▸Literary Journalism - form of creative nonfiction that reports real events

THE NATIONAL ARTIST OF THE PHILLIPINES IN LITERATURE using the style and techniques used in literary texts.
▸Used the pen name Quijano de Manila
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA ▸The Sorrows of Vaudeville
▸1916 - 2002 ▸May Day Eve
▸Year of Conferment: 2009
▸Studied in Tondo Intermediate School and Manila West High School F. SIONIL JOSE
(Florentino Torres High School). ▸1924 - Present
▸The Torres Torch ▸Year of Conferment: 2001
▸“The Man Who Would be Poe” ▸Francisco Sionil Jose
▸ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF MODERN FILIPINO SHORT STORY IN ENGLISH. ▸His works have been translated in more than 20 languages.
▸HIS SHORT STORIES ARE WRITTEN IN LYRICAL PROSE-POETIC FORM. ▸The Pretenders - story of one man’s separation from his poor
background and the dissipation of his wife’s prosperous family.
N.V.M. GONZALES ▸The Rosales Saga - captures the sweep of Philippine history while
▸1915 - 1999 simultaneously narrating the lives of generations of the Samsons
▸Year of Conferment: 1997 whose personal lives intertwine with the social struggles of the nation.
▸Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzales ▸His works present social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism
▸Sept. 8, 1915 (Romblon) in society.
▸Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship - allowed him to study in Stanford The God Stealer
University and Columbia University. ▸Founder of the Philippine chapter of the international organization PEN.
-Bread of Salt ▸1999 - awarded the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts
▸He was proclaimed a National Artist two years before his death.
▸His works have been published in different languages including Chinese, JOSE GARCIA VILLA
German, Russian, and Indonesian ▸1908 - 1997
▸Year of Conferment: 1973
NICK JOAQUIN ▸Considered as a powerful literary influence in the country.
▸1917 - 2004 ▸Writing style: Eccentric
▸Year of Conferment: 1976 ▸Villa’s first collection of short stories was published under the title
▸Considered by many as the People’s Writer due to his passion for Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others
depicting the Filipino way of life. ▸Doveglion is Jose Garcia Villa’s pseudonym.
▸Filipino-Spanish Culture Stories
▸Pioneer of Literary Journalism
EDITH L. TIEMPO
▸1919 - 2011 ▸Married to Atang de la Rama
▸Year of Conferment: 1999
▸Her works are described as a remarkable fusion of style and substance. CARLOS P. ROMULO
▸Recipient of Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for the short ▸1898-1985
story “The Black Monkey” in 1951. ▸Founder of Boy Scouts of the Philippines
▸Edilberto K. Tiempo ▸Pulitzer Prize in Journalism
▸Founder of Siliman University National Writers Workshop (modelled ▸United Nations’ Secretary General
after Iowa Writers Workshop) - Asia’s longest running writer’s ▸The United, I walked with Heroes
workshop in Dumaguete.
▸Bonsai CARLOS L. QUIRINO
▸The Torres Torch ▸1910 - 1999
▸May Day Eve ▸Year of Conferment: 1997
▸Bonsai ▸National Artist in Historical Literature
▸Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others ▸Man of Destiny (Manuel M. Quezon)
▸Filipino-Spanish Culture Stories
▸Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship ALEJANDRO R. ROCES
▸The God Stealer ▸1924 - 2011
▸Year of Conferment: 2003
VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO ▸Comic Short Stories
▸1944 - ▸My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken (listed in Martha Foley’s Best American
▸Year of Conferment: 2003 Short Stories)
▸Rio Alma ▸Focused on country’s cultural heritage
▸Manila Critics Circle: Best Noli Me Tangere & El Filibusterismo ▸Secretary of Education from 1961 to 1965, during the term of Diosdado
▸Doktrinang Anakpawis (Trilogy) Macapagal
▸Ang Babaeng Nangarap ng Gising
LAZARO FRANCISCO
▸Chairman: KWF
▸1898 - 1980
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ ▸Year of Conferment: 2009
▸1903 - 1970 ▸Considered as Icon in Tagalog Writing
▸Year of Conferment: 1973 ▸Founder of KAWIKA (Kapatiran ng mga Alagad ng Wikang Pilipino)
▸Disapproval of Social Injustice
▸Imprisoned due to communist movement.
BIENVENIDO LUMBERA
▸Mga Ibong Mandaragit
▸1932 -
▸Year of Conferment: 2006 Juan F. Nakpil 1899-1986
▸Literary history and criticism became foundational texts in Philippine year of conferment: 1973
colleges and universities. -Designed the 1937 International Eucharistic Congress altar and
reconstructed the Quiapo church in 1930
CIRILO F. BAUTISTA - the additional dome and 2nd belfry can be credited to him
▸1941 - - Famous for UP admin bldg. University library, recomstructed Rizal Shrine
in Calamba, Laguna
▸Year of Conferment: 2014
▸Palanca Hall of Famer
Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr. 1929-2014
▸Philippine Centennial Prize for Epic Poetry. Year of conferment: 2006
▸Patalim -Recognized landscape architect in the country and known for landscape
▸Taught for more than 30 years. walks, fountains and sculpture accents (outdoor shopping)
▸Co-founding member of the Philippine Literary Arts Council (PLAC) -Landscape architecture - enhances outdoor public places, landmarks and
structure by contouring the environment
-Known for Paco park, Tagaytay Highlands Resort
THE NATIONAL ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN ARCHITECTURE
Jose Maria Zaragoza 1912-1994
Pablo S. Antonio Year of conferment: 2014
-1901-1975 -82nd licensed architect, graduated in UST
- year of conferment 1976 - Known for Sto. Domingo Church, National Shrine of the Miraculous
-Modern Philippine Architecture Medal, Greenhills Shopping Center, Meralco building, St John Bosco in
-his works are simple and functional makati and restructuring of Quiapo church interior
-used clean and smooth lines
-maximized the use of natural light and cross ventilation
- famous works; FEU administration and Science bldgs., Manila Polo Club,
White Cross Orphanage, Boulevard – Alhambra Apartments (Bel-Air) National Artists of the Philippines for FILM

Leonardo V. Locsin January 01, 1987 the Philippines experienced its first movies with these
-1928-1994 four films:
-Year of Conferment 1990 - Man with abgat
-Style; Floating volume - Scene from a Japanese dance
-Duality of light and heavy is unparalleled - The boxers
-Produced 75 residences and 88 buildings (11 churches/chapel) - The Place of L'Opera
-famous works; CCP, PICC, Folk Arts Theater
The showing of these films was done in Salon de Pertierra on Escolta
Street. Some of his famous works:
Dalawang Pugad, Isang Ibon ( Two Nests, One bird, 1997)
The first movie shot in the country happened in 1898 by ANTONIO RAMOS Lagi na Lamang Ba Akomg Babaw? (Will I Always Be Just A Woman?, 1978)
using a Lumiere Cinematograph imported from Paris. Isang Gabi sa Iyo, Isang Gabi sa Akin ( A Night With You, A Night With Me,
1978)
LINO BROCKA Ikaw ay Akin (You're Mine, 1979)
1939-1991 Menor De Edad (Underage, 1979)
Year of Conferment: 1997
· The contribution of Lino to Philippine Cinema is unparalleled. Gerardo "Gerry" De Leon
· Made 66 films that "breathed life and hope for the marginalized sectors 1913-1981
of society" according to NCCA. • Year of Conferment: 1982
· Awareed the National Artist for Cinema in 1997. • most awarded film director in the country for FAMAS awards (Filipino
· Harvested countless awards and recognitions here and abroad. Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences)
· In 1975, he directed the movie Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag. • medicine - cinema
• Ama't Anak - directorial debut
Other films: • Ang Maestra- his baptism in Phil. Cineman Royalty
Wanted: Perfect Mother (1970) • Other films-
Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang (1974) Noli Me Tangere
Insiang (1976) Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo
Jaguar (1979) Sisa
Bona (1980) Dyesebel
Macho Dancer (1988) The Gold Bikini, Banaue
Ora Pro Nobis (Fight for Us, 1989) The Bridges of Blood Island
Gumapang ka sa Lusak (1990)
Fernando Poe, Jr.
ISHMAEL BERNAL 1939-2004
1838-1996 • Year of Conferment: 2006
Year of Conferment: 2001 • also known as "Da King" for Philippine movies and "FPJ"
· Awarded the National Artist for Film in 2001. • "Ang Panday"- series, "Flavio"- famous role
· Considered to be one of the pillars of the Philippine cinema. • other films-
· In 1982, Bernal directed the critically acclaimed Himala starting Nora Apollo Robles (1961)
Aunor, the country's most popular celebrity at that time. Batang Maynila ( 1962)
· He's contribution to Philippine cinema is both liberating and aesthetic as Mga Alabok sa Lupa ( 1967)
he pushes the artistry. Ako ang Katarungan ( 1974)
Tatak ng Alipin ( 1975)
Totoy Bato ( 1977)
Asedillo (1971)
Partida (1985)
• an actor, film producer, politician
• 2004- ran an unseccessful bid for the presidential election
• National Artist for Film in 2006

Eddie S. Romero
1924-2013
• Year of Conferment: 2003
• works- simple style, minimalist, never empty, always calculated, precise
and functional, predictable
• "devoted to the art and commerce of cinema"
• Ganito Kami Noon... Paano Kayo Ngayon? - most recognized work
• Kamakalawa - film probed into indigenous precolonial Phil.
• Noli Me Tangere- he is responsible for bringing this onscreen, 13 part
series
• Other Works
Aguila
Hari sa Hari
Lahi sa Lahi
Isumpa Mo Giliw
Faces of Love