The National Artists of the Philippines for Literature
The purpose of this blog was for us to know more about the National Artists of the Philippines for Literature. This was made for us to be inspired and to know more about the beauty of literature and the artists who made those notable works.
Arcellana, Francisco
“The names which were with infinite slowness revealed seemed strange and stranger still; the colors not bright but deathly dull; the separate letters spelling out the names of the dead among them, did not seem to glow or shine with a festive sheen as did the other living names.”
(from “The Mats”, Philippine Contemporary Literature, 1963)
Some of his awards were:
He was awarded as the National Artist for Literature. ( Order of National Artists of the Philippines)
Romulo, Carlos P.
- ❤United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, January 12, 1984.
- ❤Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Award.
Bienvenido Lumbera, is a poet, librettist, and scholar.
*As a poet, he introduced to Tagalog literature what is now known as Bagay poetry, a landmark aesthetic tendency that has helped to change the vernacular poetic tradition. He is the author of the following works: Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems in Filipino and English), 1993; Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, 2002; Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musika, 2004; “Agunyas sa Hacienda Luisita,” Pakikiramay, 2004.
As a librettist for the Tales of the Manuvu and Rama Hari, he pioneered the creative fusion of fine arts and popular imagination. As a scholar, his major books include the following:
❤ Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition and Influences in its Development
❤ Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology, Revaluation: Essays on Philippine Literature, Writing the Nation/Pag-akda ng Bansa.
Lumbrera's List of Awards:
❤ 1975 Palanca Award for Literature;
❤1993 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts; several National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle
❤1998 Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama; and the 1999 Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial Honors for the Arts
❤ Bienvenido Lumbera was proclaimed National Artist in April 2006.
TINIO, Rolando S.
Rolando S. Tinio, playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critic, and translator marked his career with prolific artistic productions. Tinio’s chief distinction is as a stage director whose original insights into the scripts he handled brought forth productions notable for their visual impact and intellectual cogency.
Subsequently, after staging productions for the Ateneo Experimental Theater (its organizer and administrator as well), he took on Teatro Pilipino. It was to Teatro Pilipino which he left a considerable amount of work reviving traditional Filipino drama by re-staging old theater forms like the sarswela and opening a treasure-house of contemporary Western drama. It was the excellence and beauty of his practice that claimed for theater a place among the arts in the Philippines in the 1960s.
Aside from his collections of poetry (Sitsit sa Kuliglig, Dunung – Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso, A Trick of Mirrors) among his works were the following: film scripts for Now and Forever, Gamitin Mo Ako, Bayad Puri and Milagros; sarswelas Ang Mestisa, Ako, Ang Kiri, Ana Maria; the komedya Orosman at Zafira; and Larawan, the musical.
Tinio's List of Award:
❤ He was made a National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Literature in 1997.
❤ Ten Outstanding Young Men (1967)
❤ Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan, City government of Manila (1967)
❤ Gantimpalang Quezon sa Panitikan (1977)
❤ Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining for Theater (1993)[1][2][3]
❤ Famas Award for "Sidhi" (1999)
ALMARIO, Virgilio S.
National Artist for Literature (2003)
Virgilio S. Almario, also known as Rio Alma, is a poet, literary historian, and critic, who has revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he championed modernist poetics. In 34 years, he has published 12 books of poetry, which include the seminal Makinasyon and Peregrinasyon, and the landmark trilogy Doktrinang Anakpawis, Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo and Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa. In these works, his poetic voice soared from the lyrical to the satirical to the epic, from the dramatic to the incantatory, in his often severe examination of the self, and the society.
He has also redefined how the Filipino poetry is viewed and paved the way for the discussion of the same in his 10 books of criticisms and anthologies, among which are,
❤ Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina
❤ Balagtasismo versus Modernismo
❤ Walong Dekada ng Makabagong Tula Pilipino
❤ Mutyang Dilim and Barlaan at Josaphat.
Many Filipino writers have come under his wing in the literary workshops he founded –the Galian sa Arte at Tula (GAT) and the Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA). He has also long been involved with children’s literature through the Aklat Adarna series, published by his Children’s Communication Center. He has been a constant presence as well in national writing workshops and galvanizes member writers as chairman emeritus of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL).
But more than anything else, what Almario accomplished was that he put a face to the Filipino writer in the country, one strong face determinedly wielding a pen into untruths, hypocrisy, injustice, among others.
Almario's List of Awards:
❤ On June 25 of the same year, he has proclaimed National Artist for Literature
❤ several Palanca Awards
❤ two grand prizes from the Cultural Center of the Philippines
❤ the Makata ng Taon of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
❤ he TOYM for literature, and the Southeast Asia Write Award of Bangkok.
BAUTISTA, Cirilo F.
National Artist for Literature (2014)
(July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018)
Cirilo F. Bautista is a poet, fictionist, and essayist with exceptional achievements and significant contributions to the development of the country’s literary arts. He is acknowledged by peers and critics, and the nation at large as the foremost writer of his generation.
Throughout his career that spanned more than four decades, he established a reputation for fine and profound artistry; his books, lectures, poetry readings, and creative writing workshops continue to influence his peers and generations of young writers.
As a way of bringing poetry and fiction closer to the people who otherwise would not have the opportunity to develop their creative talent, Bautista held funded and unfunded workshops throughout the country. In his campus lecture circuits, Bautista updated students and student-writers on literary developments and techniques.
As a teacher of literature, Bautista realized that the classroom is an important training ground for Filipino writers. At De La Salle University, he was instrumental in the formation of the Bienvenido Santos Creative Writing Center. He was also the moving spirit behind the founding of the Philippine Literary Arts Council in 1981, the Iligan National Writers Workshop in 1993, and the Baguio Writers Group.
Bautista's Works:
❤ Summer Suns (1963)
❤ Words and Battlefields (1998)
❤ The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus (2001)
❤ Galaw ng Asoge (2003)
Bautista's List of Awards:
❤ Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards (for poetry, fiction and essay in English and Filipino)
❤ Philippines Free Press Awards for Fiction, Manila Critics'
❤ Circle National Book Awards
❤ Gawad Balagtas from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas
❤ Pablo Roman Prize for the Novel
FRANCISCO, Lazaro
National Artist for Literature (2009)
(February 22, 1898 – June 17, 1980)
Prize-winning writer Lazaro A. Francisco developed the social realist tradition in Philippine fiction. His eleven novels, now acknowledged classics of Philippine literature, embodies the author’s commitment to nationalism. Amadis Ma. Guerrero wrote, “Francisco championed the cause of the common man, specifically the oppressed peasants. His novels exposed the evils of the tenancy system, the exploitation of farmers by unscrupulous landlords, and foreign domination.” Teodoro Valencia also observed, “His pen dignifies the Filipino and accents all the positives about the Filipino way of life. His writings have contributed much to the formation of Filipino nationalism.” Literary historian and critic Bienvenido Lumbera also wrote, “When the history of the Filipino novel is written, Francisco is likely to occupy an eminent place in it. Already in Tagalog literature, he ranks among the finest novelists since the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to a deft hand at characterization, Francisco has a supple prose style responsive to the subtlest nuances of ideas and the sternest stuff of passions.”
Francisco gained prominence as a writer not only for his social conscience but also for his “masterful handling of the Tagalog language” and “supple prose style”. With his literary output in Tagalog, he contributed to the enrichment of the Filipino language and literature for which he is a staunch advocate. He put up an arm to his advocacy of Tagalog as a national language by establishing the Kapatiran ng mga Alagad ng Wikang Pilipino (KAWIKA) in 1958.
Francisco's Works:
❤ Ama, Bayang Nagpatiwakal
❤ Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig
❤ Daluyong
Francisco's List of Awards:
❤ Balagtas Award (1969)
❤ the Republic Cultural Heritage Award (1970)
❤ Patnubay ng Sining
❤ Kalinangan Award from the government of Manila
❤ National Artist of the Philippines for Literature to Francisco
HENANDEZ, Amado V.
AMADO V. HERNANDEZ
National Artist for Literature
(September 13, 1903 – May 24, 1970)
Amado V. Hernandez, poet, playwright, and novelist, is among the Filipino writers who practiced “committed art.” In his view, the function of the writer is to act as the conscience of society and to affirm the greatness of the human spirit in the face of inequity and oppression. Hernandez’s contribution to the development of Tagalog prose is considerable — he stripped Tagalog of its ornate character and wrote in prose closer to the colloquial than the “official” style permitted. His novel Mga Ibong Mandaragit, first written by Hernandez while in prison, is the first Filipino socio-political novel that exposes the ills of the society as evident in the agrarian problems of the 50s.
Hernandez’s other works include:
❤ Bayang Malaya
❤ Isang Dipang Langit
❤ Luha ng Buwaya
❤ Amado V. Hernandez: Tudla at Tudling: Katipunan ng mga Nalathalang Tula 1921-1970
❤ Langaw sa Isang Basong Gatas at Iba Pang Kuwento ni Amado V. Hernandez
❤ Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol at Iba Pang Akda ni Amado V. Hernandez.
Hernandez's List of Awards:
❤ National Artists Awards (Order of National Artists of the Philippines)
CELERIO, Levi
National Artist for Literature / Music (1997)
(April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002)
Levi Celerio is a prolific lyricist and composer for decades. He effortlessly translated/wrote anew the lyrics to traditional melodies: “O Maliwanag Na Buwan” (Iloko), “Ako ay May Singsing” (Pampango), “Alibangbang” (Visaya) among others.
Born in Tondo, Celerio received his scholarship at the Academy of Music in Manila that made it possible for him to join the Manila Symphony Orchestra, becoming its youngest member. He made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the only person able to make music using just a leaf.
A great number of his songs have been written for the local movies, which earned him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines. Levi Celerio, more importantly, has enriched the Philippine music for no less than two generations with a treasury of more than 4,000 songs in an idiom that has proven to appeal to all social classes.
Celerio's Work:
❤ Filipino Palindromes
❤ Take it from Levi
❤ Kahit konting Pagtingin
❤ Ikaw
❤ Saan ka man naroroon?
Celerio's List of Award:
❤ National Artist for Music and Literature
❤ Guinness recognition
❤ Lifetime Achievement Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines
JOSE, F. Sionil
National Artist for Literature (2001)
F. Sionil Jose’s writings since the late 60s, when taken collectively can best be described as epic. Its sheer volume puts him on the forefront of Philippine writing in English. But ultimately, it is the consistent espousal of the aspirations of the Filipino–for national sovereignty and social justice–that guarantees the value of his oeuvre.
In the five-novel masterpiece, the Rosales saga, consisting of:
❤ The Pretenders
❤ Tree
❤ My Brother
❤My Executioner
❤ Mass
❤Po-on, he captures the sweep of Philippine history while simultaneously narrating the lives of generations of the Samsons whose personal lives intertwine with the social struggles of the nation. Because of their international appeal, his works, including his many short stories, have been published and translated into various languages.
F. Sionil Jose is also a publisher, lecturer on cultural issues, and the founder of the Philippine chapter of the international organization PEN.
Jose's List of Awards:
❤ He has bestowed the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts in 1999
❤ the Outstanding Fulbrighters Award for Literature in 1988
❤the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts in 1980.
VILLA, Jose Garcia
National Artist for Literature (1973)
(August 5, 1908 – February 7, 1997)
❤ Academy Award for Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1943.
❤ Poetry Category of UP Golden Jubilee Literary Contests in 195
❤ Pro Patria Award for literature in 1961
❤ National Artist Award for Literature in 1973.
JOAQUIN, Nick
(May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004)
Nick Joaquin, is regarded by many as the most distinguished Filipino writer in English writing so variedly and so well about so many aspects of the Filipino. Nick Joaquin has also enriched the English language with critics coining “Joaquinesque” to describe his baroque Spanish-flavored English or his reinventions of English based on Filipinisms. Aside from his handling of language, Bienvenido Lumbera writes that Nick Joaquin’s significance in Philippine literature involves his exploration of the Philippine colonial past under Spain and his probing into the psychology of social changes as seen by the young, as exemplified in stories such as Doña Jeronima, Candido’s Apocalypse and The Order of Melchizedek. Nick Joaquin has written plays, novels, poems, short stories, and essays including reportage and journalism. As a journalist, Nick Joaquin uses the nom de plume Quijano de Manila but whether he is writing literature or journalism, fellow National Artist Francisco Arcellana opines that “it is always of the highest skill and quality”.
Joaquin's Works:
❤ The Woman Who Had Two Navels
❤ A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
❤ Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young
❤The Ballad of the Five Battles
❤ Rizal in Saga
❤ Almanac for Manileños
❤ Cave and Shadows
Joaquin's List Of Awards:
❤ Philippines Free Press Short Story Contest (1949)
❤ Ten Most Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM), Awardee for Literature (1955)
❤ Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Literary Awards (1957–1958; 1965; 1976)
❤ Harper Publishing Company (New York, U.S.) writing fellowship
❤ National Artist for Literature by President and Mrs. Marcos cited having “opened a new vision of Filipino Life” (1976)
ROCES, Alejandro
National Artist for Literature (2003)
(July 13, 1924 – May 23, 2011)
Alejandro Roces is a short story writer and essayist and considered as the country’s best writer of comic short stories. He is known for his widely anthologized “My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken.” In his innumerable newspaper columns, he has always focused on the neglected aspects of the Filipino cultural heritage. His works have been published in various international magazines and have received national and international awards.
Ever the champion of Filipino culture, Roces brought to public attention to the aesthetics of the country’s fiestas. He was instrumental in popularizing several local fiestas, notably, Moriones and Ati-atihan. He personally led the campaign to change the country’s Independence Day from July 4 to June 12, and caused the change of language from English to Filipino in the country’s stamps, currency, and passports, and recovered Jose Rizal’s manuscripts when they were stolen from the National Archives.
His unflinching love of country led him to become a guerilla during the Second World War, to defy martial law, and to found the major opposition party under the dictatorship. His works have been published in various international magazines and received numerous national and international awards, including several decorations from various governments.
Roces' Works:
❤ Of Cocks and Kites (1959)
❤ Fiesta (1980)
❤ Something to Crow About (2005)
Roces' List of Awards:
❤ Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award
❤ Diwa ng Lahi Award
❤ Tanging Parangal of the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining
❤ Rizal Pro Patria Award
❤ National Artist of Literature on 25 June 2003
MOJARES, Resil B.
National Artist for Literature (2018)
Birthday: 4 September 1943
A teacher and scholar, essayist and fictionist, and cultural and literary historian, Resil Mojares is acknowledged as a leading figure in the promotion of regional literature and history. As founding director of the Cebuano Studies Center—an important research institution which placed Cebu in the research and documentation map—he pioneered Cebuano and national identity formation. As a leading figure in cultural and literary history, he networked actively in many organizations. For over 50 years, Mojares has published in diverse forms (fiction, essay, journalism, scholarly articles, and books) across a wide range of disciplines (literature, history, biography, cultural studies, and others). To date, he has 17 published books (3 more in the press) and edited, co-edited, or co-authored 11 books, and written numerous articles for popular and scholarly publications.
Mojares' Works:
❤ Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel: A Generic Study of the Novel Until 1940
(Quezon City, UP Press, 1983; seconded. 1998)
❤ he Man Who Would Be President: Serging Osmeña and Philippine Politics
(Cebu: Maria Cacao, 1986)
❤ Waiting for Mariang Makiling: Essays on Philippine Cultural History
(Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2002)
❤ The War Against the Americans: Resistance and Collaboration in Cebu, 1899-1906 (Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1999)
❤ House of Memory: Essays (Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1997)
Mojares' List of Awards:
❤ Philippine National Book Awards
❤ National Artist of the Philippines for Literature - conferment which represents the Philippine state's highest recognition for artists
MUZONES, Ramon L.
National Artist for Literature (2018)
(20 March 1913-17 August 1992)
Ramon Muzones was a Hiligaynon poet, essayist, short story writer, critic, grammarian, editor, lexicographer, and novelist who authored an unprecedented 61 completed novels. A number of these represent groundbreaking “firsts’ in Hiligaynon literature such as the feminist Ang Bag-ong Maria Clara, the roman a clef Maambong Nga Sapat (Magnificent Brute,1940), the comic Si Tamblot (1946), the politically satirical Si Tamblot Kandidato Man (Tamblot is Also a Candidate, 1949), the 125- installment longest serialized novel Dama de Noche (1982-84), etc. Hailed by his peers as the longest-reigning (1938-1972) among “the three kings of the Hiligaynon novel,” Muzones brought about its most radical changes while ushering in modernism. With a literary career that spanned fifty-three years (1938-1990), his evolution covers the whole history of the Hiligaynon novel from its rise in the 1940s to its decline in the 1970s. Muzones tried his hand at a variety of types and proved adept in all as literary fashions. In the process, he not only extended with remarkable versatility and inventiveness the scope and style of the Hiligaynon novel, but he also enriched Hiligaynon's literature’s dramatis personae.
Muzones' Works:
❤ Shri-Bishaya (1969)
❤ Malala nga Gutom (Malignant Hunger,1965)
❤ Babae Batuk sa Kalibutan (Woman Against the World,1959)
❤ Ang Gugma sang Gugma Bayaran (Love with Love Be Paid, 1955)
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