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Mga Ibong Mandaragit or Mga Ibong Mandaragit: Nobelang Sosyo-Politikal (literally, Birds of Prey: A Socio-Political Novel) is a novel written by the Filipino writer and social activist, Amado V. Hernandez in 1969. Mga Ibong Mandaragit, hailed as Hernandez's masterpiece, focuses on the neocolonial dependency and revolt in the Philippines. [1]
Amado Vera Hernandez (September 13, 1903 – March 24, 1970), was a Filipino writer and labor leader who was known for his criticism of social injustices in the Philippines and was later imprisoned for his involvement in the communist movement.
Luha ng Buwaya, together with Hernandez's other novel Mga Ibong Mandaragit, was based on his personal experiences while imprisoned in the New Bilibid Prison from 1951 until his release on bail in 1956. [1] [2] The novel was about peasants from a barrio and their leader, in the person of a school teacher, fighting against oppression and greed.
By this time, there became a focus on criticizing and satirizing the current status of the Philippines rather than just celebrating the nation like those before it. These works include the powerful Mga Ibong Mandaragit (1969) by Amado V. Hernandez and the Conjugal Dictatorship (1976) by Primitivo Mijares. [25]
Severino Reyes was born on February 11, 1861, in Santa Cruz, Manila during the Spanish colonial era to Rufino Reyes and Andrea Rivera. He pursued his early education in an institution owned by Catalino Sanchez and acquired a bachelor's degree at the Escuela de Segunda Enseñanza of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran.
Based on the 19th century corrido commonly titled Ibong Adarna (lit. ' Adarna Bird ' ), it is the first full-length theatrical animated film produced in the Philippines. The film was released on December 25, 1997, as part of the Metro Manila Film Festival , where it won a special achievement award for its pioneering achievement in Philippine ...
Liwayway A. Arceo was born January 30, 1924. Arceo authored a number of well-received novels, She has written almost 50 novels, thousands of short stories, essays, and radio dramas, such as Canal de la Reina (1972) and Titser (1995) where the most popular. [1]
Lilia Quindoza was born in 1949 in Manaoag, in the Philippines' Pangasinan province. [1] [2] She grew up in Baguio, where she attended secondary school.[1]After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1971, she obtained a master's in comparative literature in 1980 and a Ph.D. in Philippine studies in 1990 from the same institution.