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Baralong followed U-41's instructions while at the same time manoevring to 700 yards and an angle where her guns could fire. Baralong opened fire with starboard and rear guns, marines aiding with rifle fire. The conning tower was struck killing the captain and six crew, and other shots struck the hull.
After the incident, Cdr Herbert was transferred back to the Submarine Service. Lt Cdr A Wilmot-Smith succeeded him in command of Baralong, which continued to patrol the Southwest Approaches. On 21 September 1915 U-41 attacked Wilson Line's cargo steamship Urbino. Baralong approached, again flying a US flag to feign neutrality.
His earlier collection of short stories earned him the title of the "Catholic Writer". But elements of the fantastic also come in his works. In the 2006 Graphic/Fiction Awards , the main local sponsor of the contest, specialty book shop Fully Booked , acknowledged Brillantes as one of the godfathers of fantastic literature in English by naming ...
One anonymous reviewer from Rock Czar notes when his book Macarthur was released, (translated from vernacular Filipino): "Filipinos really patronize Bob Ong's works because, while most of his books may have an element of comedy in them, this is presented in a manner that replicates Filipino culture and traditions.
Her 1952 short story, (the widely anthologized) The Virgin, won two first prizes: of the Philippines Free Press Literary Awards and of the Palanca Awards. [2] In 1957, she edited an anthology for the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, with English and Tagalog prize-winning short stories from 1951 to 1952. [ 5 ]
Uranza was also the author of the 2005 anthology of short stories entitled Voices in a Minor Key, a volume of 22 short stories, and a book of plays entitled Masks and Mirrors. Many of her short stories appeared in the pages of Filipino magazines such as Philippines Free Press , Weekly Women's Magazine , Focus Magazine . [ 2 ]
Francisco Sionil José (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer who was one of the most widely read in the English language. [1] [2] A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. [3]
Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (born December 1, 1928) is a Filipino author of more than twenty-five books, mostly novels and books on criticism. In 1974, Medina rediscovered a manuscript of Francisco Balagtas' 19th century play Orosman at Zafira at the Philippine National Library after it was presumed lost for over a century.