PERiOD OF MATURiTY

AND ORiGiNALiTY
1945 - 1960
Introduction
Philippine writers received a large
amount of knowledge in poetry,
fiction, drama and essay. Filipino
writers mastered English and
familiarized themselves with diverse
techniques.
Literary "giants" appeared.
 Artist made known in this period include:

• Jose Garcia Villa

• Gilda Cordero-Fernando
• Gregorio Brillantes
• Bienvenido Santos
• Nick Joaquin
Jose Garcia Villa

• Born on August 5, 1908

• Enrolled on a Pre-Medical course in UP, but then
switched to Pre-Law course.
• He realized that his true passion was in the arts.
• His pen name was Doveglion
 WORKS
• The anchored
• The collected stories of Jose Garcia Villa
• A poem must be magical
AWARDS

• National Artist of the Philippines for Literature

• Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada-
National Artist of the Philippines for Literature
• Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
 Gregorio
Brillantes
• Born in Camiling, Tarlac, in 1932
• Was educated at the Ateneo de Manila
• He was executive editor of the Philippines
Free Press and editor-in-chief of Asia-
Philippines Leader

• Editor and writer for Veritas newsmagazine,

National Midweek and Philippine Graphic.
 WORKS
• Faith, Love, Time and Dr Lazaro (1960)
• The Distance to Andromeda (1960)
• The Years (1960)
AWARDS

• Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short Story

• Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Essay
•Nick Márquez Joaquin born May 4, 1917
•Filipino writer and journalist best known for his
short stories and novels in the English language

•Wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila

•considered one of the most important Filipino
writers, along with José Rizal and Claro M. Recto

Nick Joaquin
 WORKS
• Tropical Gothic
• First a poem should be magical
• The Ballad of the Five Battles

• 1996: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature,

AWARDS

and Creative Communication Arts

• 1965, 1958: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short

Study

• 1976: Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Full-length Play

 Gilda
Cordero-
•She was born in Manila, On June 4, 1930 - August 27, Fernando
2020
•Her short stories are regularly taken up in college
English classes in the Philippines, and have been
widely anthologized.
•Gained acclaim for her column "Tempest in a
Teapot” in the Manila Chronicle, before the
newspaper was shut down during Martial Law.
•Also engaged in political activism against the Marcos
dictatorship after the assassination of Ninoy Aquino
 WORKS
•The Magic Circle
•Wilderness of Sweets
•The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker
AWARDS

• Carlos Palanca Memorial Award

• Patnubay ng Sining Awardee for literature
• Cultural Center of the Philippines' Gawad Awardee
bienvenido
santos • born on March 22, 1911 - January 7, 1996
• a Filipino-American fiction, poetry and
nonfiction writer
• Graduated from The University of The
Philippines
• He lived in the United States for many years
where he is widely credited as a pioneering
Asian-American writer
 WORKS
• Villa Magdalena
• The Volcano
• The Praying Man
AWARDS

• Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short

Story
• American Book Award
• Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts,
Latin America & Caribbean
 THESE WRiTERS ALL CONTRiBUTED TO
WHAT LiTERATURE iS TODAY.
WiTHOUT THESE LiTERARY GiANTS THE
PHiLiPPiNES WOULDN'T HAVE A NAME iN
LiTERATURE TODAY.