Literature (3RD Q.)

• Who is Amador T. Daguio? He is a Filipino writer and poet during the pre-war Philippines. He published two books in his lifetime, and three more posthumously. In 1932, he graduated from UP as one of the top ten honor graduates. He received the Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1973, posthumously.
• When did the Post-War Period start and end?

  The Post-War Period spanned from 1946-1970.
• On July 4, 1946, the United States granted the Philippines its

  political independence. Yet many features of colonialism

  remained.
• The most significant achievement of this period was the

  recognition afforded to Filipino writers abroad.
• The Carlos Palanca Sr. Memorial Awards for Literature started

  the most prestigious annual literary contest sponsored by a

  liquor manufacturer, a magnate, and patron of the arts.
• The Philippine Free Press revived its annual award of P1000 for

  the best short story.
• Writers’ Guilds were reorganized, among them being the

  Philippine Writers Union (later the Philippine Writers

  Association) and the Philippine International PEN (Poets,

  Essayists, and Novelists).
• In 1960, the Republic Cultural Heritage Awards for Literature

  was created.
• The political essay became popular and most suited for the

  discussion of ideas and timely issues.
• Carlos Bulosan put out a book of poems called

  Voice of Bataan immediately after the

  outbreak of World War II. This volume was

  shortly followed by The Laughter of My Father,

  a collection of humorous short stories and

  America is in the Heart, an autobiography.
• Francisco Sionil Jose, started

  his Rosales saga with The Pretenders, an

  indictment against the modern illustrados and

  social injustice.
• Stevan Javellana published his novel Without

  Seeing the Dawn, a war novel comparable to

  Rizal’s masterpieces. He also fought as a guerilla during the

  Japanese Occupation of the Philippines.
• Travel essays became popular with Cristina

  Pantoja-Hidalgo leading the pack.

  She is one of the pioneering writers of creative

  non-fiction.