NATIONAL ARTIST

AWARD AWARDEES

 F. Sionil
José
Francisco Sionil José (December 3, 1924 –
January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer who
was one of the most widely read in the
English language. A National Artist of the
Philippines for Literature, which was
bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels
and short stories depict the social
underpinnings of class struggles and
colonialism in Filipino society. His works—
written in English—have been translated
into 28 languages, including Korean,
Indonesian, Czech, Russian, Latvian,
Ukrainian and Dutch.
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The Pretenders
Sionil Jose's The Pretenders, the fourth
book in the Rosales Saga, is one of the
author's most famous works as its
themes remain relevant today—
corruption, poverty, and the Filipino
identity. In the book, the readers are
reintroduced to Antonio Samson who
pursues a degree in the prestigious
Harvard University and marries a well-
heeled Filipina instead of his cousin
Emy, whom he loves and has a son.

Japanese | English
 ANG
KIUKOK

Ang Kiukok was a Filipino painter known for his expressive, Cubist-like works. He often chose
dynamic or disturbing subject matter, frequently depicting rabid dogs, crucifixions, and
screaming figures in an abstracted geometric style. When asked why he often chose subjects full
of such angry he once replied "Why not? Open your eyes. Look around you. So much anger,
sorrow, ugliness. And also madness." Born on March 1, 1931 in Davao City, the Philippines, Kiukok
gained both critical and commercial success in his home country throughout the 1960s. Some of
his most gruesome paintings were made during the rule of Ferdinand Marcos, who held the
Phillipines under martial law throughout the 1970s. Kiukok was awarded the title of National
Artist by his home country in 2001, and continued to exhibit with success until his death on May
9, 2005 in Quezon City, the Philippines.

Ang Kiukok
Reclining Figure,
2001

Ang Kiukok
Dark Plant #1,
1976

Ang Kiukok
Thinker, 1979

 ISHMAEL
BERNA
Ishmael Eugine Bernal
Occupation

Born Film director

Ishmael Bernal

September 30, 1938 Awards

Manila, Philippine Commonwealth
Order of National

Died Artists of the

June 2, 1996 (aged 57) Philippines
Quezon City, Philippines

Ishmael Bernal (30 September 1938 – 2 June 1996) was a Filipino filmmaker, stage
and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas,
particularly with feminist and moral issues, he directed many landmark Filipino films
such as Nunal sa Tubig (1976), City After Dark (1980), Relasyon (1982), Himala (1982),
and Hinugot sa Langit (1985). He was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in
2001.

Himala is a 1982 Filipino film directed by

Ishmael Bernal and produced by the
Experimental Cinema of the Philippines. It stars
Nora Aunor as a young woman living in the
province who claims to have seen a Marian
apparition. The script by Ricky Lee was inspired
a series of alleged Marian apparitions appearing
before schoolgirls, which took place from 1966
to 1972 on Cabra Island in Lubang, Occidental
Mindoro
SEVERINO
MONTANO

Severino Mantano was a playright with some 50 plays to his name and founder
of the Arena Theater. He was awarded the title National Artist of the
Philippines for theatre posthumously in 2001.
Montano was a Dean of Instruction of the Philippine Normal College. Montano
organized the Arena Theater “to bring drama to the masses”. In 1953, the
theater opened with three one-act plays. The roving troupe took theater to near
and far-flung barrios in 47 provinces across the country.
Four of his plays became tour staples: the full-length The Love of Leonor Rivera
and three one-act plays, Parting at Calamba, The Ladies and the Senador and
Sabina. The Arena Theater also began a graduate program for the training of
playwrights, directors, technicians, actors and designers.

He published works include The Love of Leonor

Rivera (poetic tragedy in two-parts), My Morning
Star (poetic historical tragedy in three-parts), But
Not My Sons Any Longer (poetic tragedy in two-
parts), Gabriela Silang (poetic historical tragedy
in three-parts), The Merry Wives of Manila
(comedy of manners in three-parts), Sabina
(tragedy), The Ladies and the Senador (satirical
comedy) and Parting at Calamba (historical
drama).
 BENEDICTO
CABRERA

Born: April 10, 1942 (age 80 years), Malabon

Benedicto Reyes Cabrera, better known as Spouse: Caroline Kennedy (m. 1969–1985)

"BenCab", is a Filipino painter and was

Nationality: Philippine
awarded National Artist of the Philippines for

Visual Arts in 2006. He has been noted as Parents: Isabel Reyes, Democrito Cabrera
Education: University of the Philippines System,
"arguably the best-selling painter of his
University of the Philippines Diliman, Arellano High
generation of Filipino artists. School

Award: National Artist of the Philippines

Portrait of Caroline CRISIS IN

HUMANITY 2017
GAMABA
Awardees
 GINAW
BILOG
Ginaw Bilog was a Filipino poet who was recognized
as a National Living Treasure by the Philippine
government. Born on January 3, 1953, Bilog was a
Born: January 3, Hanunuo Mangyan who was a native of Mansalay,

1953, Mansalay Oriental Mindoro. He was known for his efforts in

preserving the Mangyan poetry tradition of

ambahan.

Died: June 3, 2003,

Oriental Mindoro

The AMBAHAN is the traditional poetry of the Hanunuo Mangyans

of Oriental Mindoro. It is usually written on bamboo in the Surat
Mangyan, a centuries-old pre-Spanish script. The syllabic script

Nationality: and the ambahan poetry have complemented each other,

contributing to their continued existence today.

Philippine Ambahan is a literary product and poetic expression of the

Southern Mangyans of Mindoro, Philippines. Although there are

about seven different ethnic groups living in Mindoro, collectively
called the Mangyans, these groups are quite distinct from each
other as to language, customs, and way of living. Only the ethnic
Genre: Ambahan group living in the south of Mindoro, roughly comprising the areas
within the municipalities of Bulalacao (San Pedro), Mansalay,

Oriental Mindoro, and San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, claims the
name Mangyan as the descriptive title of their tribe. To stress their
Language: point, they might add the epithet: "Hanunuo" Mangyan, that is, a
"truly, real, genuine" Manygan.
Mangyan

Notable awards:
Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng
Bayan

 MASINO
INTARAY

Born: April 10, 1943, Palawan

Died: November 30, 2013
Genres: Folk
Instrument(s): basal; kulilal; bagit
Intaray

Masino Intaray was a Filipino poet, bard

artist, and musician who is a Palawan
native known for his performance of
the local traditions of basal, kulilal and
bagit. He is also a recipient of the
National Living Treasure recognition.

BABARAK (ring flute)

ARODING (mouth harp)
BASAL (gong)
 SAMAON
SULAIMAN

Samaon Sulaiman was a

Born: March 3, Filipino musician who is a
1953, recipient of the National
Living Treasure award. The
Mamasapano
Maguindanaon is known for

his mastery of the indigenous

Died: May 21,
kutyapi instrument. Born on
2011, Manila 3 March 1953, Sulaiman first

learned playing kutyapi at
Nationality: around 13 years old from his
Philippine uncle.

Instruments:
kutiyapi

 LANG
DULAY
Lang Dulay was a Filipino
traditional weaver who was a
recipient of the National Living
Born: August 3, 1928 Treasures Award. She is credited

with preserving her people's
Died: April 30, 2015, tradition of weaving T'nalak, a dyed
Lake Sebu fabric made from refined abaca

fibre.
Nationality:
Philippine
ART WORKS

Parents : Luan Senig

T'
Awards: Gawad sa
Manlilikha ng Bayan B

Known for: T'nalak

weaving
O

Style: Traditional
L
I
T'boli design

 SALINTA
SALINTA
MONON
MONON

FILIPINO WEAVER

textile weaver
who
Salinta Monon was a Filipino

was the
one of two recipients of the
Born: December 12,
National Living Treasures
1920, Bansalan Award in 1998. She was
Died: June 4, 2009, known for her Bagobo-
Davao del Sur Inabal
Tagabawa textiles and was

known as the "last Bagobo
Nationality: weaver
Philippine

Known for: Bagobo

Tagabawa

textile: Traditional
Bagobo-Tagabawa
design