FILIPINO ESSAY WRITERS

Walden Bello is Walden Bello

currently a
professor of
sociology at the
State University of
New York at
Binghamton and
senior research
fellow at the Center
for Southeast Asian
Studies of Kyoto
University in Japan
The Future in the
balance clearly and
eloquently explains the
true causes of the
financial crisis-the
institutions that
advocated free market
economies based on
the principles of
liberalization,
deregulation and
privatization.
Francisco "Franz"
Arcellana 

a Filipino writer, poet,
essayist, critic,
journalist and
teacher. He is
considered an
important progenitor
of the modern
Filipino short story in
English. Arcellana
pioneered the
development of the
short story as a lyrical
prose-poetic form
within Filipino
literature.
was a Filipino nationalist
 and polymath during the José Rizal
tail end of the 
Spanish colonial period
 of the Philippines. An 
ophthalmologist by
profession, Rizal became
a writer and a key
member of the Filipino 
Propaganda Movement
 which advocated 
political reforms for the
colony under Spain.
 Nick Joaquin
was a Filipino writer,
historian and journalist,
best known for his 
short stories and novels
 in the English language.
He also wrote using the
pen name Quijano de
Manila. Joaquín was
conferred the rank and
title of 
National Artist of the Ph
ilippines
 for Literature.
A Heritage of Smallness
Alejandro Reyes Roces

was a Filipino author,

essayist, dramatist and
a National Artist of
the Philippinesfor
literature. He served
as 
Secretary of Education
 from 1961 to 1965,
during the term of 
Philippine President 
Diosdado Macapagal.