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Pages in category "Writers from Iloilo" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Merlie M. Alunan; C.
Arthur Defensor Jr. – incumbent Governor of Iloilo, former House Representatives of the 3rd district of Iloilo; Casimiro Andrada – 5th Municipal President of Balasan; Isko Moreno – 27th Mayor of Manila and actor whose father originally hail from San Joaquin, Iloilo; Jerry Treñas – incumbent Mayor of Iloilo City
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 ...
Born in Jaro, Iloilo City, lived in Bacolod. Graciano López Jaena (1856–1896) – journalist, orator, and revolutionary from Iloilo, well known for his written works in La Solidaridad and the satirical story Fray Botod. Born in Jaro, Iloilo City. Angel Magahum Sr. (1867–1931) – writer, editor and
Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino poet, fictionist, author, and filmmaker. Writing in Hiligaynon, he is a Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Hall of Fame Awardee, [1] the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Literary Grant, and the All-Western Visayas Literary Contest (National Commission for Culture and the Arts) winner. [2]
Serapion Cuartel Torre (November 14, 1892 – December 17, 1941), [1] was a Filipino litterateur, poet, novelist, zarzuela writer, and playwright of the Hiligaynon language.He is widely known as the "Father of Modern Hiligaynon Literature".
In 2001, he returned to Iloilo City and taught literature as an assistant professor at the University of San Agustin where he became the founding coordinator of the Fray Luis de Leon Creative Writing Institute, [11] managing director of the University of San Agustin Publishing House and moderator of the student publications.
Her daughter Maria Kalaw Katigbak published a biography, Legacy: Pura Villanueva Kalaw: Her Times, Life, and Works 1886–1954 in 1983. [10] Pura V. Kalaw was one of the suffragists featured in a 2016 exhibit at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. [11]