National literary people Flashcards
Fernando Poe Jr. (Cinema 2006)
He is known as “Da King”.
He appeared in around 300 films spanning from 1955 to 2003.
Lino Brocka (Cinema, 1997)
He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema.
Give the different categories of literature
- Music
- Dance
- Theater
- Visual Arts
- Literature
- Film
- Broadcast Arts
- Architecture and Allied Arts
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Fashion Design
Define what National Artist means.
a Filipino citizen who has been given recognition for his or her significant contributions to the development of
Philippine Arts and Letters.
What is the order of National Artists?
A wearable award that represents the highest national recognition given to Filipinos who have distinct contributions in the field of arts and letters.
What does the KKK mean in the Literary flag?
Katotohanan, Kabutihan at Kagandahan. The true, The good and The beautiful.
Give nine facts about Jose Garcia Villa.
August 5, 1908 in Singalong, Manila and died in February 5, 1997
Pen name: Doveglion
National Artist for Literature in 1973
He graduated from the University of the Philippines Integrated School and the University of the Philippines High School in 1925.
Pre-law at U.P —–pre-med—arts—painting creative writing
Mir I-Nisa –Best Short Story of the Year from the Philippine Free Press
He is known to be a Comma Poet.
His parents were Simeon Villa, personal physician of revolutionary general Emilio Aguinaldo, and Guia Garcia.
Name the three Filipinos included in World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time published in 2000, which featured over 1,600 poems written by hundreds of poets in different languages and culture within a span of 40 centuries dating from the development of early writing in ancient Sumer and Egypt.
Nick Joaquin, Jose Rizal and Jose Garcia Villa
Jose Garcia Villa’s first poem that reached in New York in 1942.
Have Come, Am Here
He was born on May 4, 1917 in Paco, Manila and died in April 29, 2004. He was the 1976 National Artist., who is best known for his short stories and novels in the English Language.
Nick Joaquin.
What is the real and pseudonym of Nick Jaoquin.
Real name: Nicomedes Joaquín y Márquez
Pseudonym: Quijano de Manila
Born on September 8, 1915, Romblon and died on November 28, 1999. Was a fictionist, essayist, poet and teacher who was the 1997 National Artist.
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez
Name at least 3 of NVM Gonzalez’s awards.
- He won the First Commonwealth Literary Contest in 1940.
- He received the Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1960
- Gawad CCP Para sa Sining in 1990.
- He became U.P.’s International-Writer-In-Residence and a member of the Board of Advisers of the U.P. Creative Writing Center.
- In 1987, U.P. conferred on him the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, its highest academic recognition.
Give the Schools where NVM Gozalez taught.
UC, Berkley UC, Santa Barbara UCLA U-Wash CSU- Hayward
Name 5 Major works of NVM Gonzalez
The Winds of April,
Seven Hills Away,
Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories,
The Bamboo Dancers,
Look Stranger,
on this Island Now,
Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty -One Stories,
The Bread of Salt and Other Stories,
Work on the Mountain,
The Novel of Justice: Selected Essays 1968-1994,
A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories.
