21st Century Literature from the

Philippines and the World

F. Sionil José
“We write from life and call it literature, and
literature lives because we are in it”

Presents by : Abrille Tejada

• Francisco Sionil José is Filipino writer who
was one of the most widely read in English
language. He was born in Rosales,
Pangasinan on December 3,1924.

• He has 2 siblings and their parents are

Sofia Sionil and Antonio Jose
MARIA TERESITA JOVELLANOS JOSÉ
 WORKS

ROSALES SAGA

PO-ON TREE MY BROTHER, MY THE MASS

(1984) (1978) EXECUTIONER PRETENDERS (1974)
(1973) (1962)
 WORKS

ORIGINAL NOVELS CONTAINING ROSALES SAGA

 WORKS

OTHER NOVELS SHORT STORY

COLLECTION
• Gagamba (The Spiderman) • The God Stealer
• Viajero • Puppy Love and Thirteen Short
• Sin Stories
• Ben Singkol • Olvidon and Other Short Stories
• Ermita • Platinum: Ten Filipino Stories
• Vibora! • Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Short
• Sherds Stories
• Asian PEN Anthology
 WORKS

ESSAYS AND NON-FICTION

• In Search of the Word

• We Filipinos : Our Moral Malaise, Our Heroic Heritage
• Soba,Senbei and Shibuya : A Memoir of Post-War Japan
• Heroes in Attic, Termites in the Sala : Why We are Poor
• This I Believe : Gleaning from a Life in Literature
• Literature and Liberation

NOVELLAS VERSES CHILDREN’S BOOK

• ThreeFilipino Women • Questions • The Molave and the Orchid
• Two Filipino Women
 AWARDS

• Pablo Neruda Centennial Award (2004)

• Chevalier Dan’s I’Ordre Des Arts Lettres (2000)
• Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature
and Creative Communication Arts
• City of Manila Award for Literature
• Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature
(1959,1979,1980,1981)
SOLIDARIDAD BOOKSHOP
owned by F. Sionil José
531 Padre Faura St, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila
F. SIONIL JOSÉ
died at the age of 97 on January 6,2022
QUIZ NA
MGA ANTE^•^
1. He’s a Filipino writer who was one of the most widely read in
English language.

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4. What are the five-series novel of Rosales Saga?
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7. Why does José said that the heroes of his fiction were “the common
people, the foot soldier who died in the hundreds”?

8-9. What is TREE (one of his series-novel) all about?

10. If you learned anything, what would it be?