TOPIC:

CANONICAL AUTHORS AND WORKS

OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL
ARTISTS IN LITERATURE
 LITERARY CANON
It is a term used widely to refer to a group of literary works
that are considered the most important of a particular time
period or place. 
 WHAT IS A NATIONAL ARTIST?
- FILIPINO CITIZEN(S) WHO HAVE GIVEN THE RANK
AND TITLE OF NATIONAL ARTIST GIVEN BY THE
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT IN RECOGNITION OF
THEIR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE ARTS AND LETTERS.
 FRANCISCO ARCELLANANA (1990)
-WRITER, POET, ESSAYIST, CRITIC, JOURNALIST AND
TEACHER
-MOST IMPORTANT PROGENITORS OF THE MODERN
FILIPINO SHORT STORY IN ENGLISH
-PIONERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHORT STORY AS A
LYRICAL PROSE-POETIC FORM
-NOTABLE WORKS:
SELECTED STORIES(1962)
POETRY AND POLITICS: THE STATE OF ORIGINAL
WRITING IN ENGLISH IN THE PHIL. TODAY (1977)
THE FRANCISCO ARCELLANA SAMPLER (1990)
SHORT STORIES: FRANKIE, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POE,
DEATH IN A FACTORY, LINA, TO TOUCH YOU AND I TOUCHED HER
 EDITHA L.TIEMPO
-POET, FICTIONIST, LITERARY CRITIC &TEACHER
-ONE OF THE FINEST FILIPINO WRITERS IN ENGLISH
WHOSE WORKS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A
REMARKABLE FUSION OF STYLE AND SUBSTANCE, OF
CRAFTMANSHIP AND INSIGHTS
-POEMS ARE INTRICATE VERBAL TRANSFIGURATIONS
OF SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES
-MOST ANTHOLOGIZED PIECES: “THE LITTLE
MARMOSET”& “BONSAI”
NOTABLE WORKS:
NOVEL-A BLADE OF FERN (1978), THE NATIVE COAST (1979),
THE ALIEN CORN (1992)
SHORT STORY- ABIDE, JOSHUA , AND OTHER STORIES(1964)
 BIENVENIDO LUMBERA(2006)
-POET AND SCHOLAR
-AS A POET – HE INTRODUCED TO TAGALOG
LITERATURE THE “BAGAY POETRY” – A LANDMARK
AESTHETIC TENDENCY THAT HAS HELPED TO CHANGE
THE VERNCAULAR POETIC TRADITION
NOTABLE WORKS:
BALAYABAY, MGA TULANG LUNOT AT
MANIBALANG(2002)
PAKIKIRAMAY (2004)
MAJOR BOOKS: TAGALOG POETRY, 1570-1898:
TRADITION AND INFLUENCES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT
PHILIPPINE LITERATURE: A HISTORY AND
ANTHOLOGY
 N.V.M GONZALEZ (1997)
-FICTIONIST, ESSAYIST, POET & TEACHER
-FULLNAME: NESTOR VICENTE MADALI GONZALEZ
-WON THE FIRST COMMONWEALTH LITERARY
CONTEST (1940)
MAJOR WORKS:
THE WINDS OF APRIL, SEVEN HILL AWAY, CHILDREN
OF TH EASH0COVERED LOAM AND OTHER STORIES,
THE BAMBOO DANCERS, LOOK STRANGER, ON THE
ISLAND NOW, MINDORO AND BEYOND:TWENTY ONE
STORIES
 VIRGILO ALMARIO (2003)
-KNOWN AS RIO ALMA – A POET, LITERARY
HISTORIAN & CRITIC
-REVIVED AND REINVENTED TRADITIONAL FILIPINO
POETIC FORMS
-PUBLISHED 21 BOOKS OF POETRY – MAKINASYON,
PEREGRINASYON
-LANDMARK TRILOGY: DOKTRINANG ANAKPAWIS,
MGA RETRATO AT REKWERDO
 CIRILO BAUTISTA (2014)
-A POET, FICTIONIST & ESSAYIST
-MAJOR WORKS:
SUMMER SUNS (1963)
WORDS AND BATTLEFEILDS (1998)
THE TRILOGY OF SAINT LAZARUS (2001)
GALAW NG ASOGE (2003)
 NICK JOAQUIN (1976)
-MOST DISTINGUISHED FILIPINO WRITER IN ENGLISH
WRITING SO VARIEDLY AND SO WELL ABOUT SA MANY
ASPECTS OF THE FILIPINO

-MAJOR WORKS:
DOῇA JERONIMA, CANDIDO’S APOCALYPSE, THE
ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
THE WOMEN WHO HAD TWO NAVELS, THE BALLAD OF
FIVE BATTLES, RIZAL IN SAGA
 AMADO HERNADEZ (1973)
-POET, PLAYWRIGHT, NOVELIST
-FILIPINO WRITERS WHO PRACTICED COMMITED ARTS

-MAJOR WORKS:
IBONG MANDARAGIT – FIRST WRITTEN BY HERNADEZ
WHILE IN PRISON – THE FIRST FILIPINO SOCIO-
POLITICAL NOVEL THAT EXPOSES THE ILLS OF THE
SOCIETY AS EVIDENT IN THE AGRARIAN PROBLEMS
OF THE 50’S
BAYANG MALAYA, ISANG DIPANG LANGIT, LUHA NG
BUWAYA, LANGAW SA ISANG BASONG GATAS,
MAGKABILANG MUKHA NG ISANG BAGOL
 CARLOS P. ROMULO (1982)
-EDUCATOR, SOLDIER, JOURNALIST & DIPLOMAT
-MAJOR WORKS:
THE UNITED (NOVEL)
I WALKED WITH HEROES
I SAW THE FALL OF TH EPHILIPPINES
I SEE THE PHILIPPINE RISE
FORTY YEARS: A THIRD WORLD SOLDIER AT THE UN
THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS – ORAL HISTORY OF HIS
EXPERIENCES SERVING ALL THE PHILIPPINE
PRESIDENTS