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• Michael M. Coroza


  Filipino writer and professor of literature at the Ateneo de Manila University, Secretary-General of the Union of Writers of the Philippines
• Graduated from the University of Santo Tomas

  1990
• Got master's degree from the Ateneo de Manila University

  2001
• Obtained PhD degree in Philippine literature and translation at the University of the Philippines

  2010
• Michael M. Coroza


  • Currently professor of literature at the Arts Faculty of the Ateneo de Manila University
  • Secretary-General of the Union of Writers of the Philippines
• Major works by Michael M. Coroza


  • ASEANO: An Anthology of Poems from Southeast Asia (1995)
  • Dili't Dilim (1997)
  • Mga Lagot na Liwanag (2001)
  • Antologi Puisi dan Kemanusiaan (2004)
  • The SEA Write Anthology of ASEAN Short Stories & Poems (2008)
  • Imbisibol Man ang Tatay (2009)
  • Ang mga Kahon ni Kalon (2010)
  • Sounds of Asia (2011)
  • Ang mga Lambing ni Lolo Ding (2012)
  • Nawawala si Muningning (2015)
  • Sa Pagtula, Ako
  • Dengan Puisi, Aku
  • 1 Puisi, 80 Bahasa, 80 Tahun
  • Terjemahan Puisi dalam 58 Bahasa Dunia dan 22 Bahasa Daerah
• Awards received by Michael M. Coroza

  • Don Carlos Literary Award (1991-2009, eight times)
  • Francisco Balagtas Prize by the Committee of Philippine literature (2005)
  • SEA Write Award (2007)
  • Award of Honor Ani ng Dangal by the National Committee for Culture and Arts (2009)
  • Rev. Horacio de la Costa Prize by Ateneo de Manila University (2012)
• Manuel E. Arguilla


  Filipino writer known for his short stories, especially "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife"
• Most of Arguilla's stories depict scenes in Barrio Nagrebcan, Bauang, La Union, where he was born
• Manuel E. Arguilla


  • Studied at the University of the Philippines, finished BS in Education in 1933
  • Member and later president of the U.P. Writer's Chub and editor of the university's Literary Apprentice
  • Married to Lydia Villanueva, another talented writer in English
  • Worked as a creative writing teacher at the University of Manila and later at the Bureau of Public Welfare
  • Secretly organized a guerrilla intelligence unit against the Japanese
  • Captured and tortured by the Japanese army at Fort Santiago, later executed and buried in an unmarked grave
• Anthony Tan


  Filipino writer, earned MA in Creative Writing and PhD in English from Silliman University, taught at Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology
• Anthony Tan's major works

  • The Badjao Cemetery and Other Poems
  • Poems for Muddas
• Anthony Tan won two Focus Philippines Awards in Poetry from HomeLife magazine and the Palanca Awards in essay and poetry
• Joey Ayala


  Filipino singer, songwriter, former chairman of the music committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, known for combining Filipino ethnic instruments with modern pop music
• Filipino ethnic instruments used by Joey Ayala

  • Two-stringed Hegalong of the T'Boli people
  • Kubing
  • Bamboo jaw harp
  • 8-piece gong set, Kulintang
  • Melodical gong-rack
• Joey Ayala's band "Bagong Lumad" means "New Native", and the band has a foundation that works on social artistry projects
• Joey Ayala's albums


  • Panganay ng Umaga
  • Magkabilaan
  • Mga Awit ng Tanod-lupa
  • Lumad sa Siyudad
  • Lupa't Langit
  • 16 love songs
  • Awit ng Magdaragat
  • Organik
  • Basta May Saging
  • Joey Ayala: RAW
  • Encantada
  • Parol
  • Palay Bigas Kanin
  • Sita at Rama
• Merlie M. Alunan


  Filipino writer, graduated from Silliman University with an MA in Creative Writing, teaches at the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
• Ivy Alvarez


  New Zealand-based Filipino Australian poet, editor, and reviewer, has had her work featured in various publications worldwide
• Ivy Alvarez's publications

  • Disturbance (novel in verse)
  • Food for Humans (poetry collection)
  • catalogue: life as tableware (poetry collection)
  • What's wrong (poetry collection)
  • Mortal (poetry collection)
  • One Dozen Poison Hay(na)ku (poetry collection)
  • The Everyday English Dictionary (poetry collection)
• Suzette Severo Doctolero


  Filipino screenwriter, creator of the Encantadia television series and other works for GMA Network
• Aida Rivera-Ford


  Filipino writer, first editor of Silliman University's literary folio Sands and Coral, won the Hopwood Prize in Michigan for her story "Love in the Cornhusks"
• Flew to the University of Michigan on a Fulbright grant to secure her master's degree in English

  1954
• Aida Rivera-Ford's story "Love in the Cornhusks" was featured in the Sunday Chronicle's This Week magazine in 1955 with illustrations by Rod Dayao, and received praise from critics
• In 1957, Aida Rivera-Ford released a collection of her stories titled "Now and at the Hour and Other Short Stories"