Lualhati Bautista

Lualhati Torres Bautista (born December 2, 1945) is one of the foremost Filipino female novelists in the history of contemporary Philippine literature. Her novels include Dekada '70, Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa?, and ‘GAPÔ.

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Two of Bautista's short stories won the Palanca Awards, namely "Tatlong Kwento ng Buhay ni Juan Candelabra" (Three Stories in the Life of Juan Candelabra), first prize, 1982; and "Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan mo Ako ng Sundang" (Moon, Moon, Drop Me a dagger), third prize, 1983.
In 1991 Bautista with Cacho Publishing House, published a compilation of short stories entitled Buwan, Buwan, Hulugan Mo Ako ng Sundang: Dalawang Dekada ng Maiikling Kuwento.

Excerpts of Bautista's novels have been anthologized in Tulikärpänen, a book of short stories written by Filipino women published in Finland by The Finnish-Philippine Society (FPS), a non-governmental organization founded in 1988. Tulikärpänen was edited and translated by Riitta Vartti, et al. In Firefly: Writings by Various Authors, the English version of the Finnish collection, the excerpt from the Filipino novel Gapô was given the title "The Night in Olongapo", while the excerpt from Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa? was titled "Children's Party".
A full translation of Bautista's best works could better represent the characteristics of Filipino writing in international publishing. Dekada '70 has been translated to the Japanese language and was published by Mekong Publishing House in the early 1990s. Tatlong Kuwento ng Buhay ni Julian Candelabra (1st prize, Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 1983) was translated in English and published by The Lifted Brow in Australia.
 Lualhati started out as a journalism student at the Lyceum of the Philippines, but dropped out of school even before finishing her first year in college. Known to consciously use "Taglish" instead of pure Tagalog as a stylistic device, her first screenplay was Sakada (1975), a story exposing the plight of Filipino peasants/sugarcane workers. Her other award-winning screenplays include Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984), Kung Mahawi Man ang Ulap (1984), and Sex Object (1985), among others.

In 2005, the Feminist Centennial Film Festival presented Lualhati with a recognition award for her outstanding achievement in screenplay writing. She was also the recipient of the 2006 Diwata Award for the best writer by the 16th International Women's Film Festival, and the only Filipino included in a book on foremost International Women Writers published in Japan, 1991.

Jose Lacaba

Jose Maria Flores Lacaba, popularly known as Pete Lacaba, is a Filipino film writer, editor, poet, screenwriter, journalist and translator.

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Born in Misamis Oriental in 1945 to Jose Monreal Lacaba of Loon, Bohol and Fe Flores from Pateros, Rizal, he is one of the leading figures in Philippine literature today. He is well known in various fields, including creative writing, journalism, editing and script-writing.
Lacaba was recognized for his coverage of the First Quarter Storm, an anti-Marcos movement, in 1970. During martial law, Lacaba fought President Ferdinand Marcos and his US-backed military dictatorship. Under the nom de plume Ruben Cuevas, Lacaba published his poem "Prometheus Unbound" at Focus, a magazine that had allied itself with the Marcos regime.

During the Martial Law years, Pete was arrested and imprisoned for two years for writing subversive poetry. Among his screenwriting credits are Tatsulok (1998), Rizal sa Dapitan (1997), Segurista (1996), Eskapo: The Serge Osmena-Geny Lopez Story (1995), Orapronobis (1989), Victor Corpuz (1987), Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (1984), Sister Stella L. (1984), Jaguar (1979), Masikip, Maluwag...Paraisong Parisukat (1977), and The Passionate Strangers (1966).

Pete is also credited for Salinawit, a collection of translations/adaptations of english standards and hit songs into Filipino. He is married to another multi-awarded writer and poet, Marra Lanot.

Bienvenido Lumbera

Bienvenido Lumbera is a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist. He is a National Artist of the Philippines and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communications. He won numerous literary awards, including the National Book Awards from the National Book Foundation, and the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards.

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After Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law, Lumbera was arrested by the Philippine military in January 1974. He was released in December of the same year. Cynthia Nograles, his former student at the Ateneo de Manila University, wrote to Gen. Fidel Ramos for his release. Lumbera married Cynthia a few months later. In 1976, Lumbera began teaching at the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literatures, U.P. College of Arts and Letters. In 1977, he served as editor of Diliman Review upon the request of then College of Arts and Sciences Dean Francisco Nemenzo. The publication was openly against the dictatorship but was left alone by Marcos’ authorities.

At the height of Martial Law, Lumbera had taken on other creative projects. He began writing librettos for musical theater. Initially, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) requested him to create a musical based on Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart. Eventually, Lumbera created several highly acclaimed musical dramas such as Tales of the Manuvu; Rama, Hari; Nasa Puso ang Amerika; Bayani; Noli me Tangere: The Musical; and Hibik at Himagsik Nina Victoria Laktaw. Sa Sariling Bayan: Apat na Dulang May Musika, an anthology of Lumbera's musical dramas, was published by De La Salle University-Manila Press in 2004. Lumbera authored numerous books, anthologies and textbooks such as: Revaluation; Pedagogy; Philippine Literature: A History and Anthology; Rediscovery: Essays in Philippine Life and Culture; Filipinos Writing: Philippine Literature from the Regions; and Paano Magbasa ng Panitikang Filipino: Mga Babasahing Pangkolehiyo.

Lumbera received his Litt.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Santo Tomas in 1950, and then his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University in 1968.

Lumbera is now widely acknowledged as one of the pillars of contemporary Philippine literature, cultural studies and film, having written and edited numerous books on literary history, literary criticism, and film. He also received several awards citing his contribution to Philippine letters, most notably the 1975 Palanca Award for Literature; the 1993 Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts; several National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle; the 1998 Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for Drama; and the 1999 Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial Honors for the Arts. He is currently the editor of Sanghaya (National Commission on Culture and the Arts), Professor at the Department of English in the School of Humanities of the Ateneo de Manila University, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature, College of Arts and Letters, U.P. Diliman, and Professor of Literature at De La Salle University. For a time, he also served as president of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), a national organization of more than 40,000 teachers and employees in the education sector.
The launching of Bayan at Lipunan: Ang Kritisismo ni Bienvenido Lumbera, edited by Rosario Torres-Yu and published by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, was celebrated by the University of the Philippines in January 2006.
Bienvenido Lumbera was proclaimed National Artist in April 2006.

Notable Commonwealth Writers and Their Notable Works

• Filipino Poetry (1924) by Rodolfo Dato;

• English-German Anthology of Filipino Poets (1934) by Pablo Laslo;

• Jose Garcia Villa's Many Voices (1939) and Poems of Doveglion (1941);

• Poems (1940) by Angela Manalang-Gloria;

• Chorus for America: Six Philippine Poets (1942) by Carlos Bulosan;

• Zoilo Galang's A Child of Sorrow (1921), the first Filipino novel in English, and Box of Ashes and Other Stories (1925), the first collection of stories in book form;

• Villa’s Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others (1933);

• "The Wound and the Scar" (1937) by Arturo Rotor, a collection of stories;

• "Winds of April" (1940) by N. V. M. Gonzalez

• "His Native Soil" (1941) by Juan C. Laya;

• Manuel Arguilla's "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife and Other Stories" (1941);

• Galang's "Life and Success" (1921), the first volume of essays in English; and

• the influential "Literature and Society" (1940) by Salvador P. López.