Contribution of Canonical Authors

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collection of works considered representative of a certain genre and period

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Canon

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writers whose works have been well appreciated and considered representatives of certain genres of literature

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canonical authors

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is the highest national recognition given to Filipino writers who made significant contributions to the development of Philippine Literature

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National Artists for Literature

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He’s a poet, playwright, novelist from Hagonoy, Bulacan

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Amado V. Hernandez

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He practiced “committed art” and he was known as the “Manunulat ng Manggagawa.”

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Amado V. Hernandez

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In his view, the function of a writer is to act as the conscience of the human spirit in the face of inequity and oppression

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Amado V. Hernandez

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His works talk about the struggles of Filipino laborers

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Amado V. Hernandez

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Works of Amado V. Hernandez

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Isang Dipang Langit
Luha ng Buwaya
Mga Ibong Mandaragit

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He’s a poet from Singalong, Manila

Known as the DOVEGLION

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Jose Garcia - Villa

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Known as the *COMMA POET**

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Jose Garcia - Villa

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He was the finest contemporary poet regardless of race and language

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Jose Garcia - Villa

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The introduced the reversal consonance and comma poems

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Jose Garcia - Villa

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He’s from Paco, Manila

The most distinguished Filipino writer in English; Known as Quijano de Manila

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Nick Joaquin

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His contribution: exploration of the Philippine colonial past under Spain and his probing into the psychology of social danger as seen by the young.

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Nick Joaquin

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He has written plays, novels, poems, short stories, essays, reportage and journalism

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Nick Joaquin

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The works of Nick Joaquin

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The woman who had two navels
Ballad of the five battles
Rizal in Saga
Almanac for Manilenos
Cave and Shadows
Summer Solstice

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He’s an author from Intramuros, Manila

His career spanned 50 years of public service as educator, soldier, university president, journalist and diplomat. He was the 1st Asian President of UN General Assembly and the Philippine Ambassador to US

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Carlos P. Romulo

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He was a reporter at 16, newspaper editor at 20, publisher at 32

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Carlos P. Romulo

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His broadcasts during the Japanese colonization was known as the VOICE OF FREEDOM

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Carlos P. Romulo

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The only Asian to win Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for a series of articles predicting the outbreak WWII

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Carlos P. Romulo

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He’s an author from Sta. Cruz, Manila

Writer, essayist, poet, critic, journalist, teacher

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Francisco Arcellana

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One of the most important progenitors of the modern Filipino short story in English

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Francisco Arcellana

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He pioneered the development of short story as a lyrical prose-poetic form

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Francisco Arcellana

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Works of Francisco Arcellana

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Poetry and Politics

The state of original writing in english and Philippines today

The other woman

To touch you and i touched her

Frankie, the man who would be poem

Death in a factory

Lina

A clown remembers

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He’s an author from Romblon

Distinctively wrote of the Filipino life and the Filipino in the world

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N.V.M Gonzales

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

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N.V.M Gonzales

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He is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades from Tondo, Manila

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Levi Celerio

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O maliwanag na buwan (Iloko)
Ako ay may Singsing (Pampango)
Alibangbang (Visaya)

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Levi Celerio

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He made it to Guinness World Record of World Records as the only person ti make music using leaf

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Levi Celerio

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He wrote 4000 songs and he contributed in enriching Philippine music.

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Levi Celerio

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She is an author from Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

She is widely acknowledge as the Mother of Philippine Literature

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Edith L. Tiempo

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Her works are characterized by remarkable fusion of style and substance, of craftsmanship and insight

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Edith L. Tiempo

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Her poems The Little Marmoset and Bonsai are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences

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Edith L. Tiempo

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Founded and Directed Siliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City which produced some of the country’s best writers

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Edith L. Tiempo

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He’s an author from Rosales, Pangasinan

His writing since the late 60’s when taken collectively can be described as epic. His works reflect the consistent espousal of the aspirations of Filipinos:NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY and SOCIAL JUSTICE

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F. Sionil Jose

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His works were translated into various languages

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F. Sionil Jose

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Works of F. Sionil Jose
captures Philippine History while simultaneously narrating the lives of generations of Samsons whose personal lives intertwine with the social struggles of the nation

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Rosales Saga (The Pretenders Tree: My Brother, My Executioner, Mass, Poon)

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He is an author from San Miguel, Bulacan

Also known as Rio Alma

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Virgilio Almario

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A poet, literary historian, critic who has revived and reinvented traditional poetic forms

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Virgilio Almario

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in 34 years, he published 12 books of poetry

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Virgilo Almario

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His works reflected his often severe examination of the self and the society

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Virgilio Almario

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He founded LIRA (Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo) and GAT (Gailan sa Arte at Tula).

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Virgilio Almario

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He put a face to the Filipino writer in the country, one strong face determinedly wielding a pen into untruths, hypocrisy, injustice

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Virgilio Almario