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• Filipino Authors


  • Jose dela Cruz (Huseng Sisiw)
  • Marcelo H. Del Pilar (Plaridel, Dolores Manapat, Piping Dilat, Siling Labuyo, Kupang, Haitalaga, Patos, Carmelo, D.A. Murgas, L.O. Crame, D.M. Calero, Hilario, and M. Dati)
  • Epifanio delos Santos (G. Solon)
  • Francisco dela Cruz Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar)
  • Jose Rizal (Dimasalang, Laong-Laan, Agno and Calambeño)
  • Lope K. Santos (Anak-Bayan and Doctor Lukas)
  • Jose Corazon de Jesus (Huseng Batute)
  • Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez (N.V.M. Gonzalez)
• Jose dela Cruz (Huseng Sisiw)


  One of the great Tagalog writers during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, given the honorific title "Hari ng Makatang Tagalog" ("King of Tagalog Poetry")
• Jose dela Cruz (Huseng Sisiw) - Poetry

  • "Singsing ng Pag-ibig" (aka "Ah...! Sayang Na Sayang")
  • "Awa ng Pag-ibig" (aka "Oh...! Kaawa-awang Buhay")
  • Clarito
  • Adela at Florante
  • Floro at Clavela
  • Doce Pares de Francia
  • Rodrigo de Villas
  • Historia Famoso de Bernardo Carpio
• AWIT


  Mabagal ang bigkas, 12 pantig, Saliw ng gitara at banduria, May kapani-paniwalang daloy ng kwento
• KORIDO


  Mabilis ang bigkas, 8 pantig, Kumpas na martsa, Kinawiwilihan dahil sa mga malapantasyang temang taglay
• Marcelo H. Del Pilar was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason
• Marcelo H. Del Pilar, along with Jose Rizal and Graciano Lopez Jaena, became known as the leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain
• Marcelo H. Del Pilar

  Known as the "Father of Philippine Journalism" and the "Father of Philippine Masonry"
• Marcelo H. Del Pilar - Notable Works

  • La Solidaridad ("Published")
  • Viva Espana! Viva el Rey! Viva el Ejercito! Fuera los Frailes! (Long live Spain! Long live the King! Long live the Army! Throw the friars out!, 1888)
  • Caiigat Cayo (Be as Slippery as an Eel, 1888)
  • Dasalan at Tocsohan (Prayers and Mockeries, 1888)
  • Ang Cadaquilaan nang Dios (The Greatness of God, 1888)
  • La Soberania Monacal en Filipinas (Monastic Supremacy in the Philippines, 1888)
  • Pasióng Dapat Ipag-alab nang Puso nang Tauong Babasa (Passion That Should Inflame the Heart of the Reader, 1888)
  • La Frailocracía Filipina (Friarocracy in the Philippines, 1889)
  • Sagót ng Espana sa Hibíc ng Filipinas (Spain's Reply to the Cry of the Philippines, 1889)
  • Ministerio dela República Filipina (Ministry of the Philippine Republic)
  • La Patria (The Fatherland)
• Epifanio delos Santos (G. Solon)


  A noted Filipino historian, journalist, and civil servant, considered one of the best Filipino writers in Spanish of his time and regarded as a literary genius
• Epifanio delos Santos (G. Solon) was a young associate editor of the revolutionary paper "La Independencia" (1898), writing in prose under the pen name G. Solon and also a member of the Malolos Congress
• Epifanio delos Santos (G. Solon) - Notable Works

  • Algo de Prosa (1909)
  • Literatura Tagala (1911)
  • El Teatro Tagala (1911)
  • Nuestra Literatura (1913)
  • El Proceso del Dr. José Rizal (1914)
  • Folklore Musical de Filipinas (1920)
  • Filipinos y filipinistas (Filipinos and Filipinists)
  • Filipinas para los Filipinos
  • Cuentos y paisajes Filipinos (Philippine Stories and Scenes)
  • Criminality in the Philippines (1903–1908)
• Francisco dela Cruz Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar)


  A prominent Filipino poet during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines, widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature
• Francisco dela Cruz Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar) - Notable Work

  • Florante at Laura (or "Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at Laura sa Kaharian ng Albanya")
• Jose Rizal


  A Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines, tagged as the national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Filipino people
• Jose Rizal was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution, inspired in part by his writings, broke out
• Jose Rizal is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines and has been recommended to be so honored by an officially empaneled National Heroes Committee, though no law, executive order or proclamation has been enacted or issued officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as a national hero
• Jose Rizal - Novels and Essays

  • "El amor patrio", 1882 essay
  • "Toast to Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo", 1884 speech
  • Noli Me Tángere, 1887 novel
  • "Sa Mga Kababaihang Taga-Malolos" (To the Young Women of Malolos), 1889 letter
  • Annotations to Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1889
  • "Filipinas dentro de cien años" (The Philippines a Century Hence), 1889–90 essay
  • "Sobre la indolencia de los filipinos" (The Indolence of Filipinos), 1890 essay
  • "Como se gobiernan las Filipinas" (Governing the Philippine islands), 1890 essay
  • El filibusterismo, 1891 novel
  • Una visita del Señor a Filipinas, also known as Friars and Filipinos, 14-page unfinished novel written in 1889
  • Memorias de un Gallo, 2-page unfinished satire
  • Makamisa, unfinished Tagalog-language novel written in 1892
• Jose Rizal - Poetry

  • "Felicitación" (1874/75)
  • "El embarque" (The Embarkation, 1875)
  • "Por la educación recibe lustre la patria" (1876)
  • "Un recuerdo á mi pueblo" (1876)
  • "Al niño Jesús" (c. 1876)
  • "A la juventud filipina" (To the Philippine Youth, 1879)
  • "¡Me piden versos!" (1882)
  • "Canto de María Clara" (from Noli Me Tángere, 1887)
  • "Himno al trabajo" (Dalit sa Paggawa, 1888)
  • "Kundiman" (disputed, 1889)
  • "A mi musa" (To My Muse, 1890)
  • "El canto del viajero" (1892–96)
  • "Mi retiro" (1895)
  • "Mi último adiós" (1896)
  • "Mi primera inspiracion" (disputed)
• Jose Rizal - Plays

  • El Consejo de los Dioses (The Council of Gods)
  • Junto al Pasig (Along the Pasig)
  • San Euistaquio, Mártyr (Saint Eustache, the martyr)
• Lope K. Santos


  A Filipino Tagalog-language writer and former senator of the Philippines, best known for his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat and his contributions to the development of Filipino grammar and Tagalog orthography
• Lope K. Santos - Notable Works

  • Banaag at Sikat (From Early Dawn to Full Light), 1903–06
  • Kundangán...!: Nobelang Tagalog Katha (Deference...!: A Tagalog Novel), 1927
  • Tingíng Pahapáw sa Kasaysayan ñg Pámitikang Tagalog (Few Points in the History of Tagalog Literature), 1938
  • Puso't Diwa (Heart and Spirit), three volume book collection of chosen poems
  • Sino Ka? Ako'y Si... 60 Sagot na mga Tulá (Who Are You? I am... 60 Answering Poems), 1946
  • Mga Hamak na Dakilà: 60 Tulâ (Mean Magnificent: 60 poems), 1950
  • "Makábagong" Balarilà?: Mga Puná at Payo sa "Sariling Wikà" ("Modern" Grammar?: Views and Advices for "National Language"), 1951
• Jose Corazon de Jesus (Huseng Batute)


  A Filipino poet who used Tagalog poetry to express the Filipinos' desire for independence during the American occupation of the Philippines
• Jose Corazon de Jesus (Huseng Batute) - Notable Works

  • Ang Manok Kong Bulik ("My White Rooster", 1911)
  • Barong Tagalog (1921)
  • Ang Pagbabalik ("Homecoming", 1924)
  • Ang Pamana ("The Legacy", 1925)
  • Isang Punongkahoy ("A Tree", 1932)
  • Bayan Ko ("My Country", 1929) - music by Constancio de Guzman
  • Pakiusap ("A Request") - music by Francisco Santiago
• Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez (N.V.M. Gonzalez)

  A Filipino novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet, conferred as the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in 1997
• Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez (N.V.M. Gonzalez) - Novels

  • The Winds of April (1941)
  • A Season of Grace (1956)
  • The Bamboo Dancers (1988)
  • The Land And The Rain
  • The Happiest Boy in The World
  • Bread of Salt
• Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez (N.V.M. Gonzalez) - Short Fiction


  • "The Tomato Game".1992
  • A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories. 1997
  • The Bread of Salt and Other Stories. 1993
  • Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-one Stories. 1981, 1989
  • Selected Stories. 1964
  • Look, Stranger, on this Island Now. 1963
  • Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories. 1954, 1992
  • Seven Hills Away. 1947
• Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez (N.V.M. Gonzalez) - Essays


  • A Novel of Justice: Selected Essays 1968–1994. 1996
  • Work on the Mountain (Includes The Father and the Maid, Essays on Filipino Life and Letters and Kalutang: A Filipino in the World), 1996
• Filipino Writers


  • N.V.M. Gonzalez
  • Amante Ernani, Herininia de la Riva and Julio Abril
  • Emilio Jacinto
  • Nick Joaquin (Quijano de Manila)
  • Mariano Ponce (Naning, Tikbalang, and Kalipulako)
  • SEVERINO REYES (Lola basyang, don binoy)
  • ALEJANDRO G. ABADILLA (AGA)
• N.V.M. Gonzalez


  Filipino writer and labor leader known for his criticism of social injustices in the Philippines and later imprisoned for his involvement in the communist movement
• N.V.M. Gonzalez's novels


  • Based on his experiences as a guerrilla, as a labour leader and as a political detainee
• N.V.M. Gonzalez's novels


  • Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Birds of Prey)
  • Luha Ng Buwaya (Crocodile's Tears)
  • Pili sa Pinili (Chosen from the Selected)
• Amante Ernani, Herininia de la Riva and Julio Abril's poems


  • Isang Dipang Langit
  • Panata sa Kalayaan
  • Ang Mga Kayamanan ng Tao
  • Ang Dalaw Kay Silaw
  • Bartolina
  • Kung Tuyo Na ang Luha Mo Aking Bayan
• Amante Ernani, Herininia de la Riva and Julio Abril's essays


  • Si Atang at ang Dulaan (Atang and the Theater)
  • Si Jose Corazon de Jesus at ang Ating Panulaan (Jose Corazon de Jesus and Our Poetry)
  • Bayang Malaya
  • Ang Taong Kapos
  • Bayani Sa Batang Walang Bagong Damit
  • Isang Sining ng Pagbigkas
  • Ang Panday
  • Inang Wika
  • Ang Tao
  • Ang Aklasan
• Emilio Jacinto


  Filipino General during the Philippine Revolution, one of the highest-ranking officers in the Philippine Revolution and the revolutionary society Katipunan, elected Secretary of State for the Haring Bayang Katagalugan
• Emilio Jacinto's works


  • Katipunan nang Manga A. N. B. (also known as the "Kartilya", c. 1895)
  • ¡¡Gising Na Mga Tagalog!! (1895)
  • Liwanag at Dilim (1896)
  • "A la patria" (1897)
  • "Sa Bayang Tinubuan" (n.d.)
• Nick Joaquin (Quijano de Manila)

  Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short stories and novels in the English language, conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature 1976
• Nick Joaquin's major works were written in English despite being a native Spanish speaker
• Nick Joaquin's literary prominence

  • Rests upon his published book "Prose and Poems" (1952), which includes poems like "Three Generations", "May Day Eve", "After the Picnic", "The Legend of the Dying Wanton", "The Legend of the Virgin Jewel", "It Was Later than we Thought"
• The poem "Three Generations" was chosen as the best short story published in the Philippine Press between March 1943 and November 1944