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This list of Filipino writers is organized by the first letter in the surname. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), Filipino-American playwright, novelist, mixed-media artist; Rosa Henson (1927–1997), autobiographer; Margie Holmes (active since 1973), non-fiction writer, columnist, popular psychologist; Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo (born 1944), non-fiction writer, fictionist, and professor
Gilda Cordero-Fernando (June 4, 1930 – August 27, 2020) was a Filipino writer, publisher, visual artist, fashion designer, theater producer, and social activist [1] [2] known for writing and publishing numerous works exploring Filipino culture, for her influence as a mentor and supporter of many of the Philippines cultural workers, and for her prominent "colorful presence in the Philippine ...
Francisco Sionil José (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer who was one of the most widely read in the English language. [1] [2] A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature, which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society. [3]
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:21st-century Filipino male writers and Category:21st-century Filipino women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
He was named one of The Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1993 for his creative writing. In 2005, he received the Premio Cervara di Roma in Italy for extensively promoting Philippine literature overseas. In 2007, his second novel, Soledad's Sister , was shortlisted for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize in Hong Kong.
Most of the writers for Tagalog pocketbooks are females. However, there are also male novelists. [1] [5] In this case, there were publishers who required male contributors to use female pseudonyms because of the belief that female readers prefer female authors, and that women know other women better than men. [3]
Magdalena Gonzaga Jalandoni (May 27, 1891, in Jaro, Iloilo – September 14, 1978, in Jaro) [1] was a Filipino novelist, playwright, short story writer, poet, sculptor and painter. She is now remembered as one of the most prolific Filipino writers in the Hiligaynon language. Hailing from Western Visayas, her works are said to have left ...