Filipino Writers during the American Period

Lope K. Santos (born Lope Santos y Canseco, September 25, 1879 – May 1,
1963) was a Filipino Tagalog language writer and former senator of the
Philippines. He is best known for his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat and to
his contributions for the development of Filipino grammar and Tagalog
orthography.
Works:
Banaag at Sikat (From Early Dawn to Full Light)
Kundangan
Puso't Diwa (Heart and Spirit)
Sino Ka? Ako'y Si... 60 Sagot na mga Tulá (Who Are You? I am... 60 Answering
Poems)
Mga Hamak na Dakilà: 60 Tulâ (Mean Magnificent: 60 poems)
"Makábagong" Balarilà?: Mga Puná at Payo sa "Sariling Wikà" ("Modern"
Grammar?: Views and Advices for "National Language")

Emilio Mar Antonio was born on 11 December 1903 in Bambang, Bulacan. He died on 13 May
1967 in Quiapo, Manila. He was a poet and a fictionist. In 1941, he married Andrea Teodoro and
they had six children, one of whom is poet Teo Antonio. He was the administrator and mediator
of the balagtasan on radio sponsored by Compania Elizalde and wrote for their newspaper,
Taliba. He was a member of the editorial board of Liwayway from 1946- 1949 and editor of
Bulaklak from 1950-1965.

Works:

Lakandupil

Nakaluping Dahon

Perlas sa Putikan

Magat, Ama ng Lahing Kayumanggi

His Birang na May Luha

Ildefonso Santos was a Filipino educator and poet.He showed his talent in
poetry through a love letter for a secret lover. His cousin, Leonardo Diangson,
read the letter, and it was later published in the newspaper Ang Mithî. After
publishing, the letter was read by Iñigo Ed Regalado. Santos began writing
poetry in earnest and using Ilaw Silangan as his pen name. He finished his
studies as a first professor in Pilipino at the National Teachers College. Before
World War II, he was also a supervisor for the national language.
Works:
Tatlong Inakay (The Three Chicks or Three Young Fowls)
Gabi (Night)
Ang Guryon (The Kite)
Sa Tabi ng Dagat (At The Seaside)
Ulap at Mangingisda (Cloud and Fisherman)
Execution of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Luneta park (Landscape Architecture)

Iñigo Ed. Regalado was a Filipino poet, journalist, and novelist. He was the son
of Iñigo Corcuera Regalado, the renowned Tagalog printer and journalist. His
mother was Saturnina Reyes. As an editor, Iñigo Ed Regalado was one of the
"powerful voices" in the newspapers and magazines during the first part of the
1900s. It was during his time when the Golden Age of the Tagalog Novel (1905–
1921) started.
Works:
Madaling Araw (Dawn) (1909)

Kung Magmahal ang Dalaga (How a Maiden Loves) (1911)

Ang Labing-apat na Awa (The Fourteen Graces) (1912)

Sampagitang Walang Bango (Jasmine Without Fragrance) (1921)

May Pagsinta'y Walang Puso (Heartless Love) (1921)

Ang Huling Pagluha (The Final Shedding of Tears) (1933)

Ang Anak ng Dumalaga (Child of the Pullet) (1933)

Naging Lunas ng Pighati (Became the Solution to Sorrow) (1933)

Dalaginding (Young Maiden)

Sabi Ko Na Nga Ba (That's What I Thought)

Dahil sa Pag-ibig (Because of Love)

 Amado Vera Hernandez, commonly known as Amado V. Hernandez
(September 13, 1903 – March 24, 1970), was a Filipino writer and labor leader
who was known for his criticism of social injustices in the Philippines and was
later imprisoned for his involvement in the communist movement. He was the
central figure in a landmark legal case that took 13 years to settle.
Works:
Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Birds of Prey),1969.
Luha Ng Buwaya (Crocodile's Tears), 1972.
Pili sa Pinili (Chosen from the Select), 1964.
Isang Dipang Langit
Panata sa Kalayaan
Ang Dalaw Kay Silaw
Bartolina
Ang Panday
Inang Wika
Pamana
Ang Aklasan
Si Atang at ang Dulaan (Atang and the Theater)
Si Jose Corazon de Jesus at ang Ating Panulaan (Jose Corazon de Jesus and Our
Poetry)

Deogracias A. Rosario is born in Tondo, Maynila on 17 October 1894. He started writing on

1915 in Ang Demokrasya. Year 1917 when he started writing in Taliba.

Works:

Dahil sa Pag-ibig
Ang Anak ng Kanyang Asawa
Ang Manika ni Takeo
Walang Panginoon
Dalawang Larawan
Ang Geisha
Bulaklak ng Inyong Panahon
Mga Rodolfo Valentino

José Corazón de Jesús (November 22, 1896 – May 26, 1932), also
known by his pen name Huseng Batute, was a Filipino poet who used
Tagalog poetry to express the Filipinos' desire for independence during the
American occupation of the Philippines, a period that lasted from 1901 to
1946. He is best known for being the lyricist of the Filipino song Bayan
Ko.

Works:

Ang Manok Kong Bulik ("My White Rooster", 1911) - a poem about a country
man's misfortune in cockfighting

Barong Tagalog (1921) - poem written after the Filipino national costume

Ang Pagbabalik ("Homecoming", 1924)

Ang Pamana ("The Legacy", 1925)

Isang Punongkahoy ("A Tree", 1932)

Some of his poems were set into music; among these are:

Bayan Ko ("My Country", 1929) - music by Constancio de Guzman

Pakiusap ("A Request") - music by Francisco Santiago

Patricio Geronimo Mariano (17 March 1877 at Santa Cruz, Manila – 28

January 1935) was a Filipino nationalist, revolutionary, pundit, poet,
playwright, dramatist, short story writer, novelist, journalist, violinist, and
painter. Mariano was a Katipunan member. Mariano was the son of
Petronilo Mariano and Dionisia Geronimo.
Works:
Sampaguita ("Jazmine") (1901)
Anak ng Dagat ("Child of the Sea")
Ang Pakakak ("The Tuba") (a one-act drama) (1913)
Ang Silanganan ("The East" or "The Levant") (a one-act drama) (1904)
Juan Masili: Ang Pinuno ng Tulisan (1906)
Ang mga Anak Dalita (1911)
Ang Tala sa Panghulo (1913)
Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (November 24, 1913[1] – September 11,
1956) was an English-language Filipino novelist and poet who spent most
of his life in the United States. His best-known work today is the semi-
autobiographical America Is in the Heart, but he first gained fame for his
1943 essay on The Freedom from Want.
Works:
America Is in the Heart
The Laughter of My Father
The Cry and the Dedication
My Father's Tragedy
The Romance of Magno Rubio
If You Want To Know What We Are
My Father goes to Court

Faustino S. Aguilar (February 15, 1882 – July 24, 1955) is a pioneering

Filipino novelist, journalist, revolutionary, union leader, and editor.
Faustino was one of the first novelists in the Philippines to explore and
present social realism through literature.
Works:
Busabos ng Palad (Pauper of Fate)
Sa Ngalan ng Diyos (In the Name of God)
Ang Lihim ng Isang Pulo (The Secret of an Island)
Ang Patawad ng Patay (The Pardon of the Dead)
Ang Kaligtasan (The Salvation)
Pinaglahuan (Place of Disappearance)