RESEARCH WORK

FAMOUS FILIPINO
WRITERS OF THE
21ST CENTURY
AND THEIR
WORKS

JAMES JOSEPH E. CASIA

PBCET-19-502P
 MICHAEL M. COROZA

About him:
He is a multi-awarded poet, essayist, translator,
editor and educator. He is also a singer who has
received recognitions within and outside the
country. He is the son of Marcial Zorilla Cozora
and Salud Urriza Modina. Though his parents were
from Majayjay andLiliw, Laguna respectively, he
was born in Ermita, Manila on August 26, 1969.

Literacy Work
Dili’t Dilim (1997)
Mga Lagot na Liwanag (2001)
Antologi Puisi dan Kemanusiaan (2004)
The SEA Write Anthology of ASEAN Short Stories & Poems (2008)
Imbisibol Man ang Tatay (2009)
Ang mga Kahon ni Kalon (2010)
Sounds of Asia (2011)
Ang mga Lambing ni Lolo Ding (2012)
 JESSICA ZAFRA

About her:
Fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and former
television and radio show host. She is known for her sharp
and witty writing style. Her most popular book is the
Twisted series, a collection of her essays as a columnist for
newspaper Today (now Manila Standard Today), as well
as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine
Flip.

Literacy Work
·500 People You Meet in Hell
·Manananggal Terrorizes Manila and Other Short Stories, 1992
·Womenagerie and Other Tales from the Front, 1995
·Twisted II: Spawn of Twisted, 1996
·Fruitcake, 1997 (aseditor)
·Chicken Pox for the Soul, 1999
·Twisted IV -IX
·The word-eaters
·Jocks vs Geeks, 2014
·The Collected Stories of Jessica Zafra, 2019
 CHARLSON ONG

About him:
One of the exceptional Creative Writing authors: a
fictionist, scriptwriter, and outstanding singer.
He obtained an A.B. in Psychology from the
University of the Philippines in 1977, and currently
teaches literature and creative writing under UP's
Department of English and Comparative Literature.

Literacy Work
·Banyaga : a song of war
·Woman of Am-Kaw and other stories
·An embarrassment of riches
·Conversion & other fictions
·Men of the East: and other short stories
·A tropical winter's tale and other stories
·Of that othercountry we now speak and other stories
·A sense of serenity: Anita Magsaysay-Ho with twelve Filipino poets
 ANA MARIA LYKES

About her:
A BS computer science degree holder and a
master’s in Creative Writing, Ana Maria Villanueva-
Lykes discovered the world of words around year
2008. 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.

Literacy Work
·Woman in Verses
·Encounter
·Taxi Music
·Second hand
·Casualty
·Fireworks in therain
·A Dancelesson
 NORMAN WILWAYCO

About him:
Norman Wilwayco, born on 2 October 1972, is 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 (worldwide production
company).

Literacy Work
·Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring
paglalakbay
·Gerilya (2002)
·Thefamily thateats soil (2004)
·Responde(2009)
·MondoManila (2010)
·Drug War
·Asin Live
·Larawan
·Dangal
 ARIEL S. TABAG

About him:
Born on February 11, 1975, Lourd Ernest Hanopol
de Veyra is a multi-awarded Filipino
musician, poet, journalist, broadcast personality,
and activist who first became famous for being
the vocalist of Manila-based jazz rock band
Radioactive Sago Project.

Literacy Work
·Super Panalo Sounds!
·Subterranean Thought Parade
·Shadowboxing in Headphones
·Insectissimo
·Espiritu
·The Best of This is A Crazy Planets
·This is A Crazy Planets
·History with Lourd: Tsismis Noon, Kasaysayan Ngayon
·A Letter to my Unborn Grandchild
·Troll man ay Tao rin
·Life Before, During, and Beyond the15 years of FHM
 LOURD DE VEYRA

About him:
Ariel Sotelo Tabag, born on August 16, 1978, is a
bilingual Ilokano fictionist (he writes in Ilokano
language and Tagalog/Filipino), poet, editor,
translator, and musician. He has received the
Palanca Awards for his Ilokano short stories.

Literacy Work
·Dung-aw
·Sudario
·1001 a Kalsada iti Siudad
·Eman
·'Dagiti Samiweng ti Angin
·Maris ti Birhen
·Littugaw
·Dagiti Ayup iti Bantay Quimmallugong
·Tapingaran
 SANTIAGO B.
VILLAFANIA

About him:
Santiago B. Villafania, born on January 31, 1971 at
Tuliao, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, Philippines, is a
bilingual poet based in Manila who writes in
English and in his native language, Pangasinense

Literacy Work
·Balikas na Caboloan (2005)
·Ghazalia: Maralus ya Ayat (2013)
·Bonsaic Verses. (2012)
·Pinabli & Other Poems. (2012)
·Malagilion: Sonnets tan Villanelles. (2012)
·As I Tango (2016)
 ROSMON TUAZON

About him:
Rosmon Tuazon is an outstanding poet, can sing,
and more known as the advocacy head of Maynilad.
He is the author of the book Mula (2005) in
which he compiled his works. He graduated with a
degree in Legal Management from the University
of Santo Tomas, and took his MA in Malikhaing
Pagsulat (Creative Writing) in University of the
Philippines- Diliman.

Literacy Work
·Soap
·Patay-Malisya
·Marasmus
·Monk
·Memento
·Vineyard
·In caseI run out
 CLES B. RAMBAUD

About him:
Clesencio B. Rambaud of Pinili, Ilocos
Norte, is presently the Managing Editor of
Bannawag magazine, published by the Manila
Bulletin Publishing Corporation with offices at
Intramuros, Manila. He studied Engineering and
has been with Bannawag for three decades rising
in the rank from proof reader to news editor,
literary editor and associate editor.

Literacy Work
·Bin-i ti Kimat
·Lingka: An anthology of Iloko literaturein English by Honor Blanco
Cabie
·Talibagok: Antolohia ti dandaniw
·Saguday: antolohia dagiti napili a sarita iti Iluko
·Dagiti kapintasan nga avant-garde: a Daniw iti Iluko (1995-1999)
·Gagan-ayan: lima a premiado a drama Ilokana
·Ti Darak, ti pammatik, ti tawidko kadagiti nagkauna a tattao by
Francisco Teñoso Lazar