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The National Library of the Philippines traces its beginnings to the establishment of the Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas (Museum-Library of the Philippines), established by Royal Order No. 689 [ 1 ] of the Spanish government on August 12, 1887. [ 2 ][ 3 ] It opened on October 24, 1891, at the Intendencia in Intramuros, then home of the Manila ...
Resil B. Mojares. Resil Buagas Mojares (born September 4, 1943) is a Filipino historian and critic of Philippine literature best known as for his books on Philippine history. He is acclaimed by various writers and critics as the Visayan Titan of Letters, due to his immense contribution to Visayan literature. [1]
Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, also known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong (April 7, 1871 – April 18, 1928), was a notable Filipino historian, journalist, and civil servant. [ 10 ][ 11 ][ 12 ] He was regarded as one of the best Filipino writers and a literary genius. [ 13 ] He also entered politics, serving as a member of the Malolos ...
Ambeth Ocampo, pictured in 2024, has written many books and publications in his lifetime. The bibliography of Philippine historian Ambeth Ocampo is a list of approximately more than one hundred works which the historian has written, co-written, edited, and includes works for which he has written a foreword, introduction or afterword.
Characteristics. The styles and themes used in Philippine literature were born from a combination of the country’s history, mythology, culture, and foreign influences, evolving throughout different periods while also adopting common writing philosophies and movements of the time. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Philippine literature encompasses literary media ...
Due to his efforts, the Filipiniana collection of the Philippine National Library became one of the most complete collection in Philippine studies. He was a member of the executive board of the Asociacion Historico-Geografica de Filipinas as well as the prestigious Academia de la Lengua Filipina. In 1915, he was inducted as an honorary ...
Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (born December 1, 1928) is a Filipino author of more than twenty-five books, mostly novels and books on criticism. In 1974, Medina rediscovered a manuscript of Francisco Balagtas' 19th century play Orosman at Zafira at the Philippine National Library after it was presumed lost for over a century.
Libraries in the Philippines, similar to libraries in other countries, come in one of the four basic types: academic, school, public, and special libraries. Prominent are academic libraries and the National Library of the Philippines, located in Manila. The university libraries of the University of the Philippines, the Central Philippine ...