National Artists For Literature: Members: Nool Tuazon Kurt Paniza Gampoy Emmanuel

NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR
LITERATURE
MEMBERS:
Nool
Tuazon
Kurt
Paniza
Gampoy
Emmanuel
Amado
Hernandez
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
N AT I ON A L A RT I S T FO R L I T E RAT U RE 1973
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
AMADO VERA
HERNANDEZ
1903-1970
A Filipino writer and labor leader who

was known for his criticism of social
injustices in the Philippines and was
later imprisoned for his involvement
in the communist movement.
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
AMADO VERA
HERNANDEZ
1903-1970
Amado V. Hernandez is an important

figure in the Philippine literature. He
wasn't just simply a writer but also, he
was a work leader and a freedom
fighter and was later imprisoned for
his involvement in the communist
N AT I ON A L A RT I S T FO R L I T E RAT U RE
movement. 1973
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
additional
He wrote Isang Dipang FA M O U S W O R K S
Langit (A Stretch of
Heaven), which later won a • Mga Ibong Mandaragit
Republic Cultural Heritage
Award, and Bayang Malaya • Panata sa Kalayaan.
(Free Nation), which later • Ang Mga Kayamanan ng Tao.
won a Balagtas Award. Also
written in prison was his • Ang Dalaw Kay Silaw.
masterpiece Luha ng • Bartolina.
Buwaya (Tears of the
Crocodile). • Kung Tuyo Na ang Luha Mo Aking
Bayan.
• Bayang Malaya.
N AT I ON A L A RT I S T FO R L I T E RAT U RE • Ang Taong Kapos. 1973
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
Luha ng Buwaya or, "Crocodile's Tear" in

translation, is a novel written by Palanca
Ang "Luha ng Buwaya" ay Awardee and Filipino novelist Amado V.
ang ikalawang nobela ni Hernandez. It consists of 53 chapters. The
Amado V. Hernandez, story is about poor farmers uniting against
siya'y hindi lamang the greedy desires of the prominent family
nobelista, pati na rin of the Grandes. In Filipino idioms,
siya'y isang makata at "crocodiles" were used to symbolize those
lider ng mga
manggagawa.
people who are corrupt. The "buwaya"
(crocodile) in the title refers to the Grandes
family, who were greedy for money.
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
(September 13, 2022) is the 119th birth anniversary

of Amado V. Hernandez, National Artist for
Literature.
Amado V. Hernandez, poet, playwright, and

novelist, is among the Filipino writers who
practiced “committed art.” In his view, the function
of the writer is to act as the conscience of society
and to affirm the greatness of the human spirit in
the face of inequity and oppression.
jose
villa
JOSE GARCIA VILLA
JOSE GARCIA VILLA
JOSE
GARCIA
V I L LGarcia
Jose A Villa is considered as
one of the finest contemporary
poets regardless of race or
language. Villa, who lived in
Singalong, Manila, introduced the
reversed consonance rime scheme,
including the comma poems that
made full use of the punctuation
mark in an innovative, poetic way.
JOSE GARCIA VILLA
FA M O U S W O R K S
•Philippine Short Stories, best 25 stories of
1928 (1929)
•Footnote to Youth, short stories (1933)
•Many Voices, poems (1939)
•Poems (1941)
•Have Come Am Here, poems ( (1941)
•Selected Poems and New (1942)
•A Doveglion Book of Philippine Poetry

(1962)
JOSE GARCIA VILLA
(August 5, 1908 – February 7, 1997)
Jose Garcia Villa, a Filipino poet, critic,

short story writer and painter, is an
important person to recognize during
Filipino American History Month. Villa
was born in 1907 in the Philippine
Islands.
He was awarded the

National Artist of the Philippines title
for literature in 1973
NICK
JOAQUIN
NICK JOAQUIN
NICK JOAQUIN
NICK
JOAQUIN
Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez

Joaquin was a Filipino writer
and journalist best known for
his short stories and novels in
the English language. He also
wrote using the pen name
Quijano de Manila.
NICK JOAQUIN
NICK
JOAQUIN
Nick Joaquín was able to publish a large
body of literary works during his time
and through this, he has had great
contribution to Philippine literature in
English. Contribution to Literary
Journalism. Nick Joaquín's foray into
literary journalism involved bringing
together his two careers(literature and
journalism)
NICK JOAQUIN
Famous works
•The Woman Who Had Two Navels
•A Question of Heroes.
•Culture and History.
•May Day Eve and Other Stories
NICK JOAQUIN
In his self-confessed mission as a writer, he

is a sort of "cultural apostle" whose purpose
is to revive interest in Philippine national life
through literature – and provide the
necessary drive and inspiration for a fuller
comprehension of their cultural background.
His awareness of the significance of the past
to the present is part of a concerted effort
to preserve the spiritual tradition and the
orthodox faith of the Catholic past – which
he perceives as the only solution to our
modern ills.
carlos
romulo
C A R LO S P. R O M U LO
C A R L O S P.
ROMULO
Carlos P. Romulo (1899-1985) was an

author and the foremost diplomat of the
Philippines. He was the only Filipino
journalist to win the Pulitzer Prize and
the first Asian to serve as president of
the UN General Assembly (1949). He
also gained prominence as America's
most trusted Asian spokesman.
Rómulo's prolific pen is attested to by his

FA M O U S books, such as
WWORKS • I Saw the Fall of the Philippines(1942)
• MotheRAmerica(1943),
• My Brother Americans (1945),
• I See the Philippines Rise (1946),
• Crusade in Asia (1955),
• The Magsaysay Story (1956),
• I Walk with Heroes (1961),
• Identity and Change (1965).


After serving as president of the

University of the Philippines and
secretary of education (1963-1968),
Rómulo was appointed by President
Marcos to the post of secretary of
foreign affairs. Rómulo was the
recipient of more than a hundred
honorary doctorates, awards, and
medals, given by American and Asian
universities, organizations, and
foreign governments.
francisco
arcellana
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
FRANCISCO
ARCELLANA
A writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist,
and teacher is Francisco Arcellana who
is an important progenitor of the
modern Filipino short story in
English. He pioneered the short story to
be developed as a lyrical prose-poetic
form. And for him, fiction is “that it is
able to render truth, that is able to
present reality”.
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
FAMOUS WORKS
Some of his short stories are
• Frankie,
• The Man Who Would Be Poe,
• Death in a Factory,
• Lina, A Clown Remembers,
• Divided by Two,
• The Mats,
and his poems being
• The Other Woman,
• This Being the Third Poem This
Poem is for Mathilda,
• To Touch You and I Touched
Her,
N AT I ON A L A RT I S T FO R L I T E RAT U RE among others. 1990
FRANCISCO ARCELLANA
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. His works are now
often taught in tertiary-level
syllabi in the Philippines.
n.v.m
gonzales
NVM GONZALEZ
NVM GONZALEZ
N.V.M
GONZALEZ
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez,
often known simply as N. V. M., was
an internationally famed Filipino
teacher and writer of novels, short
stories, and essays. During his long
and distinguished career, he
received many awards. In 1997,
near the end of his life, he was
proclaimed a National Artist of the
Philippines.
NVM GONZALEZ
FAMOUS WORKS
Novels/poetry The Winds of
April (1941)
•A Season of Grace (1956)
•The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
•The Land and the Rain
•The Happiest Boy in The World
•Bread of Salt
NVM GONZALEZ
What are the contributions of NVM

Gonzales? During his writing career,
Gonzalez wrote five novels, eight
short fictions and multiple essays ,
with his work translated into
languages like English, Chinese,
German, Russian, and Indonesian.
CARLOS
QUIRINO
CARLOS QUIRINO
CARLOS QUIRINO
CARLOS
QURINO
Carlos Quirino is best known for his
early biography of Jose Rizal. He also
wrote several works on Philippine
history and biographies of President
Manuel Quezon and the painter
Damian Domingo. In 1997 he was
recognised as a National Artist of
the Philippines for Historical
Literature.
CARLOS QUIRINO
FA M O U S
WORKS
•Philippine Cartography 1320-1899
The Great Malayan ('First penned for the 1938

Commonwealth Biography contest...)
•FILIPINOS AT WAR
•Magsaysay of the Philippines
CARLOS QUIRINO
Carlos Quirino, the first National

Artist for Historical Literature, is
considered as one of the best
historians the country has ever seen.
Not only known for his works on
biographies and history but also on
varied subjects such as the old maps of
the Philippines and also the culinary
legacy of the country
EDITH
TIEMPO
EDITH L. TIEMPO
EDITH L. TIEMPO
EDITH L. TIEMPO
Edith L. Tiempo, poet, fictionist, teacher

and literary critic was one of the finest
Filipino writers in English whose works
are characterized by a remarkable fusion
of style and substance, of craftsmanship
and insight. She was born on April 22,
1919 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Her
poems are intricate verbal
transfigurations of significant
experiences as revealed, in two of her
much anthologized pieces,
EDITH L. TIEMPO
FA M O U S
WORKS
• Bonsai (poem)
• A Blade of Fern (1978)
• His Native Coast (1979)
• Alien Corn (1992)
• One, Tilting Leaves (1995)
• The Builder (2004)
• The Jumong (2006)
EDITH L. TIEMPO
Edith Lopez Tiempo has been

listed as a noteworthy
literature educator by Marquis
Who's Who. Tiempo is a giant
of Philippine poetry who paved
the way for many women to
pursue lengthy careers in the
field of literature and books.
f.sionil
jose
F. S I O N I L J O S E
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.[1][2]
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. He was often considered the
leading Filipino candidate for the
Nobel Prize in Literature.
FA M O U S
WORKS
• Essays and non-fiction

• In Search of the Word
• We Filipinos: Our Moral Malaise, Our Heroic
Heritage (1999)
• Soba, Senbei and Shibuya: A Memoir of Post-War
Japan (2000)
• Heroes in the Attic, Termites in the Sala: Why We are
Poor (2005)
• This I Believe: Gleanings from a Life in Literature (2006)
• Literature and Liberation (co-author) (1988)
F. Sionil Jose is also a publisher, lecturer

on cultural issues, and the founder of
the Philippine chapter of the
international organization PEN. He was
bestowed the CCP Centennial Honors
for the Arts in 1999; the Outstanding
Fulbrighters Award for Literature in
1988; and the Ramon Magsaysay Award
for Journalism, Literature, and Creative
Communication Arts in 1980.
VIRGILIO
ALMARI
O
VIRGILIO ALMARIO
VIRGILIO SENADRIN ALMARIO

(born march 9, 1944), better known by his
pen name rio alma, is a filipino visual artist, Poetry collections
author, poet, critic, translator, editor, • Mga Retrato at
teacher, and cultural manager.[1] he is a
Rekwerdo (1984)
national artist of the philippines. He
formerly served as the chairman of the • Palipad-Hangin.
komisyon sa wikang filipino (KWF), the (1985)
government agency mandated to promote • Katon Para sa
and standardize the use of the filipino Limang Pandama.
language. On january 5, 2017, almario was (1987)
also elected as the chairman of the
• Sentimental. (2004)
national commission for culture and the art
s
(NCCA).
2003
N AT I ON A L A RT I S T FO R L I T E RAT U RE
BUENVENIDO
LUMBER
A
BUENVENIDO LUMBERA
BUENVENUDO LUMBERA
(Bienvenido Lumbera (April 11, 1932 – September

28, 2021) was a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist.
Poetry
Lumbera is known for his nationalist writing and for • Likhang Dila, Likhang
his leading role in the Filipinization movement in Diwa (poetry collection,
Philippine literature in the 1960s, which resulted in
his being one of the many writers and academics 1994)
jailed during Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law regime. • "Ka Bel"
He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
Journalism, Literature and Creative
• "The Yaya’s Lullaby"
Communications in 1993, and was proclaimed a • "Servant" (2006)
National Artist of the Philippines for literature in • "Sadness"
2006. As an academic, he is recognized for his key
role in elevating the field of study which would • "Eulogy of Roaches"
become known as Philippine Studies. • "Jamborzkie Light"
LAZARO
FRANCISCO
LAZARO FRANCISCO
LAZARO FRANCISCO
The following are the major works of
Lázaro Francisco y Angeles, also known as Lazaro A.
Francisco (February 22, 1898 – June 17, 1980) was a
Lazaro Francisco:
Filipino novelist, essayist and playwright. Francisco was • Novels[edit]
posthumously named a • Binhi at Bunga (Seed and Fruit),
National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in 2009. 1925
• Cesar, 1926
He received other distinguished awards and accolades • Ama (Father), 1929 - translated to
in literature in his lifetime, including the Balagtas
French by poet Jean-Paul Potet
Award (1969), the Republic Cultural Heritage Award
(1970) and the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
as Maître Tace (Master Tace).
Award from the government of Manila.[6][7] • Bayang Nagpatiwakal (Country
In 2009, former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo That Committed Suicide), 1931-
awarded the National Artist of the Philippines for 1932
Literature to Francisco, posthumously, for his • Sa Paanan ng Krus (At the Cross'
significant contribution to Philippine literature Foot), 1934
CIRILO
BAUTIST
C I RI LO BAU T I S TA
Cirilo F. Bautista
A Renaissance man, he was a poet, fiction
Works
writer, painter, literary critic, and educator. He
• In Many Ways, Poems,
was Professor Emeritus and University Fellow
2018
at the De La Salle University, Manila. His
• Things Happen, Poems
intellect and spirit were cultivated in various
2012, 2014
halls of erudition: Legarda Elementary School
• 100 Poems (Ed.
(1954), Mapa High School (valedictorian,
Santiago Villafania),
1958), University of Santo Tomas (magna cum
2011
laude, A.B. Literature, 1963), Saint Louis
• Believe and
University, Baguio (magna cum laude, Master
Betray. New and
of Arts in Literature, 1968), and De La Salle
Collected Poems, 2006
University, Manila (Doctor of Arts in Language
and Literature, 1991).

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NATIONAL ARTISTS FOR

A Filipino writer and labor leader who

Amado V. Hernandez is an important

Luha ng Buwaya or, "Crocodile's Tear" in

(September 13, 2022) is the 119th birth anniversary

Amado V. Hernandez, poet, playwright, and

•Footnote to Youth, short stories (1933)

•Many Voices, poems (1939)

•Have Come Am Here, poems ( (1941)

•Selected Poems and New (1942)

•A Doveglion Book of Philippine Poetry

(August 5, 1908 – February 7, 1997)

Jose Garcia Villa, a Filipino poet, critic,

He was awarded the

Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez

•The Woman Who Had Two Navels

•Culture and History.

•May Day Eve and Other Stories

In his self-confessed mission as a writer, he

Carlos P. Romulo (1899-1985) was an

Rómulo's prolific pen is attested to by his

• My Brother Americans (1945),

• I See the Philippines Rise (1946),

Rómulo's prolific pen is attested to by his

• My Brother Americans (1945),

• I See the Philippines Rise (1946),

Rómulo's prolific pen is attested to by his

• My Brother Americans (1945),

• I See the Philippines Rise (1946),

After serving as president of the

What are the contributions of NVM

The Great Malayan ('First penned for the 1938

•Magsaysay of the Philippines

Carlos Quirino, the first National

Edith L. Tiempo, poet, fictionist, teacher

Edith Lopez Tiempo has been

• Essays and non-fiction

F. Sionil Jose is also a publisher, lecturer

VIRGILIO SENADRIN ALMARIO

(Bienvenido Lumbera (April 11, 1932 – September

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