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[1] [2] Philippine literature encompasses literary media written in various local languages as well as in Spanish and English. According to journalist Nena Jimenez, the most common and consistent element of Philippine literature is its short and quick yet highly interpersonal sentences, with themes of family, dogmatic love, and persistence. [3]
The film was the Philippines' official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film but failed to get nominated. [ 4 ] In 2018, the novel was adapted as a musical first staged at the University of the Philippines [ 5 ] and then restaged at Ateneo de Manila University .
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 Rosales Saga, also known as the Rosales Novels, is a series of five historical and political novels written by National Artist of the Philippines F. Sionil José. Chronologically, it is composed of five interconnected novels, namely Po-on (written in 1984), Tree (written in 1978), My Brother, My Executioner (written in 1973), The Pretenders ...
Bienvenido L. Lumbera (April 11, 1932 – September 28, 2021) was a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist. [1] Lumbera is known for his nationalist writing and for his leading role in the Filipinization movement in Philippine literature in the 1960s, which resulted in his being one of the many writers and academics jailed during Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law regime.
In 1906, Lucente established the periodical An Kaadlawon (The Day Break), becoming responsible for the proliferation of Waray literature in the years to come. [ 2 ] He wrote about 30 plays, [ 3 ] and was known for both satire using character stereotypes and linguistic humor, which often took the form of plays on language, combining the sounds ...
Dekada '70 (lit. ' The ’70s ') is a 2002 Filipino historical drama film directed by Chito S. Roño and based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Lualhati Bautista. [1] Set in the Philippines during the period of martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, the film follows the struggles of the middle-class Bartolome family spanning several years.
Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez Joaquin (Tagalog:; May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004) was a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short stories and novels in the English language.