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  2. The Summer Solstice - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Philippine literature - Wikipedia

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    Besides stories of Filipino mythology and history, there was also a boom in tales depicting the simple life of the common Filipino. These stories often took place in the countryside, and portrayed every day Filipino activities like church-going, farming, courting, and cockfighting. The most well-known example was the short story My Brother’s ...

  4. Jose Dalisay Jr. - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. Loreto Paras-Sulit - Wikipedia

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    Paras-Sulit was born in Ermita, Manila. [1] After finishing her secondary education in Manila, she entered the University of the Philippines, where she first gained notice for her short fiction. While at the university, she co-founded the U.P. Writer's Club in 1927 along with other student-writers such as Arturo Rotor and Jose Garcia Villa.

  6. Palanca Awards - Wikipedia

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    The Palanca Awards was established in 1950 to inspire and recognize Philippine writers, including poets, playwrights and screenwriters, and writers for children. [4] It started giving out prizes in the Short Story (English) and Maikling Kwento (Filipino) in 1951. In the 1960s, the Palanca Awards Committee started to fund the publication of ...

  7. Arturo Rotor - Wikipedia

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    Rotor was an internationally respected writer of fiction and non-fiction in English. He is widely considered among the best Filipino short story writers of the twentieth century. He was a charter member of the Philippine Book Guild; the guild's initial publication (1937) was Rotor's The Wound and the Scar, despite Rotor's protests that someone ...

  8. Category:Filipino short story writers - Wikipedia

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    Filipino women short story writers‎ (8 P) Pages in category "Filipino short story writers" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.

  9. Alone/Together - Wikipedia

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    Alone/Together is a 2019 Filipino romantic drama film written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone, starring Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil. It follows the love story of Christine (Soberano) and Raf (Gil), who cross paths again five years after they broke up. [4] The film was released by Star Cinema on February 13, 2019.