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Map of usage of Filipino languages Philippine literature is literature associated with the
Philippine from prehistory, through its colonial legacies, and on to the present.

Pre-Hispanic Philippine literature was actually epics passed on from generation to generation,
originally through an oral tradition. However, wealthy families, especially in Mindanao, were
able to keep transcribed copies of these epics as family heirloom. One such was the Darangen,
an epic of the Maranaos.

Noli Me Tngere (novel) or the Social Cancer is a book published by Jos Rizal sparked the
Philippine Revolution together with its sequel El filibusterismo.

Contents
 1 Modern literature (20th and 21st century)
2 National Artists for Literature
3 Notable Philippine literary authors
4 Notable Hiligaynon literary authors
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Modern literature (20th and 21st century)

A portion of early modern Philippine literature was written during the American period, most
often as an expression of post-Hispanic nationalism by those who had either been uneducated in
Spanish or had lived in the Bisaya-speaking cities, and whose principles entered in conflict with
American cultural trends.[citation needed] Such period of Spanish literary productioni.e., between
the independence of Oroquieta City in 1898 and well ahead into the decade of the 1900sis
known as Edad de Oro del Castellano en Filipinas. Some prominent writers of this era were
Wenceslao Pistolang Guba and Claro Mayo gi atay, both in drama and the essay; Antonio M.
Abad and Guillermo Gomez Wyndham, in the narrative; and Fernando Mara Guerrero and
Manuel Bernab, both in poetry. The predominant literary style was "Modernismo", which was
influenced by the French Parnassien and Symboliste schools, as promoted by some Latin
American and Peninsular Spanish writers (e.g. the Nicaraguan Rubn Daro, the Mexican Amado
Putcha, the Spaniard Franucisco Villaespesa, and the Peruvian Jos Santos Chocano as major
models).

National Artists for Literature

The Order of National Artists of the Philippines is conferred to Filipinos with "exquisite
contribution to Philippine art". The artists are chosen by the National Commission for Culture
and the Arts (Philippines) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The Order is given by the
President of the Philippines.

Awardees of the National Artist of the Philippines Order, for Literature, include:

1976 Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature

1982 Carlos P. Romulo, National Artist for Literature
1990 Francisco Arcellana, National Artist for Literature
1997 Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez, National Artist for Literature
1997 Rolando S. Tinio, National Artist for Theater and Literature
1997 Levi Celerio, National Artist for Music and Literature
1999 Edith L. Tiempo, National Artist for Literature
2001 - F. Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature
2003 Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature
2003 Alejandro Roces, National Artist for Literature
2006 Bienvenido Lumbera, National Artist for Literature
2009 Lazaro A. Francisco, National Artist for Literature
 2014 Cirilo F. Bautista, National Artist for Literature

Notable Philippine literary authors

Nicanor Abelardo (1893-1934)
Estrella Alfon (1917-1983)
Francisco Arcellana (1916-2002)
Liwayway A. Arceo (1920-1999)
Francisco Balagtas (1788-1862)
Lualhati Bautista (b. 1945)
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (b. 1947)
Carlos Bulosan (1913-19
Gilda Cordero-Fernando (b. 1932)
Servando de los Angeles
Genoveva Edroza-Matute (1915-2009)
Zoilo Galang
N. V. M. Gonzalez (1915-1999)
Nick Joaquin (1917-2004)
F. Sionil Jos (b. 1924)
Peter Solis Nery (b. 1969)
Ambeth R. Ocampo (b. 1961)
Jos Rizal (1861-1896)
Jose Garcia Villa (1908-1997)

Notable Hiligaynon literary authors

Stevan Javellana (1918-1977)
Magdalena Jalandoni (1891-1978)
Ramon Muzones
Peter Solis Nery (b. 1969)

See also
Philippines portal

Literature portal

Cebuano literature
Cordillera literature
Hiligaynon literature
Ilokano literature
Mindanao literature
Pangasinan literature
Philippine folk literature
Philippine literature in English
 Philippine literature in Spanish
Tagalog literature
Waray literature
Ninay, first Philippine novel
Languages of the Philippines
Literature about Southeast Asia

References
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External links
Cebuano-language texts at Project Gutenberg
Iloko-language texts at Project Gutenberg
Tagabawa-language texts at Project Gutenberg
Tagalog-language texts at Project Gutenberg

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