ncr literature

• The National Capital Region (NCR), official name of Metro Manila and seat of the government
• NCR also reported as the 18th most populous city in the world in 2016 and one of the modern metropolises in the Southeast Asia.
• Merly M. Alunan, an Eastern Visayan writer and professor, described Metro Manila as a “huge urban conglomeration.”
• NCR is also a place of economic extremes. High-income citizens reside in highly developed urban cities such as Makati and Muntinlupa while poor and low-income families are scattered in slum areas such as Tondo and Smokey Mountain.
• FILIPINO is the most widely spoken language in Metro Manila. It is more popularly known as Tagalog.
•  English is the language of commerce, law, and several workplaces in NCR
• • The Tagalog literature has been born and developed in the provinces of Southern Luzon, Central Luzon, and the present Metropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region.
• Southern Luzon is consisted of the provinces of Region IV–A and Region IV–B.
• Region IV-A, also known as CALABARZON, consists of the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon.
• Region IV-B, also known as MIMAROPA, consists of Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan.
• In Region III or Central Luzon, there are provinces where Tagalog has been predominantly used as communication tool. These are the provinces of Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, and Bulacan.
• • University of Sto. Tomas, the oldest university in the Philippines, is located in Manila.
• • The first printing press that was built in Manila made the publication of the first book Doctrina Cristiana possible in 1593, in the form of xylography. This was written in Spanish and Tagalog languages.
• • Pasyon, which narrated the life of Christ in the form of song and poetry was written in Tagalog by the various writers Gaspar Aquino de Belen and Fr. Mariano Pilapil.
• Just like in the islands of Visayas, the literary tradition in the Tagalog regions had been outstanding in the field of oral literature
• Bugtong (riddle), proverbs, native songs, and other forms had always been in poetic forms. Its form and perspective were distincted as Asian, usually containing seven-syllabic rhymes.
• Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil was a Filipino author, journalist, historian, and public servant and a recipient of S.E.A. Write Award; She wrote Woman Enough and Other Essays
• Nicomedes “Nick” Márquez Joaquín (May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004) – was a Filipino author, historian, and journalist who is popular for his short stories and novels written in the English language, using the pen name Quijano de Manila;
• Nicomedes “Nick” Márquez Joaquín was declared as the 1976 National Artist of the Philippines for Literature.
• Alejandro Reyes Roces was a dramatist, essayist, and declared as the 2003 National Artist of the Philippines for literature
• Bienvenido N. Santos was a Filipino-American fictionist, poet, and nonfictionist; He was born and raised in Tondo, Manila. His family roots are originally from Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines. He resided in the United States for many years where he is popular as a pioneering Asian-American writer.
• Carmen Acosta was was the daughter of Godofredo B. Herrera, and Paterna Santos. Her father was a journalist and served for a time as municipal president (or mayor in modern usage) of Caloocan during the American colonial rule. She was a University of the Philippines Bachelor of Philosophy graduate and taught at the Torres High School in Manila.
• Genoveva Edroza Matute was born in Sta. Cruz, Manila; Wrote several books and short stories such as Kuwento ni Mabuti, and Paglalayag sa Puso ng Isang Bata
• Lualhati Bautista is one of the historical Filipino female novelists in the present time. Her famous novels are Dekada '70, ‘GAPÔ, and Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa?
• Gémino H. Abad current writing and research include “Upon Our Own Ground”, a two- volume historical anthology of short stories in English, 1956- 1972, with critical introduction; “Our Scene So Fair”, a book of critical essays on the poetry in English since 1905 to the mid- 50s, and; “Where No Words break”, a volume of his own poems.
• Linda Ty Casper was born in 1931 in Malabon City; She has written and published over fifteen books, including the historical novel DreamEden and the political novels The Stranded Whale, The Peninsulars, Awaiting Trespass, Wings of Stone, A Small Party in a Garden, and Fortress in the Plaza.in addition, she has also published three collections of short stories which focuses on the cross-section of Filipino society.
•  Efren Abueg born on March 3, 1937 in Tanza, Cavite but his life as a professor and writer flourished in Manila since he was college; He wrote the famous short stories Mabangis na Lungsod, and Sa Bagong Paraiso.
• Gilda Cordero-Fernando was born on June 4, 1932 in Manila; A multi-awarded writer, publisher and cultural icon from the Philippines; She has written the books We Live in the Philippines, The last Full Moon: Lessons on My Life, The Magic Circle, and other books.
• Bebang Siy Wrote It’s Raining Mens and It’s a Mens World
• Bob Ong is the author of Stainless Longanisa, ABNKKBSNPLAKo, Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas, Kapitan Sino, MACARTHUR, Alamat ng Gubat, and others which were known to be written in an informal and comic manner but reflects the life of many as Filipinos
• Ricky Lee is Known as one of the greatest scriptwriters in movie and television; Author of Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata, Para kay B (o kung paano dinevastate ng pag-ibig ang 4 out of 5 sa atin), Trip to Quiapo, and other books.
• Ferdinand Pisigan Jarin is the Author of Anim na Sabado ng Beyblade at Iba Pang Sanaysay, a memoir about his son named Rebo; He is also a musician and teacher.