FRANCISCO

ARCELLANA

NATIONAL ARTIST FOR LITERATURE

(1990)

Presented by: ROSELYN DELA CRUZ

 FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
SEPTEMBER 6, 1916 - AUGUST 1, 2002
Writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist,
and teacher, is one of the most important
progenitors of the modern Filipino short
story in English.

WHO IS FRANCISCO ARCELLANA?

Born: September 6, 1916, Manila

Died: August 1, 2002, Quezon City

Parents: Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana, Epifania Quino

Spouse: Emerenciana Yuvienco Arcellana

(m. 1941–2002)

Education: University of the Philippines System (1932–

1939), Florentino Torres High School, Ateneo de Manila
University
WHO IS FRANCISCO ARCELLANA?
Arcellana is buried at the Libingan ng mga
Bayani.

Arcellana died on August 1, 2002. As a

National Artist, he received a state funeral at
the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
• He pioneered the development of the short
story as a lyrical prose-poetic form.

• For Arcellana, the pride of fiction is “that it is

able to render truth, that is able to present
reality”.
• Arcellana kept alive the experimental
tradition in fiction, and had been most
daring in exploring new literary forms to
express the sensibility of the Filipino
people.
 Arcellana’s published books are
Selected Stories (1962), Poetry and
Politics: The State of Original
Writing in English in the Philippines
Today (1977), The Francisco Arcellana
Sampler(1990).

WORKS OF FRANCISCO ARCELLANA:

SHORT STORIES POEMS

• Frankie • The Other Woman

• The Man Who Would Be • This Being the Third
Poe Poem This Poem is
• Death in a Factory for Mathilda
• Lina • To Touch You and I
• A Clown Remembers
Touched Her
• Divided by Two
• among others.
• The Mats
 AWARDS:

Carlos Palanca Memorial

Awards for Short Story

1951 · THE FLOWERS OF MAY

CONTRIBUTION OF FRANCISCO
ARCELLANA IN PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE
Arcellana pioneered the development of the short story
as a lyrical prose-poetic form within Filipino literature.
His works are now often taught in tertiary-level syllabi
in the Philippines. Many of his works were translated
into Tagalog, Malaysian, Russian, Italian, and
German.