21CLPW ILOCANO LITERATURE
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- Ilocano literature is one of the most vibrant Filipino literatures throughout the ages
- Ilocano regions are also one of the most active tributaries in the Philippine literature next to Cebuano, Bikol, Hiligaynon, Pangasinense, and Tagalog
- Prior to the Spanish colonial period, the Ilocano literature is purely alive in form of written and oral literature
- Ancient Ilocano poets
- Expressed themselves in folk and war songs
- Another popular form of literature was the dallot, which is an improvised, versified and impromptu long poem delivered in a sing-song manner
- When the Spaniards arrived in Ilocos Norte in 1572, it took a toll on Ilocano literature
- During the Spanish era, Ilocano poetry was heavily influenced by Spanish poetry
- Earliest known written Ilocano poemsRomances translated from Spanish by Francisco Lopez, an Augustinian friar who published his Iloko translation of the Doctrina Cristiana in 1621
- Francisco Sionil JoséOne of the most widely read Filipino writers in the English language, his novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggle and colonialism in Filipino society
- Francisco Sionil José is already 93 years old
- Francisco Sionil José was born on December 3, 1924 in Rosales, Pangasinan
- Francisco Sionil José graduated from the University of Santo Tomas
- Melvin BanggollayIlocano writer
- Poems by Melvin Banggollay
- Only You (English)
- Ikaw Lamang (Tagalog)
- Siksika Laeng (Ilocano)
- Melvin Banggollay is from Saliok, Natonin, Mountain Province and his hometown is Tabuk, Kalinga
- Melvin Banggollay is a Senior specialist at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
- Melvin Banggollay graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Accounting and Management at St. Mary's University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, as a scholar of the National Integration Study Grant Program (NISGP) sponsored by the Department of Education and National Student Loan Center, Philippines
- A Love That EnduresA poem about an enduring love