Francisco Arcellana: National Artist for Literature

Filipino National Artists for Literature

• Francisco Arcellana was awarded the title of National Artist for Literature in 1990.
• He published several books, including "Selected Stories" (1962), "Poetry and Politics" (1977), and "The Francisco Arcellana Sampler" (1990).
• Some of his notable short stories are "Frankie", "The Man Who Would Be Poe", "Death in a Factory", and "Lina".
• He also wrote poems such as "The Other Woman", "This Being the Third Poem This Poem is for Mathilda", and "To Touch You and I Touched Her".

Edith Tiempo

• Edith Tiempo published novels such as "A Blade of Fern" (1978), "The Native Coast" (1979), and "The Alien Corn" (1992).
• She also wrote poetry collections, including "The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems" (1966) and "The Charmer's Box and Other Poems" (1993).
• Her short story collection "Abide, Joshua, and Other Stories" was published in 1964.

Bienvenido Lumbera

• Bienvenido Lumbera was awarded the title of National Artist for Literature in 2006.
• He wrote several works, including "Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa" (poems in Filipino and English, 1993), "Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang" (2002), and "Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musika" (2004).

Virgilio S. Almario (Rio Alma)

• Virgilio S. Almario wrote several works, including "Makinasyon and Peregrinasyon", and the trilogy "Doktrinang Anakpawis, Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo", "Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa", and "Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina".

F. Sionil Jose

• F. Sionil Jose was awarded the title of National Artist for Literature in 2001.
• He wrote the five-novel masterpiece "The Rosales Saga", which consists of "The Pretenders", "Tree", "My Brother, My Executioner", "Mass", and "Po-on".
• The saga captures the sweep of Philippine history while narrating the lives of generations of the Samsons.

Nick Joaquin

• Nick Joaquin was awarded the title of National Artist for Literature in 1976.
• He wrote several works, including "The Woman Who Had Two Navels", "A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino", "Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young", and "The Ballad of the Five Battles".

Jose Garcia Villa

• Jose Garcia Villa was awarded the title of National Artist for Literature in 1973.
• He wrote several works, including "Footnote to Youth", "Many Voices", "Poems by Doveglion", and "Poems 55".
• He used the pen name "Doveglion" (Dove, Eagle, Lion).

Other Filipino Writers

• Jhoanna L. Cruz wrote "Women Loving: Stories and a Play" (2010).
• Adonis Durado wrote "Dili tanan Matagak Mahagbong Lisay sa Bugan Minugbo alang sa mugbo ug Kalipay Pahinungod sa dili hingtundan".
• Errol A. Merquita wrote several works, including "Ang iisang paa ng tsinelas", "Isla verde", and "Kinsa ang nagpatay sa pari sa calinan?".