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Sampagitang Walang Bango was published in Manila by P. Sayo. Apart from being a narrative about infidelity, particularly in the so-called wealthy and high-class people of Manila, the 271-page novel described a Philippine society when its traditional Filipino values were being tarnished and windswept by the norms and lifestyles from the Western world.
Aurelio Tolentino y Valenzuela (October 15, 1869 [1] – July 5, 1915) was a Kapampangan playwright, poet, journalist, and revolutionary. [2] His works at the turn of the 20th century depicted his desire to see Philippine independence from its colonizers.
Celeste Ng has gained recognition for her nuanced exploration of family dynamics. Celebrated Puerto Rican novelists who write in English and Spanish include Giannina Braschi, author of the Spanglish classic Yo-Yo Boing! and Rosario Ferré, best known for "Eccentric Neighborhoods".
Iñigo Edgardo Reyes Regalado (1 June 1888 – 24 July 1976), also known as Iñigo Ed.Regalado, was a Filipino poet, journalist, novelist and politician. He was the son of Iñigo Corcuera Regalado, the renowned Tagalog printer and journalist, and Saturnina Reyes. [1]
Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906 – August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction writer.Critic Pedro Ricarte referred to Abadilla as the father of modern Philippine poetry, and was known for challenging established forms and literature's "excessive romanticism and emphasis on rhyme and meter". [1]
José Cecilio Corazón de Jesús y Pangilinan (November 22, 1896 – May 26, 1932), also known by his pen name Huseng Batute, was a Filipino poet who used Tagalog poetry to express the Filipinos' desire for independence during the American occupation of the Philippines, a period that lasted from 1901 to 1946.
Pascual H. Poblete was born Pascual Hicaro y Poblete on May 17, 1857, to Filipinos Francisco Hicaro and María Poblete in 1857 at Naic, Cavite.He had later personally preferred to use his mother's surname as his last name.
Iñigo Corcuera Regalado (1 June 1855 – 2 September 1896) was a Filipino poet, printer, journalist, editor, playwright, lyricist, and songwriter of Tagalog descent. [1] He used the pen name Odalager [2] or Odalaguer ("Regalado" spelt backwards with u added based on Spanish orthography), Igini, and Gaolerad, another pseudonym derived from the letters of Regalado's surname.