REGION II AUTHORS

1.Emmanuel Agapito Flores Lacaba (December 10, 1948 – March

18, 1976), popularly known as Eman Lacaba, was a Filipino writer,
poet, essayist, playwright, fictionist, scriptwriter, songwriter and
activist and he is considered as the only poet warrior of the
Philippines. Works Lacaba wrote the lyrics of "Awit ni Kuala", the
song sung by Lolita Rodriguez in the classic Lino Brocka
masterpiece 'Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang '. He also composed
new revolutionary lyrics in Cebuano for some well-known folk
songs.

2.FERNANDO M. MARAMAG (1893-1936) Poet and Journalist

Fernando Maramag was an excellent poet and journalist in
English. He had a rich style and deep understanding of human
nature – qualities which made his poetry appealing to all readers.
On the other hand, his editorial writings “exerted great influence
on the various phases of the Filipino way of life, particularly in its
government, economics, education and politics,” according to a
critic. Maramag published countless poems which were devoured
and admired by the reading public, like “My Queen Tagala,” “The
Atheist,” “A Christ Without a Cross,” “Jose Rizal,” and “The
Presentation.” He wrote about the history of the English language
in the Philippines.

3.Leona Florentino (April 19, 1849-October 4, 1884) was a Filipino

poet in the Spanish and Ilocano languages. She is considered as
the "mother of Philippine women's literature" and the "bridge from
oral to literary tradition". Works Her lyrical poetry in Spanish, and
especially that in Ilocano, gained attention in various international
forums in Spain, Paris and St. Louis, Missouri. Her literary
contributions - particularly 22 preserved poems - were recognized
when she was included in the Encyclopedia Internationale des
Oeuvres des Femmes (International Encyclopedia of Women’s
Works) in 1889.
4. Alfred Yuson Born on 23 February 1945 in Manila . (Also known as
Krip Yuson.) He has authored 23 books, including novels, poetry
collections, short fiction, essays, and children's stories, apart from
having edited various other titles. Yuson was conferred the
Southeast Asia Write Award (SEA Write) in 1992 in Bangkok, and
has been elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards for Literature, the Philippines ‘ most prestigious
literary distinction. His bibliography includes the potry
collections:Sea Serpent, (Monsoon Press, 1980), Trading in
Mermaids (Anvil Publishing, Inc., 1993), Mothers Like Elephants
(Anvil Publishing, Inc., 2000) Hairtrigger Loves: 50 Poems on
Woman (University of the Philippines Press, 2002), and the
translation, Love's A Vice/ Bisyo ang Pag-ibig: Translations into
English of 60 Poems by mike L. Birgonia (National Commission for
Culture at the Arts, 2004). Yuson currently writes a literature and
culture column for The Philippines Star.

5.Ado Vinuya was born in Manila in 1930. A versatile worker, he

has also been a laborer, sanitary inspector, laboratory technician,
clerk, and radio announcer. Vinuya also wrote fiction. He has a
poetry collection, with preface written by Carlos P. Romulo,
entitled Pregnant Woman and Other Poems (1968

6.Norman Wilwayco, aside from being a multiple Palanca award

winner (one being the prestigious Grand Prize for the novel in
2002), plays bass for a rock and roll band and designs multimedia
web sites. He also writes for Filmless Films. He previously wrote for
the popular television show Batibot and has contributed articles to
Liwayway, Manila Times and Inquirer. He was a fellow of the UP
Writers Workshop and won the first prize in the Amado Hernandez
Award for Literature in 1999.
7.Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayan (Latin: Gregorius Aglipay; 5
May 1860 – 1 September 1940) was a former Roman Catholic
priest who became the first Filipino Supreme Bishop of the
Philippine Independent Church, a Christian Protestant sect in the
form of a national church in the country. Known for inciting
patriotic rebellion among the Filipino clergy, he was also a political
activist who became acquainted with Isabelo de los Reyes, who
would start a Protestant church named after Aglipay in 1902.

8.Naya S. Valdellon grew up in Manila, Philippines and has worked

as a magazine editorial assistant, freelance copy editor, content
writer for a website design company, and literature and writing
composition teacher. She is a recent M.A. in English and Creative
Writing graduate now based in Toronto, Canada. She loves cats,
cooking, chess, crosswords, and crazy concoctions.

9. Ana Maria Villanueva-Lykes A BS computer science degree

holder, Ana Maria Villanueva-Lykes discovered the world of words
only five years ago. Since then she has been published in The
Philippines Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Reader's Digest, and
several collections and anthologies. She trained with the Philippine
Daily Inquirer for two years before she moved on to other
publications. She currently works as editor-in-chief for AsianTraveler
Magazine and La Salle 's Rektikano Magazine. Her novel, Caracol,
earned her an outstanding thesis award for her MFA degree in
Creative Writing at De La Salle University in 2008. She is a fellow of
the 7 th Iyas Creative Writing Workshop and the 44 th U.P. National
Writers Workshop.