Module 2_Canonical Authors-National Artists in Literature and their Works.pdf

SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD MODULE 3 Canonical Authors/ National Artists in Literature and their Works Terminologies: National Artists of the Philippines (Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas)...

SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD MODULE 3 Canonical Authors/ National Artists in Literature and their Works Terminologies: National Artists of the Philippines (Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas) an order bestowed by the Philippines on Filipinos who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine art originally instituted as an Award, it was elevated to the status of Order in 2003 The Order is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines by virtue of President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation № 1001 of April 2, 1972 and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Criteria 1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination as well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death; 2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and form of their works; 3. Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of creative expression or style, making an impact on succeeding generations of artists; 4. Artists who have created a significant body of works and/or have consistently displayed excellence in the practice of their art form, enriching artistic expression or style; and 5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or international events, critical acclaim and/or reviews of their works, and/or respect and esteem from peers within an artistic discipline.  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD Philippine National Artists in Literature: Year of Conferment – 1973 poet, playwright, and novelist, is among the Filipino writers who practiced “committed art” 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 first Filipino socio-political novel that exposes the ills of the society as evident in the agrarian problems of the 50s (while in prison) a pillar in Tagalog Literature Other works: ✓ 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 Magkabilang Mukha ng Isang Bagol Year of Conferment - 1976 poet, fictionist, essayist, biographer, playwright Significance in Phil. Literature:  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD exploration of the Philippine colonial past under Spain and his probing into the psychology of social changes as seen by the young The Woman Who Had Two Navels - 1961 (historical novel) recipient of the first Harry Stonehill award a literary play written in English "most important Filipino play in English" “national play of the Philippines” Year of Conferment – 1982 multifaceted career spanned 50 years of public service as educator, soldier, university president, journalist and diplomat only Asian to win America’s coveted Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for a series of articles predicting the outbreak of World War II Literary works: The United (novel) I Walked with Heroes (autobiography) I Saw the Fall of the Philippines Mother America I See the Philippines Rise (war-time memoirs) Year of Conferment - 1990 writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD one of the most mportant progenitors of the modern Filipino short story in English most daring in exploring new literary forms to express the sensibility of the Filipino people Short Stories: Frankie The Man Who Would Be Poe Death in a Factory Lina A Clown Remembers Divided by Two The Mats Poems: Other Woman This Being the Third Poem This Poem is for Mathilda To Touch You and I Touched Her, Year of Conferment – 1997 playwright, thespian, poet, teacher, critic and translator marked his career with prolific artistic productions collections of poetry (Sitsit sa Kuliglig, Dunung – Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso, A Trick of Mirrors)  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD Year of Conferment - 1997 Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez fictionist, essayist, poet, and teacher articulated the Filipino spirit in rural, urban landscapes Major works: The Winds of April Seven Hills Away Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories The Bamboo Dancers Look Stranger, on this Island Now Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty -One Stories The Bread of Salt and Other Stories Work on the Mountain The Novel of Justice Selected Essays 1968-1994 A Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories. Year of Conferment - 1997 prolific lyricist and composer for decades  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD A great number of his songs have been written for the local movies, which earned for him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines 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 Year of Conferment - 1997 biographer, has the distinction of having written one of the earliest biographies of Jose Rizal titled The Great Malayan books and articles span the whole gamut of Philippine history and culture–from Bonifacio’s trial to Aguinaldo’s biography, from Philippine cartography to culinary arts, from cash crops to tycoons and president’s lives, among so many subjects Maps and Views of Old Manila best book ▪ Quezon, Man of Destiny ▪ Magsaysay of the Philippines ▪ Lives of the Philippine Presidents ▪ Philippine Cartography ▪ The History of Philippine Sugar Industry ▪ Filipino Heritage: The Making of a Nation ▪ Filipinos at War: The Fight for Freedom from Mactan to EDSA  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD Year of Conferment - 1999 poet, fictionist, teacher and literary critic her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, “The Little Marmoset” and “Bonsai” as fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been marked as “descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing.” Published works: Novel : A Blade of Fern (1978) The Native Coast (1979) The Alien Corn (1992) Poetry collections: The Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems (1966) The Charmer’s Box and Other Poems(1993)  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD Year of Conferment - 2001 one of the few living national artists best known for creating the five-novel masterpiece known as the Rosales saga: Poon (1984) Tree (1978) My Brother, My Executioner (1973) The Pretenders (1962) Mass (1974) (Set in the town of Rosales, Pangasinan) Other novels Gagamba (1991) Viajero (1993) Sin (1994) Ben Singkol (2001) Ermita (1988) Vibora! (2007) Sherds (2008) Muse and Balikbayan: Two Plays (2008) Short Stories (with Introduction and Teaching Guide by Thelma B. Kintanar) (2008) The Feet of Juan Bacnang (2011) Short story collections The God Stealer and Other Stories (2001) Puppy Love and Thirteen Short Stories (March 15, 1998) Olvidon and Other Stories (1988) Platinum: Ten Filipino Stories (1983) Waywaya: Eleven Filipino Short Stories (1980) Asian PEN Anthology (as editor) (1966) Short Story International (SSI): Tales by the World's Great Contemporary Writers (Unabridged, Volume 13, Number 75) (co-author, 1989)  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD Year of Conferment - 2003 also known as Rio Alma a poet, literary historian and critic, who has revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic forms, even as he championed modernist poetics published 12 books of poetry, which include the seminal Makinasyon and Peregrinasyon, and the landmark trilogy 1. Doktrinang Anakpawis 2. Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo 3. Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa Books of criticisms and anthologies, among which are: 1. Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina 2. Balagtasismo versus Modernismo 3. Walong Dekada ng Makabagong Tula Pilipino 4. Mutyang Dilim 5. Barlaan at Josaphat Year of Conferment - 2003 short story writer and essayist, and considered as the country’s best writer of comic short stories  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD 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 Year of Conferment - 2006 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 Works: 1. Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems in Filipino and English) 2. Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, 2002 3. Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musika, 2004 4. “Agunyas sa Hacienda Luisita,” Pakikiramay, 2004. Year of Conferment - 2009 Prize-winning writer developed the social realist tradition in Philippine fiction  SHSLIT21ST: 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD His eleven novels, now acknowledged classics of Philippine literature, embodies the author’s commitment to nationalism novels exposed the evils of the tenancy system, the exploitation of farmers by unscrupulous landlords, and foreign domination “Master of the Tagalog novel” Masterpiece novels: a. Ama b. Bayang Nagpatiwakal c. Maganda Pa Ang Daigdig d. Daluyong affirm his eminent place in Philippine literature developed the social realist tradition in Philippine Literature Year of Conferment - 2014 poet, fictionist and essayist with exceptional achievements and significant contributions to the development of the country’s literary arts Major works: 1. Summer Suns (1963) 2. Words and Battlefields (1998) 3. The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus (2001) 4. Galaw ng Asoge (2003) References: Josef F.C., et al. (2003). The National Artists of the Philippines 1999-2003. Pasig City: Cultural Center of the Philippines and Anvil Publishing Inc. Lumbera, B. (2015). Filipinos Writing: Philippine Literature From The Regions. Mandaluyong City: Anvil Publishing Inc.