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Ricaredo Demetillo (June 10, 1920 – 1998) was a Filipino essayist, poet, and playwright. Demetillo was one of the most important and prolific literary figures in the Philippines during the Twentieth Century and has won numerous awards for his writing.
Nick Joaquin's name as a literary artist is considered, by different university professors, as a key figure in Philippine literature in English due to the imparted truths of his writing. In his different works, Nick Joaquin has presented objective realities about different events and people capturing both their good and bad qualities [5] .
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).
The organization in 1925 of the Philippine Writers Association and in 1927 of the University of the Philippines National Writers Workshop, which put out the Literary Apprentice, also helped encourage literary production. In 1939, the Philippine Writers League was put up by politically conscious writers, intensifying their debate with those in ...
Dominador “Dom” Ibarra Ilio (November 15, 1913 - February 7, 2006) was a poet and professor born in Malinao, Capiz (now part of Aklan). He is considered a pioneer of Philippine literature in English as a recognized poet and author both in the Philippines and in the United States.
Among the poems he wrote for Liwayway was the sonnet "En Su Incansable Labor" ("On Her Tireless Work") [6] included in the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) catalog in 2012. [7] As a poet, he has a firm belief that "a hundred ideas and a hundred sentiments " can be expressed "even with a single poetic line ."
[1] [5] [6] By the invitation of Pachico A. Seares, he became literary editor, columnist, and the second language consultant of Sun Star Superbalita, a Cebuano tabloid, and authored a Cebuano language style book. [2] [5] Aside from his writing career, he was a regional licensing chief of the National Food Authority. [7]
Almario has been a recipient of numerous awards such as several Palanca Awards, two grand prizes from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Makata ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the TOYM for literature, and the Southeast Asia Write Award of Bangkok. He was an instructor at the Lagao Central Elementary School from 1969 to 1972.