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Filipino American writers are poets, fictionists, playwrights, screenwriters and writers of nonfiction from the United States with Filipino ethnicity who are either: born and raised in the United States with at least one Filipino or Filipino American parent; born in the Philippines but became naturalized citizens of the United States
This list of Filipino writers is organized by the first letter in the surname. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
As the Philippines gained its sovereignty from America, patriotism once again became a central theme in Filipino literature. Besides stories of Filipino mythology and history, there was also a boom in tales depicting the simple life of the common Filipino. [ 19 ]
1974, Benjamin Menor appointed first Filipino American in a state's highest judiciary office as Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. [115] Thelma Buchholdt is the first Filipino American, and first Asian American, woman elected to a state legislature in the United States, in the Alaska House of Representatives. [116] [117]
The first ten years of the century witnessed the first verse and prose efforts of Filipinos in student publications such as The Filipino Students’ Magazine first issue, 1905, a short-lived quarterly published in Berkeley, California, by Filipino pensionados (or government scholars); the U.P. College Folio (first issue, 1910); The Coconut of ...
This is a list of Filipino Americans who have made significant contributions to the American culture, politics, or society. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media.
In an effort to reduce suicidal ideation, Javier partnered with community organizations, schools, churches, community members and local officials 11 years ago to create the Filipino Family Health ...
Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino-American playwright, novelist, mixed-media artist; Rosa Henson (1927–1997), autobiographer; Margie Holmes (active since 1973), non-fiction writer, columnist, popular psychologist; Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born 1944), non-fiction writer, fictionist, and professor