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The Summer Solstice. "The Summer Solstice", also known as "Tatarin" or "Tadtarin", [1] is a short story written by Filipino National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin. [2][3] In addition to being regarded as one of Joaquin's most acclaimed literary works, the tale is considered to be controversial. [2][3] The story narrates a ritual performed ...
May Day Eve. " May Day Eve " is a story written by Filipino National Artist Nick Joaquin. Written after World War II, it became one of Joaquin's “ signature stories” that became a classic [1] in Philippine literature in English. Together with Joaquin's other stories like The Mass of St. Sylvester, Doña Jeronima and Candido’s Apocalypse ...
Philippines. Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa? (lit. Child, Child... how Were You Made?, [1] also known as Lea's Story) [2][3][4][5] is a novel written in Filipino by the female writer, Lualhati Bautista, released in 1988. Lea's Story centers around the life of Lea, a women's rights activist who struggles to raise her children as a single mother ...
Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. (September 11, 1911 – October 5, 1977) was a Filipino novelist, playwright, essayist, short story writer, journalist, screenwriter, teacher, critic. [1] Many comics fans know him as the prolific writer of komiks (Philippine comics) through Liwayway and Ace Publications.
Banaag at Sikat [1] or From Early Dawn to Full Light [2] is one of the first literary novels written by Filipino author Lope K. Santos in the Tagalog language in 1906. [3] As a book that was considered as the "Bible of working class Filipinos", [3] the pages of the novel revolves around the life of Delfin, his love for a daughter of a rich landlord, while Lope K. Santos also discusses the ...
Lirio is a short story by Peter Solis Nery, written originally in the Hiligaynon language of the Philippines, and in the magical realism style. [1] It won first prize in the Hiligaynon Short Story category of the 1998 Palanca Awards for Literature [2] The story is also widely used in the teaching of regional literature of the Philippines.
Paz Márquez-Benítez (March 3, 1894 – November 10, 1983) was a Filipino short-story writer, educator and editor. [1] [2] [3] Her career as a woman educator as well as her contributions as a writer are seen as an important step within the advancement of women in professional careers as well as in the development of Philippine literature. [3]
University of Michigan (M.F.A.) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (PhD) Genre. Fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction and screenwriting. Website. penmanila.ph. Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (born January 15, 1954) is a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction and screenwriting, including 16 Palanca Awards.