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Philippine literature in English has its roots in the efforts of the United States, then engaged in a war with Filipino nationalist forces at the end of the 19th century. By 1901, public education was institutionalized in the Philippines , with English serving as the medium of instruction.
April 9–13, 1975 State visit [172] Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew: Prime Minister: January 15–17, 1974: State visit [175] [176] Japan: Kakuei Tanaka: Prime Minister: January 7–9, 1974: State visit; part of "good neighbor" tour around ASEAN member states [167] Indonesia: Suharto: President: February 13–15, 1972: State visit [134] Nepal ...
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]
Philippine English uses practice and license for both nouns and verbs, following American English, rather than licence for the second noun and practise for the first verb as in Commonwealth English. Philippine English prefers spellings with silent e in some words such as acknowled ge ment , jud ge ment and lo ve able , as opposed to acknowled g ...
Ferdinand Johann Franz Blumentritt (10 September 1853, Prague – 20 September 1913, Litoměřice) was an Austrian teacher, secondary school principal in Leitmeritz, lecturer, and author of articles and books about the Philippines and its ethnography.
Nick Joaquin, National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. The American occupation and colonization of the Philippines led to the rise of "free verse" poetry, prose, and other genres. English became a common language for Filipino writers, with the first English novel written by a Filipino being the Child of Sorrow (1921).
Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio [2] [note 1] (February 27, 1857 – April 26, 1911) [note 2] [3] was a Filipino politician. He was also a poet and a novelist. [4]His intervention on behalf of the Spanish led to the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato on December 14, 1897, an account of which he published in 1910.
He is known for being responsible for the first publication of several Philippine works in English: [2] A Child of Sorrow (1921) – first Philippine novel in English; Tales of the Philippines (1921) – first volume of Philippine legends and folk tales written in English; Life and Success (1921) – first volume of Philippine essays in English