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Writers' Union of the Philippines (Filipino: Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas, abbreviated as UMPIL) is the largest organization of Filipino writers in the Philippines. [1] Established in 1974, the organization was first known by the English version of its name, the Writers' Union of the Philippines. [ 1 ]
The organization in 1925 of the Philippine Writers Association and in 1927 of the University of the Philippines National Writers Workshop, which put out the Literary Apprentice, also helped encourage literary production. In 1939, the Philippine Writers League was put up by politically conscious writers, intensifying their debate with those in ...
The Palanca Awards was established in 1950 to inspire and recognize Philippine writers, including poets, playwrights and screenwriters, and writers for children. [4] It started giving out prizes in the Short Story (English) and Maikling Kwento (Filipino) in 1951.
Last 2010 marked a milestone in the development of Philippine literature and the writing craft, as the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, headed by its first director-in-residence, Dr. Rowena Tiempo-Torrevillas, and the visionary Dr. Ben S. Malayang III, University President, first invited a writer beyond the Philippines to sit in ...
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GUMIL Filipinas (Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas) or Ilokano Writers Association of the Philippines, is one of the most active group of regional writers in the Philippines. It has hundreds of active writer-members in provincial and municipal chapters as well as in overseas chapters in the mainland U.S. and Hawaii and in Greece.
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August: Buwan ng Wika (Language Week) August 2: An earthquake struck the island of Luzon with an epicenter at Casiguran, Quezon killing 270 people. August 19: Quezon Day in Quezon City, Baler and Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1878) also: Manuel L. Quezon was born at Baler, Tayabas. (1878) August 21: Ninoy Aquino Day (1983)