Olvidado

Question 10

○ FAMAS Awardee for Best Story for the film (“Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig”

Answer 10

Gilda Olvidado

Question 11

● COUNTRY’S FIRST AND FOREMOST CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST
● an Ilonggo educator and an author from Cabatuan
● known for his significant body of work in the field of Philippine cultural anthropology for documenting and translating the famous Western Visayan folk epic, “Hinilawod.”

Answer 11

Felipe Landa Jocano

Question 12

○ Slum as a Way of Life
○ Folk Medicine in a Philippine Municipality
○ Growing Up in a Philippine Barrio

Answer 12

Felipe Landa Jocano

Question 13

● THE FATHER OF CONTEMPORARY WEST VISAYAN LITERATURE
● an Ilonggo multilingual writer, multi-awarded novelist, playwright, and poet whose works became a Palanca Hall of Fame in 2001 after winning 15 prizes, five of which are first prizes in various categories.

Answer 13

Leoncio P. Deriada

Question 14

○ The Road to Mawab and Other Stories (1984)
○ The Dog Eaters (1986)
○ The Week of the Whales and Other Stories (1994)

Answer 14

Leoncio P. Deriada

Question 15

○ Palanca Hall of Fame in 2001 after winning 15 prizes, five of
which are first prizes in various categories.

Answer 15

Leoncio P. Deriada

Question 16

● a native of Bacolod City, whose specialization and expertise is in Creative Writing in Hiligaynon.
● she was a Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame Awardee for winning five first places in the Hiligaynon Category for Maikling Kwento

Answer 16

Alicia Tan Gonzalez

Question 17

○ Istoryahan Ta Ka Uli (2016)
○ Ilongga: Madamo nga Guya (2014)
○ May Isa ka Kuring nga Hari kag Iban pa nga (2010)
○ Sa Taguangkan sang Duta kag Iban pa nga Sugilanon (2009)

Answer 17

Alicia Tan Gonzalez

Question 18

○ Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame Awardee for winning five first places in the Hiligaynon Category for Maikling Kwento.

Answer 18

Alicia Tan Gonzalez

Question 19

● a creative writer and a librarian from Aklan
● received different awards in literature like the “Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award” in 2001.
● is also known as the “Father of Aklanon Literature”

Answer 19

Melchor F. Cichon

Question 20

○ Ham-at Madoeom Ro Gabii (1999)
○ Philippine Oddities, Love Can Find a Way and Other
Proverbs on Love (2005)
○ The Whisper

Answer 20

Melchor F. Cichon

Question 21

○ received different awards in literature like the “Gawad
Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award” in 2001.

Answer 21

Melchor F. Cichon

Question 22

● a multi-award-winning Filipino poet, fictionist, and playwright from Dumangas, Iloilo.
● his poetry and short stories made him the Hall of Fame awardee of Palanca Awards in 2012.
● screenplays have also won the Philippine Centennial
Literary Prize, 2001 Cinemanila International Film
Festival and other national film competitions.

Answer 22

Peter Solis Nery

Question 23

○ Love in the Time of Bakunawa (2012)
○ Cory, Full of Grace (2012)

Answer 23

Peter Solis Nery

Question 24

Hall of Fame awardee of Palanca Awards in 2012.
○ screenplays have also won the Philippine Centennial
Literary Prize, 2001 Cinemanila International Film
Festival and other national film competitions

Answer 24

Peter Solis Nery

Question 25

• A multilingual writer, university professor and freelance journalist from Antique who poineered the Philippine gay literature
• multi-awarded poet and playwright author of Kinaray-a literary works, and a 5 time awardee of Palanca Awards

Answer 25

John Iremil E. Teodoro

Question 26

• “Kung ang Tla ay Pwedeng Pambili ng Lalaki: Mga Tula” (2006)
• “Hasang: Mga Kwento ng Pag-ibig” (2016)

Answer 26

John Iremil E. Teodoro

Question 27

5 time awardee of the Palanca Awards

Answer 27

John Iremil E. Teodoro