WEEK 2 MODULE

• A multilingual creative writer and a five-time awardee of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards. 

  John Iremil E. Teodoro
• John Iremil E. Teodoro

  He has published countless books of fiction and poetry in 2008. His essay collection entitled Pagmumuni-muni at Pagtatalak ng Sirenang Nagpapanggap na Prinsesa (Thoughts and Angry Ramblings of a Siren Pretending to be a Princess) won the Manila Critics Circle National Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction.
• He was also a recipient of “Bugal kang Antique” Award for Culture and the Arts from the Antique Provincial Government. One of his famous poems is “Ang Baboy.”

  John Iremil E. Teodoro
• It is brimming with lavish and unique literary writings that showcase oral tradition and culture of the early Filipinos.

  Philippine literature
• It speaks of the experiences and daily observations of our ancestors in promoting cultural heritage. It allows them to freely express their literary stories and poems even without proper training nor the chance to reproduce such literary arts.

  Oral literature
• Regional literature aims to create literary works that use mother tongue or native language that will uplift the national community.
• He was a poet, fictionist and essayist from Quezon City, died in pneumonia at 76. 

  Cirilo F. Bustista
• Cirilo F. Bautista

  His poetry and fiction inspired young writers to develop their creative talents are some of his aesthetic contributions in the field of art and letters that made him a National Artist.
• Recognized as a Palanca Awards Hall of Famer for winning (9) times for poetry, fiction and essay.

  Cirilo F. Bustista
• Cirilo F. Bautista was known to be a National Artist for Literature in 2014.
• Some of Cirilo F. Bautista's Literary Works:

  • “Sunlight on Broken Stones (2000)”
  • “Tinik sa Dila: Isang Katipunan Ng Mga Tula (2003)”
  • “The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus"
• Also known for his pseudonym “Bob Ong.” 

  Roberto Ong
• Roberto Ong (Bob Ong)


  A web developer and contemporary novelist from Quezon City, known for his conversational writing technique which creates a comical and reflective descriptions of Philippine life. 
• Roberto Ong (Bob Ong)

  His books with an element of comedy replicates the manner of Filipino culture and traditions, the reason why Pinoys patronized his work and became the “Phantom of Filipino Literature.”
• Some of Roberto Ong's Literary Works:

  • “Stainless Longganisa (2005)”
  • “Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas (2003)”
  • “ABNKKBSNPLAKO (2001)
  • “Kapitan Sino (2009)”
• A writer, Indie filmmaker, book author and a pride of Pampanga. 

  Jason Paul Laxamana
• Jason Paul Laxamana wrote his own scripts in his film and used this as a medium of communication to the viewers, for he believes that a good communicator would make people pay attention. 
• "For without an audience, a film is just a light projected on a screen."

  Jason Paul Laxamana
• • Gawad Urian Award for Best Screenplay nominee for “Babagwa” (2014)
  • Gawad Urian Award for Best Screenplay and Best Direction nominee for “The Coffin Maker (2015).”

  Jason Paul Laxamana
• A Cebuana movie and television writer and a melodrama novelist

  Gilda Olvidado
• Some of her well-known novels in pocketbooks have been turned into live-action movies by film industries in this country, and were also made into a telenovela.

  Gilda Olvidado
• Some of Gilda Olvidado's Literary Works:

  • “Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig (1987)” 
  • The “Temptation of Wife (2012)”
  • "The Half Sisters (2014)”
• FAMAS Awardee for Best Story for the film (“Saan Natatago ang Pab-ibig”)

  Gilda Olvidado
• An Ilonggo educator and and author from Cabatuan, known for his significant body of work in the field of Philippine cultural anthropology for documenting and translating the famous Western Visayan folk epic, “Hinilawod".

  Felipe Landa Jocano
• Felipe Landa Jocano


  He was tagged as “The country’s first and foremost cultural anthropologist” and a proponent of the Core Population Theory of peopling of Southeast Asia.
• Some of Felipe Landa Jocano's Literary Works:

  • Slum as a Way of Life
  • Folk Medicine in a Philippine Municipality
  • Growing Up in a Philippine Barrio
• Hiligaynon is the Lingua Franca of Western Visayas which is composed of the Provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Antique and Aklan on the Island of Panay; Negros Occidental and Guimaras. 
• Kinaray-a or Hiraya is the mother language in Central and Southern towns of Iloilo, Province of Antique and Capiz.
• Folk literature of Western Visayas includes riddles or “paktakon,” proverbs or “hurubaton,” ritual chants, songs and poems called “binalaybay” and tale or “sugilanon.”
• When the Americans came, golden age of Hiligaynon literature took place.
• The creation of the Presidential Commission for Culture and Arts and new management of the Cultural Center of the Philippines during the Cory Revolution of 1986 gave birth to new writers and new writings in Hiligaynon. 
• English literature had a great influence in Hiligaynon writers. 
• Leoncio P. Deriada

  Known as the “Father of Contemporary West Visayan literature”
• An Ilonggo multilingual writer, multi-awarded novelist, playwright, and poet whose works became a Palanca Hall of Fame in 2001

  Leoncio P. Deriada
• Some of Leoncio P. Deriada's Literary Works:

  • The Road to Mawab and Other Stories (1984)
  •  The Week of the Whales and Other Stories (1994)
  • The Dog Eaters (1986)
• A native of Bacolod City, whose specialization and expertise is in Creative Writing in Hiligaynon. 

  Alicia Tan Gonzalez
• She was a Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame Awardee for winning five first places in the Hiligaynon Category for Maikling Kwento.

  Alicia Tan Gonzalez
• Some of Alicia Tan Gonzalez' Literary Works:

  • Istoryahan Ta Ka Uli (2016)
  • May Isa ka Kuring nga Hari kag Iban pa nga (2010) 
  • Sa Taguangkan sang Duta kag Iban pa nga
  • Ilongga: Madamo nga Guya (2014)
  • Sugilanon (2009)
• A creative writer and a librarian from Aklan who received different awards in literature like the “Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas Award” in 2001.

  Melchor F. Cichon
• Melchor F. Cichon

  He is also known as the “Father of Aklanon Literature.”