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National Artists of
the Philippines
in Literature
Amado V. Hernadez
( September 13, 1903 – May 24, 1970 )

- poet, playwright, and novelist,

is among the Filipino writers
who practiced “committed art.”
 Birthplace: Tondo, Manila
Amado V.
Buried: Manila North Cemetery, Manila
Hernadez
Educational Background:
He grew up and studied at the Gagalangin,
Tondo, the Manila High School, and the American
Correspondence School.

Parents: Juan Hernandez & Clara Vera

"Amante Hernani",
"Herininia de la Riva" and Spouse: Atang de la Rama
"Julio Abril"
 Hernadez's Works
 
Mga Ibong Mandaragit (Birds of Prey), (1969)

Luha Ng Buwaya (Crocodile's Tears), (1972)  

 
Panata sa Kalayaan (Pledge to Freedom), (2000)
Hernadez's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 1973 )
Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards
for One-act Play in
Filipino
( 1958 - 1959 )
Jose Garcia Villa
( August 5, 1908 – February 7, 1997 )

- a Filipino painter, literary critic,

short story writer, and poet who
introduced the reversed consonance
rime scheme, including the comma
poems that made full use of the
punctuation mark in an innovative,
poetic way
 Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
Jose Garcia Villa Died: New York City, New York, U.S.

Educational Background:
graduated from the University of the
Philippines Integrated School and the University
of the Philippines High School in 1925.

" Doveglion " Parents: Simeón Villa & Guia Garcia

Spouse: Rosemarie Lamb

 Villa's Works
 
Have Come, Am Here ( 1942 )

Selected Poems and New ( 1958 )  

 
Footnote to Youth ( 1932 )
 National Artist of
Villa's the Philippines for
Literature
Awards
( 1973 )
Guggenheim
Fellowship for
Creative Arts, US
& Canada
( 1943 )
Nicomedes "Nick"
Marquez Joaquin
( May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004 )

- a Filipino writer and journalist best

known for his short stories and
novels in the English language. He
has been considered one of the most
important Filipino writers, along
with José Rizal and Claro M. Recto.
 Birthplace: Paco, Manila
Nick Joaquin
Buried: Libingan ng mga Bayani

Educational Background:
Paco Elementary School and went to Mapa
High School for secondary education.

" Quijano de Manila " Parents: Don Leocadio Joaquin and Salomé
Marquez
 Joaquin's Works
 
The Woman Who Had Two Navels, (1961)

A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, (1966)  

 
The Aquinos of Tarlac: An Essay on History as Three
Generations, (1983)
Joaquin's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 1976 )
Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards
for Full-length Play
in English
( 1976 )
 Calos P. Romulo
( January 14, 1899 – December 15, 1985 )
- multifaceted career spanned 50 years of public service
as an educator, soldier, university president, journalist,
and diplomat. He was the first Asian president of the
United Nations General Assembly, then Philippine
Ambassador to Washington, D.C., and later minister of
foreign affairs. He was the only Asian to win America’s
coveted Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for a series of
articles predicting the outbreak of World War II.
 Birthplace: Camiling, Tarlac
Buried: Libingan ng mga Bayani
Calos P. Romulo Educational Background:
Camiling Central Elementary School during
his basic education, manila high school for
secondary, after he complete high school he
completed his studies at the University of the
Philippines at Manila in 1918, he moved to New
York City to attend Columbia University,
graduating in 1921. He later received a degree from
the University of Notre Dame in South Bend,
Indiana, in 1935
Parents: Gregorio & Maria Peña Romulo
Spouse: Virginia Llamas
 Romulo's Works
 
Last man off Bataan, (1943)

The Magsaysay story, (1956)  

 
Crusade in Asia: Philippine Victory, (1955)
Romulo's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 1982 )

United Nations
Peace Medal
 Francisco "Franz"
Arcellana
( September 6, 1916 – August 1, 2002 )
- writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist,
and teacher, is one of the most
important progenitors of the modern
Filipino short story in English. He
pioneered the development of the short
story as a lyrical prose-poetic form.
 Francisco Birthplace: Manila, Philippines

Arcellana Buried: Libingan ng mga Bayani

Educational Background:
University of the Philippines System (1932–
1939), Florentino Torres High School, Ateneo de
Manila University

Parents: Jose Cabaneiro Arcellana & Epifania

Quino
" Franz Arcellana "
Spouse: Emerenciana Yuvienco Arcellana
 Arcellana's Works
 
Selected Stories, (1963)

The Francisco Arcellana Sampler, (1991)  

 
The Mats, (1938)
Arcellana's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 1990 )
The Gawad
Pambansang
Alagad ni Balagtas
for English Fiction
( 1988 )
Nestor Vicente Madali
Gonzalez
( September 8, 1915 – November 28, 1999 )

- fictionist, essayist, poet, and

teacher, articulated the Filipino
spirit in rural and urban
landscapes
 Nestor Vicente Birthplace: Romblon, Capiz

Madali Gonzalez Buried: Libingan ng mga Bayani

Educational Background:
attended Mindoro High School (now Jose J.
Leido Jr. Memorial National High School) from
1927 to 1930. González attended college at
National University (Manila) but he was unable to
finish his undergraduate degree
Parents: Vicente Gonzalez & Pastora Madali

" N.V. M Gonzales " Spouse: Narita Manuel Gonzalez

 Gonzalez's Works
 
The Winds of April, (1941)

A Season of Grace, (1956)  

 
Seven hills away and other stories, (1947)
Gonzalez's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 1997 )

Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards

( 1971
)
Carlos Quirino
( January 14, 1910 – May 20, 1999 )
- a historian and a biographer,
has the distinction of having
written one of the earliest
biographies of Jose Rizal titled
The Great Malayan.
 Birthplace: Manila, Philippines

Buried: Libingan ng mga Bayani

Carlos Quirino
Educational Background:
obtained his journalism degree from the
University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1931

Parents: Dr. Jose Felix Arcinas Quirino and

Dolores de los Santos Quirino (born Lozada)
 Quirino's Works
 
, (1935)

The Great Malayan: The Biography of Rizal, (1938)  

 
Philippine Cartography 1320-1899, (1959)
 Quirino's Award
National Artist of the
Philippines for Historical
Literature
( 1997 )
 Edith L. Tiempo
( April 22, 1919 – August 21,
- 2011teacher,
A poet, fictionist, ) andliterary
critic, Edith L. Tiempo is one of the finest
Filipino writers in English. Her works are
characterized by a remarkable fusion of style
and substance, of craftsmanship and insight.
As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound.
Her language has been marked as
“descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous
detailing.”
 Birthplace: Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Edith L. Tiempo Died: Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental Province

Educational Background:
Silliman University, State University of Iowa,
University of the Philippines

Parents: Teresa Cutaran & Salvador T. Lopez

Spouse: Edilberto K. Tiempo

 Tiempo's Works
 
A Blade of Fern: A Novel about the Philippines, (1978)

His Native Coast, (1979)  

 
Abide, Joshua and Other Stories, (1964)
Tiempo's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 1999)

Cultural Center
of the
Philippines
( 1979)
Francisco Sionil José
( April 22, 1919 – August 21,
2011 )
- A Filipino Novelist, Writer,
Journalist, publisher, lecturer on
cultural issues, and the founder of the
Philippine chapter of the international
organization PEN.
Francisco Sionil Birthplace: Rosales, Pangasinan

José Buried: Libingan ng mga Bayani

Educational Background:
The University of Santo Tomas, and Far
Eastern University

Parents: Antonio Jose & Sofia Sionil

" F. Sionil José " Spouse: Tessie Jovellanos Jose

 F. Sionil's Works
 
The Pretenders, (1962)

Tree, (1978)  

 
My Brother, My Executioner, (1973)
F. Sionil's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 2001)

CCP Centennial
Honors for the
Arts
( 1999)
Virgilio S. Almario
( March 9, 1944 – Present )

- a poet, literary historian, and

critic, who has revived and
reinvented traditional Filipino
poetic forms, even as he
championed modernist poetics.
Virgilio S. Birthplace: San Miguel, Bulacan

Almario Educational Background:

Almario sought his education in the City of
Manila and completed his degree in A.B. Political
Science at the University of the Philippines
Diliman. He only took his M.A. in Filipino in 1974
at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Parents: Ricardo Almario & Feliciana Senadren

" Rio Alma
Spouse: Emelina B. Soriano
"
 Almario's Works
 
Doktrinang Anakpawis, (1997)

Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo, (1984)  

 
Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa, (1994)
Almario's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 2003)
Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards
for Essay in Filipino

( 1990)
Bienvenido Lumbera
( April 11, 1932 – September 28, 2021 )

- 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
 Birthplace: Lipa, Batangas,
Bienvenido Buried: Libingan ng mga Bayani

Lumbera Educational Background:

Lumbera went to Lipa Elementary School and
finished high school at Mabini Academy. In 1957,
he earned his B.Litt in Journalism from UST. In
1967, he obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in
Comparative Literature from Indiana University.
Parents: Carmen Lumbera & Timoteo Lumbera
Spouse: Cynthia Nograles Lumbera
 F. Sionil's Works
 
Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa, (1993)

Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, (2002)  

 
Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang May Musika, (2004)
F. Sionil's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 2006)
Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards
for Literature

( 1975)
Lázaro A. Francisco
( February 22, 1898 – June 17, 1980 )

- a Filipino novelist, essayist,

and playwright who developed
the social realist tradition in
Philippine fiction.
Lázaro A. Birthplace: Orani, Bataan

Francisco Educational Background:

He took his college education at the Central
Luzon Agricultural College (now Central Luzon
State University) but was not able to finish due to
poverty.

Parents: Eulogio Francisco & Clara Angeles

" Ka Saro " Spouse: first wife Pelagia Duran, second wife
Trinidad Arrieta
 Francisco's Works
 
Binhi at Bunga (Seed and Fruit), (1925)

Maganda pa ang Daigdig

The World is Still Beautiful), (1956)  

 
(Wave), 1961
Francisco's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 2009)

Balagtas Award

( 1969)
 Cirilo F. Bautista
( July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018 )

- 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.
 Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
Educational Background:
Cirilo F. Bautista Elementary
He received his basic education from Legarda
School (1st Honorable Mention, 1954) and
Victorino Mapa High School (Valedictorian, 1959). He
received his degrees in AB Literature from the
University of Santo Tomas (magna cum laude, 1963),
MA Literature from St. Louis University, Baguio
(magna cum laude, 1968), and Doctor of Arts in
Language and Literature from De La Salle University-
Manila (1990)
Parents: Claro Cruz Bautista & Victoria Manuel
Francisco
Spouse: Rosemarie Bautista
 Bautista's Works
 
Words and Battlefields (1998)

The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus (2001)  

 
Galaw ng Asoge (2003)
Bautista's National Artist of
the Philippines for
Awards Literature
( 2014)
Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards
for Literature
( 1968, 1970, 1973,
1975, 1979, 1981)