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Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia"). [2] [3] [4] The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own biography.
Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), [1] commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines.
The awit (Tagalog for "song" [1]) is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of 12-syllable quatrains. It follows the pattern of rhyming stanzas [which?] established in the Philippine epic Pasyon. It is similar in form to the corrido. [2] One influential work in the awit form is Florante at Laura, an 1838 narrative poem by Francisco Balagtas. [3]
"Sa Aking Mga Kabatà" (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal , who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [ 1 ]
Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for Cebuano poetry and fiction Ernesto Degumbis Lariosa, also known as Nyor Erning, (December 11, 1944 – August 20, 2019) was a Filipino Visayan writer, poet, and columnist from Cebu, Philippines and a three-time Palanca awardee in Cebuano short story.
The Gawad Alagad ni Balagtas also honored more than a few UP alumni and affiliates. The award, which recognizes the contributions of Filipino writers, were given at UMPIL's (Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas) 34th National Congress on August 30 at the Government Securities and Insurance System Museum of the Cultural Center of the Philippines ...
Opposite Mario O'Hara, he co-wrote the screenplay for Lino Brocka's film Insiang (1976), the first Philippine film to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978. He was the author of several critically acclaimed books - Hagkis ng Talahib (1971), Pagsalubong sa Habagat (1986 National Book Award for Poetry), and Pingkian at Apat Pang Aklat ng Tunggalian (1997 National Book Award for Poetry).
First Prize: Jesus T. Peralta, "Grave for Blue Flowers" Second Prize: Manuel M. Martell, "The Undiscovered Country" Third Prize: Elsa M. Coscolluela, "The Renegade ...