Notable Filipino Writers

1. Jose Rizal - widely considered the national hero of the Philippines, known for his novels "Noli Me
Tangere" and "El Filibusterismo"

2. Nick Joaquin - a journalist, fictionist, and playwright, known for his works "A Portrait of the Artist
as Filipino" and "The Woman Who Had Two Navels"

3. Lualhati Bautista - a feminist writer and novelist, known for her works "Dekada '70" and "Bata,
Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa?"

4. F. Sionil Jose - a prolific writer and journalist, known for his Rosales Saga, a series of novels set in
the Philippines during the 20th century

5. Bienvenido Lumbera - a poet, playwright, and literary critic, known for his works "Tagalog
Poetry: A Tradition and Its Practice" and "Bikolnon Poetry: An Anthology"

6. Jose Garcia Villa - a poet, literary critic, and short story writer, known for his works "Footnote to
Youth" and "The Voice of the Hills"

7. Edith L. Tiempo - a poet, fictionist, and teacher, known for her works "The Bread of Salt and
Other Stories" and "Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Philippine Folk Stories"

8. N.V.M Gonzalez - a novelist, short story writer and essayist, known for his works "The Bamboo
Dancers" and "Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories"

9. Jose Dalisay Jr. - a novelist, playwright, and essayist, known for his works "Killing Time in a Warm
Place" and "Soledad's Sister"

10. Jun Cruz Reyes - a playwright, screenwriter and fictionist, known for his works "Walang Sugat"
and "Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang"

Notable Foreign Writers

1. William Shakespeare - widely considered the greatest playwright of all time, known for plays
such as "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Macbeth"

2. James Joyce - an Irish novelist and poet, known for his works "Ulysses" and "Dubliners"

3. Leo Tolstoy - a Russian novelist, known for his works "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"

4. Mark Twain - an American author and humorist, known for his works "The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

5. Jane Austen - an English novelist, known for her works "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and
Sensibility"
6. Oscar Wilde - an Irish playwright and novelist, known for his works "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
and "The Importance of Being Earnest"

7. Ernest Hemingway - an American novelist and journalist, known for his works "The Old Man and
the Sea" and "A Farewell to Arms"

8. George Orwell - an English novelist, known for his works "1984" and "Animal Farm"

9. Fyodor Dostoevsky - a Russian novelist, known for his works "Crime and Punishment" and "The
Brothers Karamazov"

10. Virginia Woolf - an English novelist and feminist, known for her works "Mrs. Dalloway" and "To
the Lighthouse"