21st century

Knowing the authors

Paulo Coelho – wrote “the alchemist”

Ma Elena L. Paulma – wrote the short story entitled “three Kisses”

Hassan Blasim – Iraqi writer and film writer who wrote the short story entitled “the reality
and the record from mad man of freedom square.”

Juan Gelman – argentian poet and political activist.

Anamika – wrote the poem entitled “SALT”

Isabel Allende – author of the novels “the house of spirits and “city of the beast”.

Milan Kundera – wrote the text “the apologizer”.

Milos K. Ilic – an author from Serbia and wrote the short story “surprise”.

Neil Gaiman – british writer who wrote poem “instructions”.

Nassefh Macla – graduate of a degree of BA English major at UP. Mindanao

Christian Cabagnot – young budding writer of “dagmay”

Karlo Antonio David – regular contributor in “dagmay”

Taiye Selasi – described as “citizen of the world”

- Wrote the story bye-bye babar

Dagmay – literary journal of davao writers guild.

Afro-Asian literature – home of magnificent authors.

African Literature – connected to Asian literature

Contemporary Afro-Asian Literature – deals with colonial modernity and philosophies,

diaspora and migration. Etc.

Europian/Western Literature – written in the context of different historical, political and

cultural influences.

Tales of Passion – speech where it asked the question “what is truer than truth?”.

Latin American Literature – heavily influenced by religion and is mostly oral in form.

Devil and Miss Prym – a story which tells us that humans have two sides, Goodness
and evilness.
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Nassefh Macla – wrote the poem “Fatima the war nurse”

Luzon – melting pot of traditions and modernization.

Visayas – cradle of Filipino life experiences.

Mindanao – bearer of hope and unity.

Cagayan De Oro – city of golden friendship.

Diaspora – spread of any people from their original homeland.

History – events enclosed in specific timeline.

Europe – birthplace of arts and foundation of modernity.

Fiction – can be regarded as nonfiction after all.

Myth – kwentong bayan.

Folk Songs – imaginative narratives.