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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]
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.
A prolific writer, he spearheaded the second successful modernist movement in Filipino poetry together with Mangahas and Antonio. His earliest pieces of literary criticism were collected in Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina (1972), now considered the first book of literary criticism in Filipino. Later, in the years of martial law, he set aside ...
"Gubat na Mapanglaw" (English: "The Dark Forest") is a Filipino poem written in the popular Filipino epic Florante at Laura. The poem was originally written by Francisco Balagtas and was translated into English by Rolando Tinio .
Madaling Araw ("Dawn") is a 1909 Tagalog-language novel written by Filipino novelist Iñigo Ed. Regalado.The 368-page novel was published in Manila, Philippines by the Aklatang J. Martinez (J. Martinez Library) during the American period in Philippine history (1899–1946). [1]
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.
Epifanio San Juan Jr., also known as E. San Juan Jr. (born December 29, 1938, in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines), [1] is a known Filipino American literary academic, Tagalog writer, Filipino poet, civic intellectual, activist, writer, essayist, video/film maker, editor, and poet whose works related to the Filipino Diaspora in English and Filipino writings have been translated into German ...
The Doctrina Christiana en lengua española y tagala written in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog with the Latin and Baybayin script.. Original Spanish title: Doctrina Chriſtiana, en lengua eſpanöla y tagala, corregida por los Religiosos de las ordenes Impreſſa con licencia, en S. Gabriel de la Orden de S. Domĩgo.