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Cirilo F. Bautista (July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018) was a Filipino poet, critic and writer of nonfiction. A National Artist of the Philippines award was conferred on him in 1998. Early life and education
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (born 1947) grew up in Cebu City, Philippines, the youngest of four children to Concepcion Cuenco Manguerra and Mariano F. Manguerra.The death of her father when she was nine prompted her to start writing, first in journals, then essays and fiction.
For the 42nd cycle of the National Book Awards, we have the Gerardo P. Cabochan Prize (short fiction in Filipino), the National Artist Cirilo F. Bautista Prize (short fiction in English), the Pablo A. Tan Prize (nonfiction prose in English), the Philippine Literary Arts Council Prize (poetry in English) the Victorio C. Valledor Prize (poetry in ...
Cirilo Bautista (1941–2018, Philippines, p/nf) Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023, Philippines, f/nf) Gillian Baverstock (1931–2007, England, nf/f) Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England, ch) Alan Baxter (born 1970, England/Australia, f) Andrew Baxter (1686/1687–1750, Scotland, nf) Charles Baxter (born 1947, US, f/nf/p) James K. Baxter (1926 ...
Fifteenth vice president of the Philippines, Philippine Vice President 2010–2016 under Aquino Administration [65] Fernando Lopez: LL.B. 1925 President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines 1958–1965; Senator of the Philippines 1947–1949; Vice President of the Philippines 1949–1953, 1965–1973; Secretary of Agriculture 1949 ...
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.
[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 titans of Philippine literature learned writing in "the Varsitarian": Bienvenido Lumbera, F. Sionil José, Celso Al Carunungan, Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta, Paz Latorena, Cirilo Bautista, Federico Licsi Espino, Wilfrido Nolledo, Rogelio Sicat, Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, Norma Miraflor, Eric Gamalinda and Vim Nadera.